The security policy automation vendor will support the Havana distribution of OpenStack.

The company also reported good momentum in sales of its new NSX software-defined networking and VSAN software-defined storage technologies.

Apple reported record June quarter revenue on strong iPhone and Mac sales, but iPad sales continue to struggle.

The company reported solid fiscal Q4 growth following its Nokia acquisition.

VMware said it has over 150 paying NSX software-defined networking customers and over 300 VSAN software-defined storage customers, giving it a leg up in the move to develop software-defined data centers.

Juniper Networks said Tuesday it struck an agreement to sell its mobile security suite Junos Pulse to Siris Capital as part of the networking company's restructuring efforts. The deal was disclosed with the company's Q2 results.

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Nonprofit organization Goodwill Industries International said Tuesday it is looking into a possible credit card breach at its U.S. stores.

D&H Distributing's new suite of resources for its resellers around backup and disaster recovery, includes marketing support, training and technology solutions.

Apple received a patent for a "wrist-worn electronic device" called iTime Tuesday, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It appears to be the rumored Apple smartwatch nicknamed "iWatch" that the tech world has been anticipating for quite a while.

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CRN's Emerging Vendors list for 2014, our annual look at hot tech startups, includes a number of vendors that are making a significant impact in the area of cloud computing.

AppZero, a cloud startup that specializes in technlogy for moving enterprise apps between different clouds, launches promotion for partners that do Windows Server 2003 migrations.

Elliott Management this weekend said it owns a $1 billion stake in EMC and wants to convince EMC the time has come to spin out VMware as a separate company.

Microsoft is planning to offer Office 365 customers free on-boarding services though its Office 365 FastTrack program, potentially taking a big bite out of some partners' business.

The company went live Monday with a disaster recovery sandbox for AWS

While Google touted a "record quarter" with one million Chromebook sales in education, VARs say they don't see demand stretching beyond education anytime soon.

Hyped-up security risks and threats can lead to disappointing investments in new security technologies, according to a survey of nearly 5,000 IT and IT security professionals. Nearly half said they have been frequently or very frequently disappointed in their security deployments.

Cisco's DevNet program provides software developers and channel partners with Cisco APIs, developer kits and other resources to create new applications for Cisco ACI and other platforms.

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