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Feature
06 Dec 2022
Wireless security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 differences
As wireless networks have evolved, so have the protocols for securing them. Get an overview of WLAN security standards, and learn the differences among WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3. Continue Reading
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Answer
18 Nov 2022
How to set up backup internet connections for home offices
Reliable connectivity and secure access are must-haves for employees working from home. Here are ideas to consider when designing backup internet connections for home offices. Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2016
Vendors adjust to a shrinking PC market
Despite the well-documented decline of the PC market, opportunities around 2-in-1s, niche markets and Windows 10 arise to keep businesses buying new computers. Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2016
SD-WAN providers unveil partnerships, services
Silver Peak, Versa Networks and Viptela are the latest SD-WAN vendors to launch partnerships and services in a market expected to top $6 billion by 2020. Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2016
Macro trends on HP's radar
HP Inc. CTO Shane Wall weighs in on three big macro trends that are shaping the company's long-horizon strategy. Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2016
Record-setting DDoS attacks unleashed on several targets
A series of potent, record-setting DDoS attacks hit several targets last week and apparently used IoT malware to infect and leverage a large number of internet connect devices. Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2016
NetApp updates all-flash, hybrid arrays, ONTAP software
NetApp all-flash arrays and hybrid storage arrays get updates, along with the ONTAP operating system and added support for Microsoft Azure, to kick off its annual technical conference. Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2016
Cisco cloud strategy departs from Intercloud IaaS focus
The latest Cisco professional services are aimed at helping companies build and manage hybrid clouds. The offering reflects a shift in Cisco's cloud strategy. Continue Reading
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23 Sep 2016
Oracle cloud rollout marked by database updates
Oracle 12c Release 2 is going to the cloud first, in keeping with Larry Ellison's campaign to do cloud better than others. AWS databases, like Aurora and Redshift, are clear targets. Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2016
Yahoo under fire over data breach affecting 500 million users
Yahoo comes under fire for not detecting and notifying users sooner of the biggest breach of personal details to date. Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2016
Oracle IaaS roadmap builds on bare metal, containers
Oracle turns to bare metal and containers to craft an IaaS platform that's friendlier for enterprise scale-out, but is it compelling enough versus entrenched public cloud rivals? Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2016
Google Project Zero finds more flaws in Symantec antivirus
Symantec patched another set of serious file parsing flaws in its antivirus products, which were discovered by Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy. Continue Reading
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News
20 Sep 2016
Veritas CEO talks post-Symantec vision
Veritas CEO Bill Coleman talks about how he intends to reshape the company around data protection, data management and the cloud after splitting from Symantec. Continue Reading
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News
20 Sep 2016
IHS study finds SDN and managed SD-WAN on the rise
A recent survey by IHS Markit finds that a majority of service providers are implementing SDN with an eye toward developing new managed services like SD-WAN. Continue Reading
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News
20 Sep 2016
Warning issued on new, unpatched Cisco vulnerability
Cisco warns that an as-yet unpatched vulnerability derived from Shadow Brokers' BENIGNCERTAIN hacking tool is being exploited in the wild. Continue Reading
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News
20 Sep 2016
Fresh chapters for both Tech Data and Avnet
Following the announcement of the $2.6B acquisition of Avnet Technology Solutions, the CEOs of both Tech Data and Avnet took to the web to discuss the deal. Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2016
Mirantis targets continuous delivery of OpenStack updates
OpenStack distribution provider claims TCP Cloud acquisition will ensure its customers' infrastructure is equipped to cope with the rate of application innovation they are demanding. Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2016
MySQL vulnerability disclosed, Oracle under fire
Oracle's lack of response to security researchers raises more questions after a zero-day MySQL vulnerability was reported, though patches may have already been released. Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2016
EMC ScaleIO, DSSD D5 adopt Dell PowerEdge servers
Dell EMC uses Dell PowerEdge x86 servers for new ScaleIO Ready Nodes -- including an all-flash model -- and adds DSSD D5 flash array cards to PowerEdge rack servers. Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2016
Violin Memory names new, and maybe last, flash hope
Struggling Violin Memory launches two new Flash Storage Platform arrays with improved performance, lower latency and encryption in hopes of surviving in crowded all-flash market. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Sep 2016
Business influencers: What guides your IT channel decisions?
Channel executives are responsible for making tough decisions that impact the fates of their companies. We asked a few company chiefs to name the top influencers that shape their leadership. Continue Reading
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Opinion
09 Sep 2016
IT security strategy: Help clients build these three pillars
User education, access management and data backup are the three pillars of a sound security strategy that partners should build and reinforce for their customers. Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2016
UC vendor consolidation rattles market
Following an uncertain summer, unified communications vendor consolidation has made some customers postpone purchases, while others expect price drops and market innovation. Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2016
Committee report claims OPM breach was preventable
A House committee investigation into the OPM breach said leadership failed to implement recommended security improvements that could have prevented the attack and data loss. Continue Reading
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09 Sep 2016
RSA upbeat about future in Dell Technologies
RSA to maintain its independence, but will benefit from being part of Dell Technologies, says RSA president Amit Yoran. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2016
Majority stake in Intel Security sold to create new firm
After completion of the Intel Security sale to private equity firm TPG, the new jointly-held cybersecurity company will resurrect the McAfee brand and net $3.1 billion for Intel. Continue Reading
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News
07 Sep 2016
Dell EMC deal closes, Dell EMC opens
Dell's $60 billion-plus acquisition creates new storage behemoth called Dell EMC but it will take a while to address all lingering concerns about the new company. Continue Reading
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07 Sep 2016
Genesys pushes cloud contact center with acquisition
Genesys is set to acquire Interactive Intelligence to expand its reach in the cloud contact center market. The deal raises questions around Genesys' reported bid for Avaya's call center business. Continue Reading
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News
07 Sep 2016
Dell boasts channel strength as EMC deal is sealed
'Big is better' seems to be the mantra coming out of Dell, and its founder views its channel as a real strength as the acquisition of EMC is completed. Continue Reading
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News
07 Sep 2016
Faulty attribution especially dangerous during a cyber arms race
While President Obama said we can still defuse a potential cyber arms race, some experts believe we are already in such competition or already past it and in open conflict. Continue Reading
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News
06 Sep 2016
SAP releases BW/4HANA data warehousing software
SAP releases BW/4HANA data warehousing software for HANA; Forrester report shows high ROI for SAP Jam collaboration platform. Continue Reading
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News
06 Sep 2016
President Obama warns of the dangers of a cyber arms race
President Obama said he wants to avoid a cyber-Cold War and urged nations to focus more on the dangers of non-state actors and less on a potential cyber arms race. Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2016
Mixed opinions on AWS adoption at VMworld
AWS adoption continues to skyrocket but not everyone at VMworld was ready to go all-in, as attendees expressed excitement and concern over moving workloads to the public cloud. Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2016
Romanian hacker Guccifer gets 52 months in jail
Romanian hacker Guccifer, made famous for exposing the misuse of personal email servers of Hillary Clinton, sentenced to 52 months in prison for unrelated crimes. Continue Reading
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News
31 Aug 2016
Businesses struggling with EU-US data transfer uncertainty
Businesses are facing a highly complex regulatory landscape due to uncertainty around the future of transatlantic data transfers, according to the initial findings of an IAPP report. Continue Reading
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News
31 Aug 2016
VMware customers warming to all-flash VSAN
When buzzwords collide: Flash storage is making its mark on hyper-convergence, and VMware VSAN customers are giving all-flash VSAN clusters a try. Continue Reading
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31 Aug 2016
Okta ties identity into new API management platform
The new API Access Management platform from Okta lets businesses build mobile apps that have identity-based access to third-party software and services. Continue Reading
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News
31 Aug 2016
VMware UEM adds Windows 10 management to Workspace One
More in-depth capabilities for managing the Windows 10 lifecycle are coming to the new unified endpoint management feature in VMware's workspace suite. Continue Reading
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31 Aug 2016
Ping eyes blockchain alternative hashgraph for IAM systems
SearchCloudSecurity's interview with Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand explores how distributed ledgers can be used for identity and access management. Continue Reading
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News
31 Aug 2016
SWIFT messaging system attacks are 'here to stay'
SWIFT told clients there have been more attacks on its bank messaging system and some have resulted in bank thefts, but no solutions to security are available. Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2016
Ping Identity tackles IDaaS obstacles, data breach fatigue
Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand talks with SearchCloudSecurity about the benefits of identity as a service as well as the issues holding back greater enterprise adoption of IDaaS. Continue Reading
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News
30 Aug 2016
Longtime users warned to change Dropbox passwords now
Cloud storage provider warns long-time users that it's time to change Dropbox passwords, as a precaution, after discovering an old set of Dropbox credentials was exposed -- in 2012. Continue Reading
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News
30 Aug 2016
IT pros welcome cloud management help
VMware debuted cloud capabilities this week that make it easier to control a multicloud environment. Continue Reading
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News
30 Aug 2016
VMworld: NexentaStor, DataSphere among SDS launches
Nexenta brings out NexentaStor 5 and NexentaFusion 1, while Primary Data and NooBaa add software-defined virtualization and Maxta delivers free HCI software at VMworld 2016. Continue Reading
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News
30 Aug 2016
Cloud desktops force thin clients to adapt
At VMworld 2016, Dell, HP Inc. and IGEL Technology increase support for cloud desktops running on their thin clients. Vendors must keep up as cloud adoption rises. Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2016
HDS UCP HC adds all-flash flavor, boosts VVOLs support
The Hitachi UCP HC V240F is an all-flash version of a hybrid hyper-converged system launched in June; both versions start with three nodes and scale a node at a time. Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2016
iOS zero days enabled Pegasus remote exploit
A new remote iOS exploit called Pegasus leverages three zero days in what appear to be state-sponsored targeted attack campaigns against political dissidents. Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2016
Vendors revamp flash controller, maintenance deals
Free flash controller upgrades with array warranty and maintenance agreements are common as field data shows flash is lasting longer than expected compared to the controllers. Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2016
Android Nougat adds file-level encryption
The latest version of Google’s OS, Android Nougat, has new security features such as file-level encryption. But it’s only available for Google Nexus devices right now. Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2016
Rackspace sold to private equity house Apollo Global for $4.3B
After weeks of speculation about its acquisition status, Rackspace confirms definitive agreement with private equity buyer. Continue Reading
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News
25 Aug 2016
SMBs hope VMware cuts VDI costs
IT experts share their wish lists for VMworld 2016. For SMBs, it's high time VMware brings cheaper VDI to the table. Continue Reading
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25 Aug 2016
EMC updates Enterprise/Native Hybrid Cloud products
EMC releases new 4.0 version of Enterprise Hybrid Cloud package; discloses Sept. GA date for Native Hybrid Cloud, which adds new VCE VxRail hyper-converged infrastructure option. Continue Reading
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News
25 Aug 2016
More mystery surrounds Shadow Brokers' cyberweapons leak
More unanswered questions remain about the Shadow Brokers' release of NSA/Equation Group cyberweapons cache, as vendors move to mitigate and researchers search for vulnerabilities. Continue Reading
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News
25 Aug 2016
Microsoft acquires Genee for intelligent calendaring
Microsoft plans to use startup Genee's online intelligence to automate calendaring tasks in Office 365. Microsoft acquired Genee this week. Continue Reading
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News
24 Aug 2016
All-flash HCI finds price, performance sweet spot
Flash storage has reached a crossroads, where lower prices and greater capacity have led a growing number of hyper-converged infrastructure products to include all-flash storage. Continue Reading
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News
24 Aug 2016
Windows updates move to all-or-nothing model
Microsoft's new monthly rollups will make Windows OS updates less hectic. IT won't be able to pick and choose which updates and patches to deploy, however. Continue Reading
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News
24 Aug 2016
Veeam platform: Physical joins virtual and cloud
Veeam's availability product vision aims to protect data regardless of the type of workload. The vendor is also planning upgrades to its Availability Suite. Continue Reading
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News
24 Aug 2016
Caringo releases new SwarmNFS protocol converter
Caringo released a new SwarmNFS protocol converter that directly integrates with its scale-out object storage and aims to eliminate the need for separate file gateway hardware. Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2016
IoT: Data dream or data waste?
Despite high hopes for IoT data, most connected device developers and manufacturers are having a tough time using it. Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2016
IBM Storwize adds all-flash, targets EMC users
IBM's all-flash portfolio grows, with a new midrange and entry-level option, and the vendor adds a migration program aimed at EMC-Dell customers. Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2016
Cisco security vulnerability abused by NSA for years
A Cisco security vulnerability affecting routers was found in the Shadow Brokers cyberweapon dump and may have been used by the NSA for years to decrypt VPN traffic. Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2016
Microsoft devours another AI startup
Microsoft hopes that Genee will grant Cortana's wish -- to become the most intelligent AI in all the land. Continue Reading
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23 Aug 2016
SimpliVity hyper-converged appliances go all-flash
Far from the first to do so, SimpliVity adds all-flash hyper-converged appliances, but waited until price levels dropped to avoid investing 'too early into the buzz.' Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2016
Microsoft and Lenovo deepen strategic ties
Microsoft announces another cross-licensing deal that will see its software pre-installed on millions of Android devices. Continue Reading
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22 Aug 2016
Microsoft: ‘We dropped the ball’ following Windows 10 issues
The first major update to Microsoft's flagship operating system brings enterprise webcams around the world to a halt. Redmond team say a fix is on the way. Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2016
Dell on machine learning benefits, ransomware attacks
Dell's Brett Hansen explains why machine learning security is better than signature-based detection and how it can stop emerging threats. Continue Reading
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News
17 Aug 2016
Citrix, Microsoft show cloud-based app delivery is hot
Businesses are moving away from full virtual desktops to delivering individual apps from the cloud. The latest indication of this trend is the new XenApp express service from Citrix and Microsoft. Continue Reading
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News
17 Aug 2016
Coho Data QoS quiets noisy multi-tenant storage
Coho Data's new version of its DataStream multi-tenant storage nodes natively integrate Hadoop Distributed File System to existing block, container and file storage. Continue Reading
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News
17 Aug 2016
BeyondCore will become part of Salesforce Analytics Cloud
With the purchase and integration of BeyondCore, Salesforce hopes to help sales reps learn from their data and gain predictive insights. Continue Reading
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News
17 Aug 2016
Juniper Networks rolls out enhancements for Elite partners
Juniper Networks has announced plans to add some value to the Elite level of its partner program. Continue Reading
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News
17 Aug 2016
Smart machines and IoT platforms are going to be big
If the channel wants to know what Gartner thinks will become major technologies in the future, then learning about smart machines, augmented reality and IoT platforms is a wise move. Continue Reading
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News
16 Aug 2016
Cisco provides Skype for Business integration
The new Cisco Meeting Server delivers integration between the company's on-premises video conferencing hardware and Skype for Business. Continue Reading
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16 Aug 2016
Growth for Ariba Network; SAP offers partner cloud option
SAP reports growth of its Ariba Network and users laud benefits; SAP PartnerEdge Cloud Choice profit option is a new program to help partners increase sales and profits. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Aug 2016
Softchoice: Windows 10 adoption elusive among customers
With Windows 10 having celebrated in July its first year on the market, service provider Softchoice has found a scant presence of the OS within its client base. Softchoice's recent study of its ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Aug 2016
Trace3 grows its innovation research program
Trace3 is growing its innovation research program, which aims to help CIOs obtain early access to emerging technologies. Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2016
Secure Boot mess leaves Microsoft scrambling for fixes
Microsoft accidentally released the golden key for Windows Secure Boot, causing a serious security issue for the company despite putting only less popular devices at risk. Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2016
Windows 10 Pro loses some Group Policy settings
Windows 10 Pro admins get an unwelcome surprise when they install the Anniversary Update; they lose out on the ability to block third-party applications. Continue Reading
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News
12 Aug 2016
Another airline outage, another IT teaching moment
Another outage at an airline data center offers yet another lesson about the need to fail over to a backup data center and bounce back quickly after a power problem. Continue Reading
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News
12 Aug 2016
New Huawei U.S. head wants partners to handle sales
David He, newly appointed president at Huawei Enterprise U.S., is ready to turn over 100% of sales to partners. He is optimistic despite cloud of Chinese cyber spying. Continue Reading
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News
12 Aug 2016
Ingram Chinese takeover deal hit by further delays
Ingram Micro updates the market on the progress of its takeover by a Chinese firm revealing it is now being delayed until towards the end of the year. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Aug 2016
Credentialing process helps IT service providers differentiate
MSPs and other channel partners are pursuing rigorous audits and credentialing regimens as a way to stand out from their competitors in the IT services market. Continue Reading
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News
11 Aug 2016
Google cloud takes steps forward -- and back
Google Cloud Platform kicked off August by adding security features, dropping prices and buying an ISV-focused startup, but networking continues to be a bugaboo. Continue Reading
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News
11 Aug 2016
Cloud software heading for end of decade dominance
IDC is forecasting significant growth in cloud software, expecting it to grow at a much quicker rate than traditional on-premises alternatives. Continue Reading
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News
10 Aug 2016
Wi-Fi Alliance draws fire in carrier-cable Wi-Fi war
A wireless carrier group has accused the Wi-Fi Alliance of kowtowing to cable operators as it nears completion of a test for LTE-U on Wi-Fi. Continue Reading
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News
10 Aug 2016
Rackspace divests ‘non-core’ Cloud Sites business
Rackspace offloads ‘non-core’ Cloud Sites business as speculation about its future as a public company continues. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Aug 2016
Partner-to-partner: Teaming with peers to grow a channel business
Partner-to-partner collaboration can help channel companies deliver more complex offerings and address customers' pressing business problems, according to Tiffani Bova. Continue Reading
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News
09 Aug 2016
GATTack tackles Bluetooth "Smart" security
Amid varying attacks targeting IoT devices at Black Hat 2016, a new software proxy offered leverage against the latest Bluetooth LE security protections. Continue Reading
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News
09 Aug 2016
Oracle MICROS PoS division breached, Carbanak implicated
Oracle's MICROS POS systems breached, possibly by Carbanak cybergang; Oracle issues mandatory password reset for customers. Continue Reading
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News
09 Aug 2016
Nimbus back in AFA storage game with dense, low-cost ExaFlash
Nimbus Data is ready to take on the all-flash big boys again with ExaFlash, a petabyte-scale architecture that breaks the $1 per gig barrier for raw SSD capacity. Continue Reading
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News
09 Aug 2016
Demand for security consultancy on the rise
Gartner has been looking into what the rest of this year holds for the security market and concluded that consultancy and outsourcing are in demand. Continue Reading
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News
08 Aug 2016
E8 Storage launches NVMe-based all-flash system
E8 Storage comes out of stealth promising to improve performance of direct-attached solid-state drives with new all-flash appliance. Continue Reading
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News
08 Aug 2016
NVMeF inches toward enterprise adoption
Industry players are demonstrating the new NVM Express over Fabrics network interconnect technology, but it's hard to say when it will gain widespread adoption. Continue Reading
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News
05 Aug 2016
ChannelCon 2016: Cloud and data protection moves at CompTIA show
Vendors in the cloud and data protection markets were among the partner-oriented companies making moves at CompTIA ChannelCon 2016. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2016
Microsoft to energize business video market with Stream
Microsoft Stream, backed by the vendor's marketing power, is expected to draw more enterprises into the business video market. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2016
Federal cybersecurity plan divides agency responsibilities
The White House's new federal cybersecurity plan outlines the responsibilities of each agency in a cyberattack and creates a rating system to determine the severity of an attack. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2016
Oracle-NetSuite deal to expand Oracle's cloud ERP
The Oracle cloud ERP chase could gain speed, thanks to a $9.3B plan to buy cloud applications vendor NetSuite. The software giant's timing may be good, as more users look to the cloud for ERP deployments. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Jul 2016
Building a partnership: How to link up with other service providers
Partnering with your fellow IT service providers can help expand the services you offer clients without incurring the cost of hiring and retaining talent. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2016
IBM DeepFlash 150 -- just a bunch of flash
New IBM flash storage product is a high-density JBOF system designed to work with Spectrum Scale software-defined storage to target big data. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2016
KeySniffer flaw echoes MouseJack wireless vulnerability
The KeySniffer wireless vulnerability goes beyond the similar MouseJack flaw in exposing users of inexpensive wireless keyboards to sniffing, injection attacks. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2016
Will the new EU-U.S. data transfer pact survive?
The new data transfer agreement between the U.S. and the European Union has its detractors, but industry observers say, 'Give it a chance.' Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2016
Sage vows to curb complexity for partners
At Sage Summit 2016 in Chicago, the vendor admits to unnecessary complexity in the past, and promises partners that it will do better. Continue Reading
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News
26 Jul 2016
NIST guidelines say SMS 2FA isn't safe
America's National Institute for Standards and Technology is advising the deprecation of using SMS-based two-factor authentication in order to improve security. Continue Reading