Quizzes

Channel company quiz: Recap partner program and alliance news

This month's channel quiz features mergers and alliances (and their partner fallout) along with emerging technologies, cloud computing and regulatory activity. Continue Reading
Quiz: Recap vendors' 2016 channel partnering moves, restructuring

Vendor realignment, consolidation and restructuring made news in 2016. This quiz covers the highlights of the larger IT providers and their impact on the channel. Continue Reading
The latest on IT channel partner strategies and programs

This month's channel news quiz covers developments in channel partner strategies and programs, cloud computing, technologies affecting the channel and service provider business strategy. Continue Reading
Take this quiz to catch up on IT partnership news

This month's channel news quiz takes a look at a range of topics, including cybersecurity, cloud computing, distribution, partner conferences and the copier market. Continue Reading
Microsoft WPC 2016: A quizzical recap of the channel partner event

This month's channel news quiz focuses on the recent Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, which highlighted cloud opportunities for the company's channel partners. Continue Reading

IT services providers: Quiz yourself on tech and channel trends

This month's channel news quiz runs the gamut from mergers and acquisitions to managed security services. Take the test to catch up on current events. Continue Reading
Channel partner programs: Quiz yourself on new developments

This installment of the channel news quiz covers developments in partner programs, recent conferences, data center technology and robotic process automation. Continue Reading
Current on cloud and managed services? Take the quiz

There's always a lot happening in the cloud and managed services sector. Take this new quiz to see if you're up to speed on the latest regulatory, vendor relations and market development trends. Continue Reading
Cloud computing networks: True or false?

A basic understanding of the cloud computing model ensures that the cloud computing services you offer will be top notch. Test your knowledge of cloud computing networks in this true or false quiz. Continue Reading
CCENT/CCNA Certification Study Guide: Networking fundamentals

Cisco's CCENT/CCNA certification qualifies VARs and SIs for extensive networking projects, creating more business opportunities for the company. Test your knowledge of networking fundamentals in part one of this quiz series designed to help you pass... Continue Reading

Ransomware has MSPs in its sights

Peter Geytenbeek, senior manager of channels EMEA at Thycotic, shares a warning about the need for managed service providers to ...

CrowdStrike backing top partners

Security player will deepen investment in its top-level partners as it looks to reward those who have invested in the firm

Commvault’s channel chief outlines a busy year ahead

Recently appointed John Tavares has plans to reach out to MSPs, get more partners involved with SaaS and has a partner programme ...

SearchSecurity

What is the future of cybersecurity?

Remote work is here to stay, so it's time to rethink the short-term fixes made in 2020. What else is in the cards? Here are the ...

Tenable: Vulnerability disclosures skyrocketed over last 5 years

New research from Tenable shows a dramatic increase in vulnerability disclosures since 2015, as well as concerning data about ...

Select a customer IAM architecture to boost business, security

Not all customer IAM platforms are created equal. Will a security-focused or marketing-focused CIAM architecture best meet your ...

SearchStorage

Calculate HPC storage costs based on these 8 factors

IT teams that want an accurate estimate of HPC storage costs must account not only for the technology itself, but for staffing, ...

Enterprise data storage 2020 Products of the Year finalists

The field of entrants in our 19th annual Products of the Year contest has been reduced to 47 contenders vying for gold, silver ...

Services, cloud dominated data storage news in 2020

Storage as a service, hybrid cloud, Kubernetes storage, economic fallout from COVID-19, and backup mergers and acquisitions ...

SearchNetworking

Considerations for SASE management and troubleshooting

SASE opens new territory for network and security management and troubleshooting. Ultimately, teams should look for system ...

Cisco sweetens Acacia deal by $2 billion

Cisco has agreed to pay $4.5 billion for Acacia, $2 billion more than the initial agreement in 2019. Cisco wants Acacia's optical...

SASE challenges include network security roles, product choice

Secure Access Service Edge blends network and security functions. While this integration has its benefits, enterprises still need...

SearchCloudComputing

COVID-19 and remote work shift cloud predictions for 2021

If we learned anything from 2020, it's to expect the unexpected. Yet that doesn't stop analysts from trying to predict what's to ...

Cloud providers jockey for 2021 market share

AWS and Microsoft still dominate the cloud market, but Google, IBM and Oracle aren't without merit. Learn where each provider ...

How to build a cloud center of excellence

Learn how to create an effective cloud center of excellence for your company with these steps and best practices.

SearchDataManagement

Informatica takes Customer 360 master data management to cloud

Updated MDM service benefits from integrations with the broader cloud-native Informatica platform that is built on top of a ...

Graph database vs. relational database: Key differences

Relational databases and graph databases both focus on the relationships between data but not in the same ways. Here are some key...

ScyllaDB NoSQL database to improve with Project Circe

ScyllaDB Project Circe sets out to help improve consistency, elasticity and performance for the open source NoSQL database.

SearchBusinessAnalytics

Key differences in uses of DataOps vs. DevOps

As with DevOps, DataOps hinges on cooperation between teams and breaking down silos within an organization with the focus of ...

Data storytelling a key part of Yellowfin analytics platform

Data storytelling remains a focal point for Yellowfin. Stories, the vendor's narrative generation tool, features heavily in both ...

Assent Compliance automates text analytics with AWS

With more than 20,000 documents to review each month, Assent Compliance, a supply chain data management vendor, turned to AWS to ...