Ransomware has emerged as one of the key threats to digital business, according to a report commissioned by Cisco Systems and Dimension Data. The report cites Cisco’s 2017 Mid-Year Cyber Security Report, which says nearly 50 percent of businesses around the globe experienced at least one cyber attack in 2016, [...]
IDC: IoT Showing Opportunities for Service Providers International Data Corporation (IDC) has issued a report stating that the Internet of Things (IoT) is generating significant opportunities for service providers of all types across every global region. The Americas region represented 52.2% of the worldwide IoT services market opportunity in 2016. [...]
Avnet has acquired Dragon Innovation, which comes to the table with a cloud-based platform and human expertise to help manage the full manufacturing process from strategy and planning for earlier stage products to factory selection and production oversight. The acquired company has worked across a wide range of industries including [...]
Apple and Accenture are partnering to create solutions that will strengthen the business relevance of iOS. Accenture will create a dedicated iOS practice within Accenture Digital Studios in select locations around the world. Working in conjunctions with co-located staff from Apple, the combined team is expected to launch a new [...]
International Data Corporation (IDC) has issued a report stating that the Internet of Things (IoT) is generating significant opportunities for service providers of all types across every global region. The Americas region represented 52.2% of the worldwide IoT services market opportunity in 2016. Meanwhile, the EMEA region represented 34.4%, and [...]
Okta and Palo Alto Networks Announce Partnership to Automate End-User Security Okta, Inc., a San Francisco-based identity management company, has announced enhanced integration with the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform, providing security across cloud, on-premises and hybrid applications and data centers. Using the Okta Identity Cloud with the Palo [...]
Pivot3, an Austin, Texas-based hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) company, has announced enhancements to its channel program, adding new tiers, certifications, resources and suite of new services. The updated program is expanding into two partner tiers, Premier and Associate, with the ability to enhance profits through a service delivery designation that can [...]
StorageCraft, a Utah-based company specializing in backup, disaster recovery, system migration and data protection, announced a new initiative to guarantee the recovery of virtual or physical machines, either on-premises or in the cloud. Effective immediately, the StorageCraft $100K Recovery Guarantee is an automatic benefit for all qualified partners. To be [...]
Okta, Inc., a San Francisco-based identity management company, has announced enhanced integration with the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform, providing security across cloud, on-premises and hybrid applications and data centers. Using the Okta Identity Cloud with the Palo Alto Networks platform, organizations can incorporate identity and automatically respond to [...]
Research: Formal Education Coming Up Short in DevSecOps According to a new study, software developers are not receiving the training necessary for success in today’s DevOps world. The 2017 DevSecOps Global Skills Survey, sponsored by Veracode and DevOps.com, found that while 65 percent of DevOps professionals believe it is very [...]
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