News

February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18
Verizon beefs up managed WLAN portfolio with analytics

Verizon is using technology from Mist to anchor a managed SD-WLAN service in an effort to extend its service footprint to customers' WLANs.
February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18
Anomali targets managed security service providers for global expansion

Threat management platform vendor Anomali said it will tap MSSPs for help reaching medium-sized businesses; other channel news from the week.
February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18
Carbonite agrees to acquire competitor Mozy

Carbonite stays busy with its pending acquisition of Mozy and a forthcoming DRaaS product. The data protection vendor also announced revenue results, which were mixed.
February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18
CloudCoreo deal portends VMware cloud security tool

VMware cloud security tools will get a boost from the company's acquisition of CloudCoreo, a security and management startup focused on cloud deployments.
February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18
Citrix expands cloud offerings with Cedexis buy

Citrix's acquisition of Cedexis marks its entry into the business of connecting multiple cloud data centers. Citrix is expected to combine NetScaler with Cedexis technology.
February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18
Enterprise adoption at tail end of 5G timeline

The first commercial 5G deployments are scheduled for later this year. One report's 5G timeline predicts many enterprises won't reap the benefits of 5G until the mid-2020s.
February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18
Dell EMC gives VxBlock more scaling options

Dell EMC VxBlock 1000 lets customers mix and match VMAX, Unity, XtremIO and Isilon arrays in a block with Cisco servers and networking. Will that reverse market share decline?
February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18
Lenovo issues advisory for old Wi-Fi chip flaws

Two critical flaws in Broadcom Wi-Fi chips disclosed last year were thought to affect only Apple and Android devices, but Lenovo now says ThinkPad models are vulnerable, too.
February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18
Blockchain consulting project news: Accenture, Synechron in pilots

The blockchain portion of the IT consulting market appears to be gaining momentum amid prototype and pilot projects from Accenture and Synechron; other news from the week.
February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18
Dell EMC Partner Program sets $50B channel business target

On the first anniversary of the Dell EMC Partner Program's launch, the company's global channel chief said partners can expect fine-tuning but no major program overhauls in 2018.
February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18
Vendors clamor for a sliver of public cloud pie

AWS, Azure and GCP are top of mind for public cloud market share, but companies lower down the ranks want their piece of the pie, too.
February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18
LogMeIn to buy Jive, enter UCaaS midmarket

LogMeIn plans to acquire UCaaS provider Jive Communications for $357 million. The Jive acquisition, expected to close next quarter, will send LogMeIn into the UCaaS market.
February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18
Digital transformation initiatives engulf businesses, partners

Recent market research reports point to the challenges of digital transformation initiatives, which call for both customers and channel partners to make changes.
February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18
A Grammarly vulnerability exposed user documents

An authentication flaw in the Grammarly browser extension could have exposed users' sensitive documents if the popular spelling and grammar checker were left unpatched.
February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18
Enterprise storage focus to shift to data in 2018

The focus of enterprise storage will shift to data management and analysis in 2018, spurring IT departments to rethink architecture that must stretch to edge and cloud.