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Ex-Mimecast channel chief Rema Lolas joins Commvault ranks

Former Mimecast regional channel chief Rema Lolas has become the latest executive to join Commvault’s new leadership line-up.

Dell pushes hyperconverged with new VxRail accelerator

Dell Technologies is doubling down on rewards for partners selling hyperconverged infrastructure in its latest partner program refresh.

HPE ups its security game with Scytale acquisition

HPE has hedged its bets on a fledgling cyber security start-up in an effort to ramp up its service authentication offering.

Ex-Genesys boss Keith Budge to lead Teradata APJ

Software vendor Teradata has appointed former Genesys regional boss Keith Budge as its head of Asia Pacific and Japan.

Ex-Workday boss David Hope to lead ForgeRock APJ

ForgeRock has appointed a new head of Asia Pacific and Japan in the form of former Workday regional lead David Hope.

Google Cloud moves to ‘single source of truth’ with Secret Manager

Google Cloud has revealed a new tool to help partners and customers manage, access and audit data across its platform.

JCurve to open Riyo platform to the channel

JCurve Solutions is preparing to hand over its Riyo Business software to channel partners almost two years after first acquiring the company.

Microsoft misconfiguration exposed 250M users’ data

Microsoft has admitted accidentally exposing customers' and agents’ data making after making a configuration error during a security rule change.

Check Point backpedals on activity-led partner program plan

Check Point has backtracked on plans to tier-grade partners entirely on customer activity following confusion within the channel.

Microsoft Azure gains ‘icing on the cake’ compliance standard

Microsoft Azure has claimed to become the first major US cloud provider to obtain the new privacy international standard ISO 27701.

Inroads opened for HP’s PC rivals amid Xerox uncertainty

The rumbling uncertainty surrounding Xerox’s proposed takeover of HP may have generated unintended opportunities for the print and PC vendor’s rivals.

Microsoft extends security updates for Windows Server 2008, but only through Azure

Microsoft partners transitioning customers away Windows Server 2008 will be able to offer them three years of security updates if they move to Azure.

Google Cloud to offer IBM Power Systems

Google is to bring IBM’s server ecosystem to its cloud platform in another move to boost its hybrid cloud offerings to enterprises.

Microsoft ranked decade’s top enterprise ‘mega-vendor’

More than US$200 billion in enterprise IT revenue was generated by just eight players who have been ranked the decade’s “mega vendors”.

SaaS market climbed from zero to $100B market in 10 years

Spending on SaaS soared from next to nothing to a US$100-billion market in the last 10 years, cementing its place as one of the decade’s most defining IT trends.

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