Survey: Young Adults Unaware Of, Unprepared For Cybersecurity Careers

Submitted by Matt Brown on November 4, 2015, 2:17 pm EST

Young adults around the world may be intrigued by cybersecurity, but they’re generally unaware of job opportunities in the field, despite its fast-growing nature, according to the results of a survey conducted by defense contractor Raytheon.\

People Remain the #1 Challenge for IT Security Providers

Submitted by Lisa Person on November 2, 2015, 6:06 pm EST

No matter how hard you try, there’s simply no way to provide your clients with a 100% guarantee that their data and information systems will never be compromised.

Can we test APT defenses even if we can’t agree on how to define APTs?

Submitted by John Zorabedian on November 2, 2015, 10:01 am EST

In the past few years, a lot of media outlets, and even some security vendors, have hyped up the threat of so-called advanced persistent threats (APTs), frequently associating them with nation-state attackers using unheard of zero-day exploits to break into high-profile targets.

'MythBusters' Star Adam Savage: How To Bust Security Myths

Submitted by Sarah Kuranda on November 2, 2015, 9:30 am EST

Security is full of myths, and MythBusters TV star and scientist Adam Savage took the stage at Intel Security's FOCUS 15 in Las Vegas to help partners answer them.

Since the TV show launched in 2006 on Discovery, Savage and co-host Jamie Hyneman have been busting some of the biggest - and most ridiculous - myths, using science and a little creative engineering. The show has proved extremely popular over its 14 seasons (The current season will be the show's last.) and has been nominated for six Emmy awards.

Let Content Marketing Turbocharge Your Channel Business

Submitted by Samsung Channel on October 30, 2015, 3:05 pm EDT

Few doubt the technical acumen of IT solution providers. Being able to put together an impressive portfolio of business technology products is table stakes in the channel. So what separates the successful from those just scraping by?

8 Key Takeaways From BoB Conference Survey

Submitted by Rick Saia on October 30, 2015, 1:38 pm EDT

How are things going for solution providers? Judging from a survey of attendees at this month’s Best of Breed Conference in Orlando, Fla., recent sales have exceeded expectations and will improve over the next year, most want to expand their partnerships and marketing is playing a bigger role today than it did five years ago in adding customers.

Security: An Easy Customer Onramp

Submitted by Hanna Hurley on October 29, 2015, 9:59 am EDT

Every customer you have and every prospect you speak to has one thing in common—they never want to experience a security breach. The odds are not in their favor, however, as more than 90% of customer environments have multiple types of security gaps, and most organizations do not have a dedicated security expert on staff.

How Adding Telecom Changed A Traditional VAR Into A 'One-Stop Shop'

Submitted by Gina Narcisi on October 28, 2015, 3:16 pm EDT

Forty-year-old infrastructure and services provider Black Box Network Services has come a long way from reselling networking hardware through a catalog.

Expert: Here's The Secret To Dealing With Millennials

Submitted by Sarah Kuranda on October 27, 2015, 3:03 pm EDT

Author Paul Angone addresses FOCUS 15 in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Millennials, the generation born between 1980 and 2000, now account for the majority of the workforce, with more than 1.8 million of them globally.

Software Defined Storage and the FX platform: an example

Submitted by Paul Steeves on October 26, 2015, 11:40 am EDT

Software-defined storage (SDS) is an important trend shaping the future of the IT industry. Inform customers that the modular, flexible design of the FX architecture provides future-ready infrastructure specifically built to maximize the advantages of a software-defined data center. Share this blog to illustrate how FX combines server and storage components along with virtualization offerings (like VMware) to bring unprecedented levels of efficiency to customer data centers.”

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