The company issues seven bulletins addressing an SSL weakness in Internet Explorer and errors in Office and Exchange, ending the year with a total of 85 security bulletins.

The heavy-hitters in the smartphone market all released new devices this year, showing off bigger and better displays. Here are the 10 coolest smartphones of 2014.

DataGravity, whose founders are storage veterans who also founded EqualLogic and then sold it to Dell, plan to use the new funding to develop its sales and support teams to expand the reach of its DataGravity Discovery Series into the channel.

Life deals all kinds of blows, but how you deal with it is what matters. For Lauren Manning, that was not only true as she worked hard to build a successful career on Wall Street, but also has she fought for her life after suffering severe injuries on September 11.Via itbestofbreed.com

Big data remained one of the most dynamic segments of the IT industry in 2014, with new products for data management and business analytics seemingly hitting the market every day. Here are 10 that we think made the biggest splash this year.

Cisco Systems' acquisition of Chicago-based Neohapsis is part of a broader trend of technology and security vendors adding on a mix of managed and professional security services to meet customer demand.

Shawn Price, Oracle's new cloud strategy SVP, said acceptance of cloud computing for core ERP and financial applications is growing.

Lauren Manning, survivor of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and author of "Unmeasured Strength," shared how her experience shaped her world view, both personally and professionally. Manning addressed a crowd at the Women of The Channel Winter Workshop in New York.

IT jargon doesn't go very far when it comes to talking to the CFO. Being fluent in capex vs. opex and conveying the true total cost of ownership are what can really seal the deal.

IBM and Apple release first wave of MobileFirst iOS apps targeting enterprise. Will partners be shut out from new, lucrative Big Blue opportunities?

Ali Baghdadi, Ingram Micro's president of Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) Technology Solutions, discussed the thought process and business opportunities behind acquiring Turkey's top value-added distributor, Armada.

If you want to create change in your career, you have to start changing the conversation. Here's some advice from a Women of the Channel keynote speaker on how to do it. Via itbestofbreed.com

SAP is stepping up its push to secure Fortune 1000 enterprise applications with an announcement that it has signed an agreement for its direct sales force to resell HP's Fortify application security software.

Lenovo, fresh off the heels of its acquisition of IBM's x86-based server business, is planning to capitalize on its growing infrastructure presence to change how it deals with managed services and cloud partners, including adding new financing and pay-as-you-grow options.

The Accenture Hybrid Cloud Solution for Microsoft Azure will exclusively be brought to market by Accenture and its subsidiary, Avanade

At Cisco's Global Editors Conference, company executives spent lots of time talking about why Intercloud is solving customers' headaches over working with public and private clouds.

The platform that enables Google customers to run their web applications on Google cloud infrastructure contains at least 30 vulnerabilities. Solution providers say they expect Google to weigh the customer risk and address the most critical issues.

The Channel Company held its NexGen Cloud conference in San Diego last week, and it was obvious how much the cloud is changing the industry. Here are eight cool sights and sounds spotted at the event.

Cloud Technology Partners closed a $9.1 million financing round Tuesday that the company said will allow it to scale its sales, marketing and delivery capabilities.

HP's top executives, including CEO Meg Whitman, answered tough partner questions on everything from the impact of the HP Split to the channel implications of HP's new Sprout immersive computing platform. Here is an excerpt from the partner webcast held at HP Discover.