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• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  GCP security: Google taps Rackspace, other partners

  Hosting and cloud services firm Rackspace emerges as managed security services provider for the Google Cloud Platform; other channel partner business news from the week.

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  IBM ecosystem strategy focuses on business model variety

  At IBM PartnerWorld 2018, IBM's channel chief highlighted the company's commitment to support a variety of partner business models as it builds out the IBM ecosystem.

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Firms need to move from DevOps to DevSecOps, says expert

  In the face of competition, organizations are turning to DevOps to improve efficiency and accelerate innovation, but this is creating new security risks, an industry expert warns.

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Oracle Q3 2017-18 results see cloud revenue grow to $1.6B

  Oracle’s third-quarter results for fiscal year 2018 show an increase of almost 7% of overall revenue to $9.8B, of which 18% was cloud.

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Wearables not just a passing fad

  IDC is predicting growth for the segment and that will have implications on networks.

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• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Boom expected in processor attacks

  Sonicwall's latest research shows worrying signs that the processor flaws revealed at the start of 2018 are set to dominate IT security.

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  IBM delivers Watson-powered voice assistant for consumer brands

  Alexa and Google Assistant have taken residence in people's homes. IBM aims to give companies a way to deliver their own branded AI voice assistants

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  IBM bolsters data security in its cloud services

  Big Blue will introduce IBM cloud services that use blockchain, containers and its z14 mainframes to deliver improved security across cloud and on-premises environments.

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  Accenture-Disney deal: Blockchain at the movies

  A recently revealed Accenture-Disney alliance aims to apply virtual reality, machine learning and blockchain in immersive entertainment and film production; other news.

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  MSPAlliance insurance to protect providers against claims

  A revised MSPAlliance insurance program aims to shield managed services and cloud computing providers from claims stemming from the EU GDPR regulation.

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  Amazon changes Chime pricing to try to win market share

  Amazon Web Services is switching Amazon Chime pricing to a usage model to lure businesses away from rivals Slack, Microsoft Teams and Cisco Spark. The new pricing starts in April.

• March 09, 2018 09 Mar'18

  Datto partners swell in numbers amid global expansion

  Datto is planning updates to Autotask Endpoint Management and Autotask PSA in the coming months, as it continues to integrate its product lines; other news from the week.

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  Cisco bolsters SD-WAN analytics in Viptela

  Cisco's new cloud-based service, called vAnalytics, helps companies prepare for changes within the Viptela SD-WAN by giving answers to what-if questions.

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Cloud security startups becoming a hot commodity

  Cloud security startups are popular acquisition targets, as cloud providers and third parties seek to address corporate IT concerns across multiple platforms.

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  Cisco Tetration providing more app security analytics

  Cisco has turned Tetration analytics toward app security. The latest upgrade helps spot software flaws and identify malware activity, such as Spectre and Meltdown exploits.

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  Managed service provider security: Bad clients put your business at risk

  Speakers at MSPWorld 2018 sparked new discussions about MSP security, such as how companies need to avoid entanglement with customers' security lapses.

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  Kaseya Unified Backup targets MSPs with BC/DR option

  Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola said VSA's integration with Unitrends backup gives managed services providers an 'enterprise-class' BC/DR option in a burgeoning market.

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  Print industry braced for change as disruption hits

  Looking ahead to 2025, the print industry is going to go through major changes. Vendors and resellers need to start preparing now.

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  Avaya reaches stability, prepares for growth

  New cloud products are expected to drive Avaya revenue growth in 2019. Meanwhile, revenues in fiscal 2018 are forecast to be almost the same as last year.

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  Splunk partners swell under channel program framework

  Big data player Splunk launched new benefits and streamlined requirements for its fast-growing partner ecosystem; other channel news from the week.

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Cloud and IoT to play in key role for distributors

  The forecasts coming out of the Global Technology Distribution Council indicate that there is growth out there for disties if they focus in the right technology areas.

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  TeamViewer partner program update reveals shift in strategy

  TeamViewer, a newcomer to the channel, is on a mission to grow its presence among partners. The software provider only began its push into the channel about a year-and-a-half ago when it launched ...

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  Mystery ad network running cryptomining malware

  Qihoo 360's Netlab team discovered an online ad network has been bypassing ad blockers and running cryptomining software in the browsers of unsuspecting visitors.

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  ConvergeOne goes public, targets cloud skills

  Cloud consulting services is one area IT service provider ConvergeOne would like to reinforce as it pursues business as a publicly traded enterprise.

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  JASK channel partner program looks for regional allies

  JASK will initially target regional reseller partners and plans to eventually work with managed security service provider firms; other news from the week.

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Riverbed packs cloud, WLAN features into its SD-WAN

  Riverbed SD-WAN now includes support for private connections to Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Other enhancements include support for the Xirrus WLAN.

• 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.

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  Don't expect big changes from Dell-VMware maneuvers

  Enterprise storage stalwart EMC was majority owner of VMware and now may wind up a subsidiary if Dell merges with the virtualization giant. Dell said no decision has been reached.

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  Rubrik expands, lands Datos IO for NoSQL backup

  Datos IO's ability to protect applications built on NoSQL databases caught the attention of Rubrik, which strives to protect all data stored on premises and in the cloud.

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  Dell weighing IPO options

  An SEC filing from the vendor reveals it is musing over the idea of returning to public ownership, but it has called on partners to remain calm in the face of the speculation.

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Fusion Agiletech-Quisitive eye private blockchain expansion

  Quisitive is on course for becoming a Microsoft consulting partner with national reach, according to investment group Fusion Agiletech; other news from the week.

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Apple ready to disrupt contact-center market

  The Apple Business Chat release comes as many businesses are rethinking the role of the contact center, which could turn the platform into a market disruptor.

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Cisco, Google prep hybrid cloud option with Kubernetes

  A Kubernetes partnership from Cisco and Google widens IT pros' container orchestration options in hybrid cloud deployments, but its advantages depend on future software integrations.

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Enterprises' ability to secure the cloud raises doubts

  A new study on cloud data security provides insights into the shaken confidence in the cloud. Despite its increased use, payment and customer data still appears to be at risk.

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Malware samples for Meltdown and Spectre detected

  Nearly 140 samples of malware that exploit the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities have been discovered by AV-TEST, but most samples are based on existing proof-of-concept code.

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  IBM partnership model adapts to modern channel businesses

  Under the renewed IBM partnership approach, IBM wants to attract a new generation of partners while forming tighter alliances with traditional partners.

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  CompTIA: Digital transformation driving IT spending growth

  The demand for cloud, security, IoT and a fair few other technologies should keep the channel busy throughout the rest of 2018.

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Software development skills in demand, spurring channel business

  With DevOps and Agile software development skills in demand, channel companies are responding with assessment, training and even staffing services for their clients.

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Comodo takes aim at IoT certificates

  Comodo CA's new chairman Bill Conner and CEO Bill Holtz talk with SearchSecurity about competition in the certificate market and how the internet of things will fuel growth.

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Digital services, IT security shape 2018 legal trends

  Data becomes paramount, worldwide laws may call for contractual changes and the demand for digital services is prompting a litigation shift, according to law firm Mayer Brown.

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Microsoft's out-of-band patch disables Intel Spectre fix

  Microsoft was forced to release an out-of-band Spectre patch designed not to mitigate the vulnerability but to protect users from Intel's broken fix.

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Accenture: Intelligent operations goal requires data backbone

  The concept of intelligent operations can help organizations overcome digital disruption, but they need a data backbone and back office improvements to make that happen.

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Slack wants to boost privacy, external collaboration

  With the addition of private shared channels, Slack looks to broaden its external collaboration tools. However, interoperability issues still nag team collaboration apps.

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Couchbase PartnerEngage: NoSQL vendor seeks channel growth

  Channel companies have an opportunity to wrap services around NoSQL database technology projects, as Couchbase PartnerEngage debuts; more news from the week.

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  AWS acquisition could foster cohesive security tools

  Amazon's move to fold Sqrrl, a threat detection startup, into AWS security services could help bring together its growing list of disparate security tools.

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Cisco HyperFlex update may open partner opportunities

  Cisco HyperFlex gets an upgrade that the company said offers multi-cloud integration and a sales opportunity for channel partner companies.

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Microsoft Azure chases AWS with Accelerated Networking

  An Accelerated Networking upgrade to Microsoft Azure reduces latency and improves performance for newer VMs, as Microsoft tries to keep pace with AWS.

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Comodo CA talks certificate trust, Symantec sanctions

  Bill Conner and Bill Holtz, who recently joined Comodo CA as chairman and CEO, respectively, discuss Symantec's certificate issues and their effect on the certificate market.

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Electron flaw introduces code risk to apps like Slack

  The Electron framework -- used to develop desktop apps using web code -- included a remote code execution flaw that was passed on to popular apps like Slack.

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Microsoft boasts of partner profitability levels

  The vendor's partners are able to generate extra revenue for every $1 that they gain selling Microsoft.

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Cloudian looks to hurdle multi-cloud barriers with HyperStore

  HyperStore 7 pools storage across on premises and public clouds under a single namespace. Cloudian supports file and object storage, as well as Amazon, Microsoft and Google clouds.

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IBM results reveal plans to shift traditional analytics to SaaS

  IBM boosts cognitive and blockchain businesses, but admits there is work needed on its traditional analytics products and some will move to software as a service.

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NVMe flash, new memory techs shake up storage in 2018

  Storage executives and industry analysts predict NVMe, NVMe over Fabrics and new memory technologies will disrupt the storage industry this year and into the future.

• January 19, 2018 19 Jan'18

  Riverbed Rise channel program reinvents partner requirements

  The Riverbed Rise program will focus on partner performance, which Riverbed will measure by customer acquisitions, account penetration and more; other news from the week.

• January 19, 2018 19 Jan'18

  Citrix Summit 2018 underscores vendor's 'focused innovation'

  Citrix Summit 2018 shows that the company is continuing its strategy of focusing on its core technology stack, while also pursuing cloud business.

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Partners plan for AWS Solution Provider Program launch

  Channel partners look forward to differentiating through new AWS competencies around IoT, containers, machine learning and blockchain.

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  Demand for cloud-enabling infrastructure soared in 2017, says IDC

  IDC's latest cloud IT infrastructure market tracker shows the demand for public and private cloud-enabling servers, storage and Ethernet switches is showing no signs of slowing.

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  NEC Corporation of America extends cloud alliance with Magna5 partnership

  A cloud enablement alliance between NEC Corporation of America and Magna5 will bring together NEC's infrastructure-as-a-service offerings with Magna5's communications network.

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  WPA3 standard approved with increased security

  The new WPA3 Wi-Fi protocol aims to improve security for IoT devices and strengthen password security with protections against brute force attacks.

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  VDI shops applaud vGPU live migration

  Virtual desktop users are averse to downtime. A new capability from Citrix and Nvidia allows for live migration of vGPUs so VDI shops can keep graphics processing up and running.

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Channel key to future Avaya plans

  With its shares going onto the New York Stock Exchange next week, the firm has outlined some of its growth plans, with the channel very much part of the future.

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Meltdown and Spectre pose low risk to networks

  Security experts said Spectre and Meltdown pose a low risk to corporate networking gear. Nevertheless, vendor patches should be applied following thorough testing.

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Liqid composable storage gear prepped for debut

  Liqid composable storage infrastructure is based on Liqid Grid's custom PCIe fabric switch and orchestration to provision bare-metal servers from disaggregated devices.

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  NIST draft botnet report offers security suggestions

  Federal agencies opened public comments on a draft botnet security report born from the 2017 White House cybersecurity executive order and experts are generally favorable.

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  ONC proposes regs for Trusted Exchange Framework

  Federal health IT officials under the 21st Century Cures Act have proposed regulations for health data information sharing, the Trusted Exchange Framework 'network of networks.'

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Citrix Ultimate Rewards: Program aims to simplify channel incentives

  Citrix Summit 2018: The virtualization and cloud vendor unveiled a new program structure for Citrix partner firms that will pull together five channel incentive programs under one umbrella.

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  ConnectWise partners to gain business help from HTG Peer Groups merger

  ConnectWise plans to provide HTG Peer Groups' consulting, coaching and peer group services to a broad spectrum of its PSA software users; other news from the week.

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  AT&T quickens U.S. rollout of 5G mobile services

  AT&T plans to roll out 5G mobile services in a dozen U.S. markets by the end of the year. But details on the AT&T 5G services have not been released.

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  Meltdown and Spectre disclosure flawed but impressive

  Unprecedented Spectre and Meltdown CPU flaws required a vast coordinated vulnerability disclosure effort over six months and across dozens of organizations.

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Training in key areas being offered to resellers

  The year is just a few days old and already vendors are making sure that the channel can get access to training to support some of the key areas.

• January 02, 2018 02 Jan'18

  Top UK and US firms still overestimating GDPR readiness

  Less than five months before the compliance deadline for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, most top UK and US firms are still overestimating their state of readiness, a study suggests.

• December 26, 2017 26 Dec'17

  ThousandEyes sets stage for European channel growth

  ThousandEyes, a network and performance monitoring vendor that launched its first channel program in 2016, is partnering with Qolcom as part of its European expansion.

• December 22, 2017 22 Dec'17

  Cloud Harmonics: Distributor becomes Ingram business unit

  Ingram Micro purchases cloud distribution firm and security tech specialist Cloud Harmonics; IBM previews Watson Build 2.0; other news from the week.

• December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17

  Xerox MPS ambitions increase the focus on channel partners

  Xerox continues to invest in its channel strategy, which includes a focus on helping partners win more sophisticated Xerox MPS deals.

• December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17

  White House leaves out WannaCry details

  The White House's WannaCry attribution included the broad strokes, experts say, but the case avoided some key pieces of information, such as the role of the NSA in the attacks.

• December 18, 2017 18 Dec'17

  Enterprise storage market hints at big changes ahead

  Disruption in the enterprise storage market appears unlikely to subside anytime soon. AI analytics, cloud, HCI, mergers and NVMe flash highlight key themes heading into 2018.

• December 15, 2017 15 Dec'17

  Kaseya predicts rise of 'super' managed services companies

  Kaseya predicts that 2018 will see the emergence of large MSPs as the managed services market continues to consolidate; other channel news from the week.

• December 15, 2017 15 Dec'17

  Triton attacks on ICS aim for real-world damage

  Security researchers discovered new ICS attacks using the Triton framework that may have been nation-state sponsored and intended to cause real-world damage.

• December 14, 2017 14 Dec'17

  Juniper competing with Cisco, VMware in public clouds

  Juniper Networks is extending the Contrail network virtualization platform to public clouds. The Juniper Contrail Enterprise Multicloud will compete with Cisco ACI and VMware NSX.

• December 13, 2017 13 Dec'17

  Direct sales staff hiring woes give the channel a boost

  Getting good direct sales staff is becoming an increasing problem, giving the channel a chance to step in and offer an alternative.

• December 12, 2017 12 Dec'17

  Ransomware threat driving security spending

  Customers are investing to make sure they can keep one step ahead of the cyber attackers, according to Canalys.

• December 11, 2017 11 Dec'17

  Progress Health Cloud aims to create unified health IT

  Disparate systems and siloes plague healthcare when what is needed is true healthcare IT integration. Progress aims to achieve this with its new Health Cloud platform.

• December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17

  Facebook Workplace partners team to boost platform uptake

  Talk Social to Me and ServiceRocket, two Facebook Workplace deployment partners, are joining forces to accelerate the collaboration platform's adoption; other news from the week.

• December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17

  Microsoft Malware Protection Engine patch released

  A critical vulnerability found in the Windows Malware Protection Engine required an emergency Microsoft patch, but one expert said Microsoft hasn't handled the announcement well.

• December 07, 2017 07 Dec'17

  Juniper Bots automate routine networking tasks

  Network automation gets a boost with new Juniper Bots apps for DevOps testing and network anomaly tracking. The apps are set for release next year.

• December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17

  Ransomware, hyper-convergence top 2017 backup news

  Ransomware made international headlines in backup 2017 news, and vendors looked to mitigate its effects. Vendors were also busy with acquisitions and hyper-converged backup.