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Hadoop Opportunities For Service Providers

Talend CEO Michael Tuchen talks about the business opportunities for service providers in big data, saying he sees a real economic need for Hadoop implementation in companies.

Autotask To Be Acquired By Vista Equity Partners

Autotask kicked off its Autotask Community Live event in Hollywood, Fla., by revealing that it will be acquired by Vista Equity Partners for an undisclosed amount.

2014 Solution Provider 500: The Top 50

The 2014 Solution Provider 500 is CRN's annual ranking of the top integrators, service providers and IT consultants in North America, ranked by their solution-provider services revenue. Here we present the top 50 companies.

5 Companies That Had A Rough Week

For the week ending June 6, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.

HP Making Security Push Heading Into Discover Event

Hewlett Packard is emphasizing data and application security, turning to managed service providers to sell its Fortify On Demand, Arcsight and TippingPoint lines. Executives say the channel investment aims to drive more sales into small and midsize business market by embracing 20-50 worldwide MSPs.

Arista Networks Shares Soar On Hot IPO Debut

Shares for Arista Networks -- the low latency switch vendor that's emerging as a top competitor to Cisco -- were up as much as 35 percent Friday after its trading debut on the New York Stock Exchange.

Cisco VP Cites Clear Rules Of Engagement

Data center exec says sales engineers and reps don't push Cisco UCS Invicta into environments with heavy Vblock or FlexPod investments.

RIG Attack Kit May Push Ransomware To Facebook Users

Law enforcement's move against the Gamover Zeus botnet and Cryptolocker is causing new tools to gain popularity with criminals, according to Cisco. The RIG Exploit Kit is impacting users of Facebook, eBay and other popular websites through malicious advertisements.

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