Year: 2016
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IT Skills Gap: CIO Headache, Channel Opportunity
Categories: CareersDigital skills IT Skills Gap: CIO Headache, Channel Opportunity CIOs are looking to outsource IT to gain access to skills they don’t have in-house; this opens up key opportunities for IT solution providers. Skills Shortfall 65% of CIOs believe a shortage of talent will prevent their organizations from keeping up with the pace of change,… Read more
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The Disappearing Integrator: A Cautionary Tale
Categories: News and Trends“Integrator.” It’s a word many channel partners have used to describe themselves: “systems integrator,” or “network integrator,” for example. The term “integrator” refers to professionals who select preferable hardware from various manufacturers and preferable software from various providers and combine them to create superior solutions. The missing link in the middle between Dev and Ops.… Read more
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Security Threat Trouble Spots That Emerged in Q1
Categories: SecurityMalware Security Threat Trouble Spots That Emerged in Q1 New ransomware variants, potentially unwanted apps disguised as software updates, and Java and Microsoft Office vulnerabilities pose new challenges. Windows Malware Stats Malware samples hit 340,165,702 in Q1 2016, significantly surpassing the malware-detection samples from the same period in 2015. Malware Trouble Spots Trojans (26%), infectors… Read more
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Open-Source Projects Are Not Created Equal
Categories: News and TrendsMultiple distributions of Linux are nothing new, but when vendor consortia start throwing their weight around to back one flavor versus another, it starts to tear at the very fabric of the open-source community. The Linux Foundation announced early this month that an OpenSwitch Project to create a network operating system based on Linux is… Read more
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Feud Over PCI DSS Comes to a Head
Categories: SecurityA long simmering feud between retailers and credit card issuers over data security came to a head early this month with the National Retail Federation formally asking the Federal Trade Commission to determine whether the credit card industry is in breach of antitrust regulations. The core issue is the way credit card issuers have been… Read more
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LightCyber Ramps Revenue Opportunities for Partners
Categories: PartnersLightCyber, a startup provider of behavioral attack detection solutions, aims to give channel partners access to a broad security product portfolio and the capability to build on the company’s integrated services offering. Under the LightCyber Technology Alliance Program, channel partners will be able to integrate the LightCyber Magna behavioral attack platform, which is sold only… Read more