Six Reasons You’ll Love Sophos Mobile Control

Submitted by Sophos Channel on February 16, 2016, 9:22 pm EST

One of today’s biggest threats to the security and confidentiality of company information is data on the move between employee work and personal devices and cloud services.

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.

Blog Roundup: Is ‘Storage’ An Outdated Term?

Submitted by Rick Saia on February 2, 2016, 1:32 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.

CARAHSOFT: Is Storage In Need Of A Name Change?

Why Solution Providers Need To Dig Deeper With Data Analytics

Submitted by Mark Haranas on January 28, 2016, 10:24 am EST

Sumot Nijhawan

The field of data analytics is growing quickly, and for solution providers seeking to solve businesses problems, it’s a market ripe for expansion.

5 Reasons VARs Should Add Secure File Sharing And Collaboration

Submitted by Sarah Kuranda on January 27, 2016, 1:12 pm EST

Scott Gordon

There are so many opportunities for partners in security today that, sometimes, it can be hard to choose where to place your bets. Scott Gordon (pictured), chief operating officer at security vendor FinalCode, said one area partners should evaluate is secure file sharing and collaboration, an area he said is driving more attention from customers and is evolving to be more user-friendly.

Test Center: PC Outlook 2016

Submitted by Tom Spring on January 22, 2016, 10:22 am EST

Here is what solution providers need to know about reselling PCs in the down market of 2016.

It's going to be hard slog for solution providers hoping to for a resurgence in PC sales in 2016. IDC and Gartner predict flat sales, despite hopes that Windows 10, Intel's release of its Skylake processor and new form factors would spark a PC revival.

"We are in line with forecasts," said Robert Braceland, president of Springfield, Mass.-based Entre Computers.

10 Biggest Business Trends From This Year’s CES

Submitted by Lindsey O'Donnell and Tom Spring on January 15, 2016, 10:56 am EST

CES Gets Down To Business

5 Partner Opps In Dell's New Cloud-Client Offering

Submitted by Matt Brown on January 13, 2016, 10:33 am EST

Dell has added capabilities to its appliance in its Wyse for Citrix offering for smaller businesses. The updates create a cloud-client solution in a box.

Fortscale’s New Channel Chief On Embracing Partners, Pushing User Behavior Analytics

Submitted by Sarah Kuranda on January 13, 2016, 10:30 am EST

Fortscale is one of the larger startups looking to capitalize on a growing trend in the security market for user behavior analytics (UBA) technologies. With several Fortune 2000 clients signed up and $16 million in new venture capital funding, the Israeli security startup is ready to dive headfirst into the channel. That push started with the November appointment of Avi Legmann as senior vice president of business and corporate development.

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