News

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.
September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19
Microsoft teams with satellite telcos for Azure network

Microsoft Azure customers can now tap satellite internet providers through the private Azure ExpressRoute service. The move follows the release of AWS Ground Station in May.
September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19
Digital transformation projects hit cultural, tech snags

Digital transformation projects are encountering organizational and technology hurdles that may open consulting opportunities for channel partners.
September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19
Virtual Instruments repackages AIOps platform for channel

Virtual Instruments has changed the way it licenses its AIOps platform in a bid to make its technology easier for channel partners to consume; more news from the week.
September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19
Commvault’s acquisition moves it into primary storage

Commvault makes its first acquisition, months after Sanjay Mirchandani takes over as CEO. Software-defined storage startup Hedvig is the target.
September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19
Insight-PCM deal opens integration, service opportunities

Insight CEO Ken Lamneck says the newly closed PCM purchase will augment the combined company's managed service offerings, add scale to its product business and boost efficiency.
September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19
Cyber criminals tap into web social engineering toolkit

Security researchers have discovered a web social engineering toolkit that enables cyber criminals to create fake update notification campaigns.
August 30, 2019 30 Aug'19
VMware takes a two-pronged approach to GPU acceleration

The virtualization giant's recent acquisition of Bitfusion and its close partnership with Nvidia bring GPU virtualization to vSphere.
August 30, 2019 30 Aug'19
VMware Cloud on AWS migrations continue to pose challenges

Cloud solutions provider Unitas Global highlights VMware Cloud on AWS opportunities and challenges in the enterprise space; other channel news from the week.
August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19
VMware analytic software modules planned for NSX

The new NSX Intelligence unveiled at VMworld will act as a platform for running future VMware analytics to improve NSX security and performance, a company executive said.
August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19
Backup customers drop tape during journey to cloud

Cohesity backup customers told tales both good and bad while offering advice about their journey to cloud-based data protection during a panel at VMworld 2019.
August 27, 2019 27 Aug'19
VMware wants on the Kubernetes bandwagon

VMware may be late to the Kubernetes party, but its plan to roll native support into vSphere could be a game changer.
August 26, 2019 26 Aug'19
Parabole moves search analytics product to Azure

Parabole.ai moved its Cognitive Analytics Platform onto Azure Marketplace in a move that aligns with the current trend of tool and platform vendors moving to a cloud service.
August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19
Extreme boosts channel focus following Aerohive acquisition

Fresh off of its purchase of Aerohive Networks, Extreme Networks revealed it will double-down investments in the channel. The Aerohive acquisition, which closed Aug. 9, expanded Extreme's portfolio ...
August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19
Managed services companies remain hot M&A ticket

The pace of merger and acquisition transactions in the MSP market shows no signs of slowing, despite macroeconomic developments; more news from the week.