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14 Jul 2016

7 Questions for Microsoft’s New Channel Chief

by Bryan Ray | posted in: Cloud/SAAS, Identity and Access Management, IOT - Internet of Things, Microsoft Dynamics | 0

By: Scott Bekker Gavriella Schuster was named the corporate vice president for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group (WPG) on Thursday, putting her in charge of coordinating Microsoft’s channel efforts across all customer segments and country subsidiaries. RCP editors Scott Bekker, … Continued

14 Jul 2016

Microsoft’s Partner Competency Changes Signal End of an Era

by Bryan Ray | posted in: Cloud/SAAS, Identity and Access Management, Microsoft Dynamics | 0

By: Scott Bekker Microsoft has long favored its licensing partners — until now. The upcoming retirement of a dozen MPN competencies, including Volume Licensing, marks a turning point in how Microsoft does business through the channel. There were prophets and … Continued

7 Jul 2016

Google adds image recognition to growing AI portfolio

by Bryan Ray | posted in: Cloud/SAAS, Identity and Access Management | 0

By: Jamie Davies Google has continued its charge on the artificial intelligence market through purchasing French image recognition startup Moodstocks, reports Telecoms.com. Moodstocks, founded in 2008, develops machine-learning based image recognition technology for smartphones, which has been described by developers … Continued

13 Jun 2016

Symantec acquires Blue Coat for $4.65 billion

by Bryan Ray | posted in: Cloud/SAAS, Identity and Access Management | 0

By: Business Cloud News Symantec has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire cloud security specialists Blue Coat for $4.65 billion. Blue coat is generally accepted as the market share leader and share gainer in web security … Continued

9 Jun 2016

How to survive in the CISO hot-seat

by Bryan Ray | posted in: Identity and Access Management, Recruiting/HR | 0

By: Doug Drinkwater The CISO is a precarious job. Research studies indicate that CISOs typically survive just 18 months to two years in a job which is increasingly complex and multi-skilled. After all, information security is no longer solely about … Continued

7 Jun 2016

U.S. Cyber Command struggles to retain top cybersecurity talent

by Bryan Ray | posted in: Identity and Access Management, Recruiting/HR | 0

By: Kenneth Corbin Top official in Defense Department’s cybersecurity unit says organization is doing an ‘effective job’ at recruiting, but keeping up with the evolving threat landscape remains a challenge. At U.S. Cyber Command, the top brass has made recruiting … Continued

7 Jun 2016

Microsoft launches Spark for Azure HDInsight and pushes into consumer AI

by Bryan Ray | posted in: Identity and Access Management, IOT - Internet of Things | 0

By: Jamie Davies Almost 12 months after releasing the public preview of Spark for Azure HDInsight Microsoft has announced general availability of the proposition to the industry, as well as extending Cortana’s offering to the Xbox. Making the announcement on … Continued

2 Jun 2016

Oracle employee says she was sacked for refusing to fiddle cloud accounts

by Bryan Ray | posted in: Cloud/SAAS, Identity and Access Management | 0

By: John Ribeiro Svetlana Blackburn was working as senior finance manager in Oracle’s cloud business. A senior finance manager in Oracle’s cloud business has complained to a federal court that she was terminated from her job because she refused to … Continued

2 Jun 2016

Microsoft brings advanced security management to Office 365

by Bryan Ray | posted in: Identity and Access Management | 0

By: Thor Oluvsrud Microsoft aims to give IT more visibility and control into Office 365 environments with advanced security features that leverage behavioral analytics and machine learning for threat detection. Security in the cloud is all about visibility and control, … Continued

26 May 2016

Citrix and Microsoft team up to tackle enterprise mobility

by Bryan Ray | posted in: Identity and Access Management, IOT - Internet of Things | 0

By: Business Cloud News Citrix has expanded its partnership with Microsoft as the team aim to capitalize on flexible working and enterprise mobility trends. Speaking at Citrix Synergy in Las Vegas, CEO Kirill Tatarinov outlined objectives to meet the needs … Continued