Bitdefender Named a Visionary in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms

Submitted by Bitdefender Channel on February 16, 2016, 3:38 pm EST

Bitdefender is proud to announce that it has been named a "VISIONARY" in the latest edition of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms*, an extensive yearly evaluation of the corporate security vendor market.

Blog Roundup: When Does It Make Sense To Dump Old Hardware?

Submitted by Rick Saia on February 12, 2016, 1:39 pm EST

What’s on the minds of VARs and solution providers? Each week, ITBestOfBreed takes a trip through their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are three recent posts.

SHI: What Makes A Successful Asset Recovery Program?

5 IT Spending Trends Solution Providers Need To Know

Submitted by Mark Haranas on February 11, 2016, 12:44 pm EST

Successful IT businesses always keep a keen eye on the future to predict where customers will spend their IT dollars. New data from top research firms IDC and Gartner break down where organizations will spend their IT budget over the next three years.

What Does It Take To Be CISO Of The USA?

Submitted by Sarah Kuranda on February 10, 2016, 1:25 pm EST

How ‘Cloud School’ Helps A Longtime VAR’s Sales Force Move Into New Era

Submitted by Gina Narcisi on February 8, 2016, 12:07 pm EST

Keeping Up In The Age Of Cloud

Moving into the cloud era and generating revenue from it sometimes requires a little re-education.

Survey: Partners Foresee Business Growth Surge For 2016

Submitted by Rick Saia on February 5, 2016, 2:20 pm EST

Tim Herbert, CompTIA

Heading into the New Year, most channel partners were optimistic about their growth prospects for 2016, according to the nonprofit trade group CompTIA, which forecasts growth of just under 5 percent for the year.

Asigra Partners with Oracle on ZFS Storage Appliances

Submitted by Eran Farajun on February 4, 2016, 5:46 pm EST

With data volume expanding dramatically in both enterprise and SMB sectors (with digital data doubling every two years, according to IDC), companies and organizations are increasingly dependent on digital data to drive their businesses.

Chip and PIN Finally Arrives in the U.S., but Uncertainties Remain for Payment Security

Submitted by Bitdefender Channel on February 3, 2016, 12:45 pm EST

The first U.S. holiday season with chip and PIN technology in place is freshly behind us. Now, we must wait to gauge the impact on credit card transaction security, and on retail purchasing in general.

Our Commitment to Partners: A Message from David Goulden

Submitted by EMC Channel on February 1, 2016, 5:20 pm EST

Michael Dell, MSD Partners, and Silver Lake are leading a transaction to combine the EMC Federation of companies and Dell. This business combination will create the world¹s largest privately-controlled technology company.

The State of Encryption Today

Submitted by Sophos Channel on February 1, 2016, 4:59 pm EST

The way in which people work today has changed significantly since businesses started using encryption products to secure their data. On average we each have 2.9 devices that we expect to be able to use for work purposes. And we don’t just work from the office.

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