7 Places Smartwatches Are Falling Short On Security
As more smartwatches enter the market, an HP study shows that many of them are falling short big time when it comes to security. Take a look at where they are missing the boat.
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ShoreTel Launches 'First To Market' Single Hybrid Platform For Unified Communications
Unified communications and VoIP specialist ShoreTel has combined its on-premise and cloud platform to create ShoreTel Connect, which it says will change the way companies communicate.
Vapor IO Partners With Bloom Energy To Deliver Carbon-Neutral Computing Facilities
The hyper-collapsed data centers powered by fuel cells will intelligently consume power in dense, mostly urban environments.
Breach Detection Startup LightCyber Launches First Partner Program
Security startup LightCyber is betting big on the channel, launching its first official partner program on Monday, complete with deal registration, partner portal and extensive education initiatives.
Cisco Loses Another 'Champion' Channel Executive, This Time On The Collaboration Front
Richard McLeod, Cisco's global leader for its collaboration channel business, is the most recent executive leaving the networking giant to pursue a new 'adventure' elsewhere.
Nimble Storage Taps Former EMC, NetApp Exec Iventosch As New Channel Chief
Nimble Storage, which is going hard after enterprise customers and looking for partners, hires popular former EMC and NetApp exec to help lead the charge.
Demo: Intel RealSense Camera And Snapshot
Take a closer look at Intel's cool, new photo-focused technology.
CRN Exclusive: Aerohive CEO On HP Aruba 'Strong-Arm' Tactics, WiFi 'Haves' And 'Have-Nots'
Aerohive CEO David Flynn says his company is providing partners with more services and better margins than larger competitors like Hewlett-Packard and Cisco.
Private Equity Firm Acquires Stake In SoftwareONE To Drive M&A
Private equity giant KKR has purchased a 25 percent stake in $3.3 billion solution provider SoftwareONE to help fund mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. and Asia.
Silver Peak Forms Alliance With Nutanix, Infoblox, Zscaler To Expand SD-WAN
Silver Peak says it will lead the emerging software-defined WAN market through its new alliance with key industry players by providing faster deployments, more flexibility and significant cost savings compared to competitors like Cisco.
A Channel Primer On Public Sector Procurement Co-Ops
The State and Local market eclipses the size of the federal market, but national distributors and resellers are still having a tough time breaking into state and local government markets.Via itbestofbreed.com
Breach Fatigue: Why Security Solution Providers Need To Give Customers A Wake-Up Call
With companies suffering from a barrage of data breach news, they're often too eager to make rash technology decisions based on the latest breach, not on what they actually need.
How One Solution Provider is Making Money Through IoT From The California Drought
Luis Alvarez is literally putting IoT solutions out into the field.
The Best And Worst Technology Company Stocks So Far In 2015
Winners and losers were almost evenly split in the first half of 2015. Take a look at who was up and who was down.
Lenovo/StorMagic Take Aim At Dell, HP, Cisco In Drive To Be 'Lowest Cost Provider' In Hyper-Converged
Lenovo is aiming at the low end of the market with a new portfolio of turnkey hyper-converged solutions starting at $5,000.
6 Cloud Service Adoption Tips For Big Businesses
Cloud Sherpas, a born-in-the-cloud solution provider based in Atlanta, shares six tips that big businesses might want to heed when adopting cloud services.
VAR Roundtable: Legacy Apps Hindering Small Business Migration To Cloud, Windows 10
Legacy software and high upgrade costs have kept small and niche end users tethered to outdated Windows servers and operating systems, according to partners at D&H Distributing's New England show.
Partners Say Cisco's MaintenanceNet Acquisition Creates Competitive Advantage, More 'Stickiness'
Cisco has closed on its purchase of MaintenanceNet, a move solution providers say will increase renewal rates for the channel and give partners an advantage against competitors.
5 Companies That Had A Rough Week
For the week ending Aug. 14, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.
Intel Developer Forum: Skylake Strategy To Take Center Stage
System builders hope that Intel will fill in the blanks on its Skylake architecture and how design details of the company's newest sixth-generation 14nm processors will boost the PC market.
