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September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

Avaya partners with IBM for ReadyNow expansion

A partnership with IBM will help expand the reach of Avaya cloud offerings internationally. Avaya is bringing its ReadyNow product to Europe, Africa and Asia.

September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

MSP ransomware attack exploits privileged users' credentials

WatchGuard Technologies said recent MSP ransomware attacks revealed that hackers have detailed knowledge of managed service providers' internal operations and technologies.

September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

NWN debuts solution-as-a-service line to capture top trends

Managed service provider NWN is honing in on five fast-growing markets with the launch of a solutions-as-a-service portfolio, and other channel news from the week.

September 24, 2019 24 Sep'19

HP's Bromium buy speaks to Dell rivalry

Analysts describe HP's Bromium acquisition as a safe, cheap, smart bet in its push to compete with Dell. It's also another sign of rapid consolidation in the endpoint security market.

September 23, 2019 23 Sep'19

RPA software platform targets VARs, integrators

RPA software is taking a low-code approach at Argos Labs, which recently launched a marketplace and private repositories that could help VARs and SIs.

September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

One-on-one with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's SVP

Former AWS engineer Clay Magouyrk was one of the first people Oracle hired to build OCI and says Oracle has plenty of time -- and a solid strategy -- to catch up to competitors.

September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

D&H Distributing grows cloud with ConnectWise, SkyKick

D&H Distributing's cloud strategy aims to help VARs adopt the managed services model and sell bundled cloud offerings around platforms such as Office 365 and Azure.

September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure draws diverse early customers

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeing early adoption from a diverse array of customers, although OCI's market share remains modest compared to AWS, Microsoft and Google.

September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

Dell exec describes next gen possibilities

Dell’s evolution has led the company from PCs to servers, storage and virtualization. Here, Dell’s storage CTO describes what could come next.

September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

Oracle-VMware cloud deal highlighted at OpenWorld

Joint Oracle and VMware customers will soon be able to run VMware Cloud Foundation on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with support from Oracle.

September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

Kaseya ramps up managed compliance services focus

Kaseya has invested $10 million into growing its managed compliance software business, citing a massive opportunity in compliance services for MSPs; other news from the week.

September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

AWS Outposts comes into sharper focus as launch looms

AWS Outposts will ship later this year. In advance of that launch, AWS has given customers a sense of what they can expect from the first release of the private, on-premises version of its public cloud infrastructure.

September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

BEC attacks led to $26 billion in losses over 3 years

On the same day that 281 suspects were arrested in business email compromise stings, the FBI said worldwide losses from BEC attacks reached $26 billion over the last three years.

September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

Is robotic process automation software hitting the wall?

Robotic process automation software is considered the cornerstone of digital transformation in some organizations, but Pegasystems Francis Carden challenges this view.

September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

GDPR non-compliance worse than feared

Over half of UK businesses do not yet appear to be fully GDPR-compliant, and many have de-prioritized their compliance efforts.