5.5 Million Devices Still Operating with WannaCry Port Open... and Other MSP News
From product releases to perspectives in the field, here's a recap of top headlines from the week of June 19-23.
June 26, 2017
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While it's true that many of the vulnerable devices are in the hands of consumers who don't know any better, it's a good bet that the majority are servers running in data centers, under the care of sysadmins who should know better. Full story.
One provider of big data management services said it opted to host applications on Microsoft Azure instead of AWS, expressly to win business from a tech firm with a Wal-Mart account. Full story.
In addition to exclusive technologies – like Encrypted Traffic Analytics which allows for detection of malware in encrypted traffic – the new products represent a clear doubling down on Cisco’s plans to rely less on income from hardware sales, in favor of software delivery. Full story.
AWS Premier Partner CorpInfo’s plans to triple in size by the end of next year hinge to a large extent on its ability to find enough skilled technicians. Full story.
The owner and president of Bismarck, N.D.-based Silicon Plains, shares three suggestions he’d apply if he were launching an MSP from scratch today. Full story.
It benefited in particular with applications that help companies in areas such as human resources, customer relationship management and financials. Sales for that piece of Oracle’s business jumped almost 70 percent. Full story.
Channel companies are getting more vertical, specialized and capable when it comes to solving customers' real-world business challenges, says Autotask CEO Mark Cattini. Full story.
Among the companies whose wireless routers have reportedly been compromised are Motorola, Linksys, Dell, Netgear, US Robotics, Belkin, Asus, Buffalo, DLink and Senao. Full story.
MSPs can provide the extra services required for organizations to achieve true continuous delivery. Full story.
Private clouds – specifically, object storage clouds – are alive, well, and becoming more popular. Full story.
IBM, Cisco, SAP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and McAfee allow Russia to conduct source code reviews of their products, which some U.S. government officials worry could enable foreign intelligence agents to find vulnerabilities. Full story.
Without intelligent next-generation endpoint defenses in place, organizations are at risk of getting more regular infections and remaining ignorant of a potential breach until it’s too late. Full story.
Without intelligent next-generation endpoint defenses in place, organizations are at risk of getting more regular infections and remaining ignorant of a potential breach until it’s too late. Full story.
From product releases to perspectives in the field, here's a recap of top headlines from the week of June 19-23.
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