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Cisco Quad and Cius cause commotion at Cisco Live 2011

Cisco Quad and Cius caused quite the commotion at Cisco Live 2011 in Las Vegas, but channel partners successfully selling both remains to be seen.
Demo: Cisco Quad offers mobile enterprise social networking

This Cisco Quad demo at Cisco Live 2011 shows the enterprise social networking technology as it would be used in an everyday work environment. Will the enterprise buy in?

Disaster recovery: Failover and failback

Get advice for handling disaster recovery failover and failback in this expert videocast with Bill Peldzus, DR consultant for GlassHouse Technologies.
Expert video: Hardware deduplication vs. software deduplication

Learn whether hardware deduplication or software deduplication makes more sense for your customers in this expert videocast with Jeff Harbert, storage consultant with GlassHouse Technologies.
Expert video: Server virtualization risks

Learn about server virtualization risks, such as VM failure, in this expert videocast with Jon Toigo, founder and CEO of Toigo Partners International.
Expert video: SSD advantages and disadvantages

Learn about SSD advantages and disadvantages in this expert videocast with Demartek Founder and President Dennis Martin.
Virtual server backup with W. Curtis Preston

In this expert videocast, backup expert W. Curtis Preston explains the major challenges to virtual server backup, what VM-specific backup tools bring to the backup table, how restores are different in the virtual world, and how dedupe and CDP impact virtual server backup.
Debunking MA 201 CMR 17 compliance myths

John Moynihan, president of Minuteman Governance, reviews how to help your customers get over common misconceptions related to the Massachusetts state data protection law.
VAR business must prep for cloud computing services

The VAR business can benefit greatly from offering cloud computing services and applications, according to IDC's vice president of channels, Janet Waxman.
McAfee CEO: How to gain VAR business partner opportunities

In this exclusive interview, Dave DeWalt describes various opportunities for VARs to partner with security solution providers, including what technical skills and certifications are currently the most sought-after.
Web application security best practices: Tips on implementation

The demand for Web application security tools continues to grow, thanks in part to PCI DSS compliance. In this video, learn some Web application security best practices.
Network solution provider talks network virtualization strategy, security

Learn how network solution provider Personal Computer Resources from Braintree, Mass., deals with network virtualization strategy, green networking, network security and more in this edition of Solution Provider Spotlight.
Massachusetts data encryption mandates and other VAR opportunities

Peter Hirschfeld, president of PC Resources in Braintree, Mass., talks to SearchITChannel.com about opportunities around Massachusetts' new data encryption law and other hot topics for VARs.
Novell's SUSE Appliance Program benefits ISVs

John Dragoon, Senior Vice President and channel chief for Novell Inc., discusses the new SUSE Appliance Program and how it benefits ISVs.

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Cloud journey still causing problems for many users

Rackspace identifies the key role that the channel can play in helping customers through the cloud migration process

5 Growing Pains MSPs Need to Overcome

Gregg Lalle, VP, International Sales & Strategy, at ConnectWise explores the business challenges that confront MSPs as they ...

Managed service sell-off last action for RedstoneConnect boss

Just weeks after the firm sold off its managed services and SI units the firm's CEO has decided it is time to move on

SearchCloudProvider

Azure licensing eliminates pillar of public cloud from its platform

Changes to Azure licensing mean customers who want pay-as-you-go pricing will have to make upfront commitments to get it, as ...

HPE Helion cloud brokerage supplants its defunct public cloud

With its public cloud soon a thing of the past, the HPE cloud strategy around hybrid management continues to take shape with ...

EMC and VMware launch managed hybrid cloud joint venture using Virtustream brand

EMC-owned Virtustream set to become outlet for storage and virtualisation firm's hybrid cloud managed services

SearchSecurity

Accenture's Tammy Moskites explains how the CISO position is changing

Accenture's Tammy Moskites spoke with SearchSecurity at RSA Conference 2018 about the daunting challenges CISOs face today and ...

PyRoMineIoT cryptojacker uses NSA exploit to spread

The latest malware threat based on the EternalRomance NSA exploit is PyRoMineIoT, a cryptojacker infecting IoT devices. But ...

EU institutes Kaspersky ban, calls software 'malicious'

News roundup: Following a vote by the European Parliament to implement a Kaspersky ban in the EU, Kaspersky announced it would ...

SearchStorage

Four common SSD form factors and where they work best

Solid-state drive form factors offer different benefits, from ease of transition to increased throughput. Four popular form ...

Ceph-based cloud block storage service debuts from Atlantic.Net

Atlantic.Net's cloud-based block storage service is built on open source Ceph, and it includes an NVMe-based flash cache to boost...

Who needs a multi-cloud environment and how best to deploy one

Multi-cloud deployments let IT pick and choose among services from a variety of cloud providers to meet the storage and workload ...

SearchNetworking

Five needed product features to fix network management issues

A new survey by Enterprise Management Associates attempts to shed light on the most important tools needed to combat network ...

Juniper unveils Penta chipset for 5G infrastructure

Juniper unveils the Penta chipset for carrier's 5G infrastructure. The packet-forwarding chip features higher speeds and low ...

Cisco to merge Viptela, DNA Center for campus networking

Cisco plans to integrate its Viptela SD-WAN with DNA Center for campus networking in the next 18 months. At the same time, Cisco ...

SearchCloudComputing

Map hybrid cloud applications to your VPN address spaces

Enterprise networks can easily become your Achilles' heel in hybrid cloud. Follow this advice to effectively manage your VPN, as ...

Evaluate PaaS vendors based on these two types of features

To determine whether a PaaS provider will meet their needs, buyers should look closely at what the vendor offers for development ...

Google adds single-tenant VMs for compliance, license cares

Google continues its quest to be a more enterprise-friendly cloud, as it adds VMs with isolated hardware that could help ...

SearchDataManagement

Hortonworks cloud options grow via Google, Microsoft, IBM

Hortonworks now supports Google Cloud Storage and has also broadened cloud deals with Microsoft and IBM, aiming to increase cloud...

Evolving data integration strategies target new analytics needs

Most companies don't have a shortage of data, but it's often stored in siloed systems or inconsistent formats -- problems that ...

What goes into a customer analytics data integration framework

Customer data integration is a minefield for IT teams to navigate. But incorporating a set of core technical functions into an ...

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Tableau acquisition of MIT AI startup aims at smarter BI software

Tableau acquires AI startup Empirical Systems in a plan to provide users with automated data modeling capabilities and enable ...

Choosing the right data discovery platform for the enterprise

Obviously, cost and scalability factor into data discovery platform buying decisions, but other features, like visualizations and...

BI vendors aim to ease visual data analysis by business users

Despite the self-service BI push, enabling end users to take the lead on analyzing and visualizing data is often still a ...