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Ingram Micro to Acquire Odin Service Automation Platform Ingram Micro will acquire certain assets from Parallels Holdings Ltd., a provider of commercial cloud management platform technologies, connectors, billing systems and professional services. Under the terms of the transaction, Ingram Micro will acquire the Parallels Odin Service Automation platform along with associated cloud management technologies, intellectual property […]

Security and analytics Wanted: Security Analytics Skills and Resources A new study points to a lack of skills and dedicated resources as major obstacles to detecting and mitigating security breaches and other threats. Skills Gap 59% of respondents cite a lack of skills and dedicated resources as the main obstacles to detecting and acting on […]

IBM is making a bigger push into the public sector with its latest cloud partnerships. The company announced five new major cloud partners that serve the U.S. federal government and a First Responder Application Challenge to develop predictive analytic and mobile solutions to help first responders. Part of the reason for IBM’s big push is […]

Mobile malware Mobility, IoT Boost Enterprise Security Risks Channel providers looking to tap opportunities in security should bolster their offerings, particularly for managing mobile devices. Number of Android Threats Ease Threats for the Android platform decreased 21% from 1,526,756 in Q2 to 1,205,487 in Q3. New Android Families Quick Heal Threat Research Labs found 220 […]

Cyber security Why the Skills Gap in IT Security Might Get Wider Schools aren’t adequately preparing young adults, particularly females in that age group, to pursue cyber-security careers, new research shows. Knowledge Gap Globally, 47% of men say they are aware of the job responsibilities involved in cyber-security careers, compared with only 33% of women. […]

Ixia Announces New Partner Program Ixia, a provider of application performance and security resilience solutions, unveiled its new Global Solution Provider Program (GSPP) that aims to enable solution providers to speed the delivery of Ixia solutions to enterprises, service providers and government customers. Providers get access to Ixia’s product portfolio, solution consulting, on-site training, demo equipment and […]

Retaining Employees as IT Hiring Landscape Shifts Retaining Employees as IT Hiring Landscape Shifts As tech pros’ priorities change, companies need to change recruiting strategies to retain top talent. We look at what’s new on the hiring front. Skills Shortage 53% of technology hiring managers globally reported skills shortages in 2015, up from 51% the […]

Avnet Announces New Partner Training Network  At this week’s partner summit, Avnet introduced its new training and enablement community, the Avnet Knowledge Network. The private community is a single source of solution and supplier sales information and training for Avnet’s independent software vendor (ISV), managed service provider (MSP), systems integrator (SI) and value-added reseller (VAR) partners in […]

Cloud boom Gear Up for a Cloud Boom Key drivers of the transition to cloud services include personal cloud demands, public cloud services, virtualization in private clouds and more. Cloud Traffic Accelerates Global cloud traffic will grow from 2.1 zettabytes (ZB) in 2014 to 8.6ZB in 2019, outpacing the growth of global data center traffic, […]

Avnet Launches Cloud Marketplace Avnet rolled out Avnet Cloud Marketplace, which is designed to be a one-stop shop offering a wide range of solutions from leading cloud service providers, flexible payment models and a cloud management toolset. The marketplace enables U.S. and Canadian partners to offer cloud-based services through consumption- and subscription-based models and “create […]

Why Keeping Top Employees Is So Hard Why Keeping Top Employees Is So Hard Holding on to good employees is a challenge, but companies are not doing all they can to plan and put in place programs to engage and retain top talent. IT Retention Challenge 42% of IT leaders and 43% of IT professionals […]

Interconnected enterprises How Interconnected Enterprises Spur Business Gains The trend toward interconnected enterprises is creating new opportunities for VADs, VARs, MSPs and SIs. Here’s why. More Interconnected Enterprises By 2017, 84% of respondents will deploy IT infrastructure where interconnection—defined as “direct, secure physical or virtual connections between a company and its partners, customers and employees”—is […]