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Addressing the challenges of storage for high performance applications
  • Posted on 3rd May 2023 in by Phil Alsop

Jeff Whitaker, VP, Marketing and Product Strategy at Panasas, discusses the findings of a recent survey which highlights the challenges associated with storage for high performance applications (both ‘traditional’ HPC and newer AI and ML-related ones). Skill levels, scalability, versatility, cost concerns – both CAPEX and OPEX – and storage management come under the spotlight.

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Zero Trust Authentication (ZTA) promises a password-less future

Jasson Casey, CTO, Beyond Identity, discusses the company’s development of Zero Trust Authentication, which looks set to be a key component of a wider, truly optimised enterprise Zero Trust Security solution. He emphasises that, while detection and response has a role to play, there needs to be a renewed focus on the prevention part of any meaningful cybersecurity strategy.

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Ebstar relies on Arcserve’s rapid and reliable backup and recovery

Nick Beeby, Owner and IT Consultant, Ebstar and Florian Malecki, Executive Vice President, Marketing, Arcserve, discuss how the MSP is relying on Arcserve storage solutions to provide a core backup and recovery service to many of its customers. They outline the many benefits it brings to SMBs as they seek to implement an optimised cyber resilience strategy.

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Spotlight on Women in IT: Bindu Upadhyay, Lead Service Designer at Mendix

Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace. Bindu Upadhyay, Lead Service Designer and founder of Gender Equity at Mendix (GEM)

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Managing the migration to managed services
  • Posted on 14th April 2023 in by Phil Alsop

Rakesh Parbhoo, CTO at Westcon-Comstor, discusses the challenges and opportunities for VARs as they seek to move more towards a subscription/recurring revenue model, outlined in the company’s recent Navigating the Shift report, and explains how the right distributor can help not just to manage this process, but also to add significant value to channel businesses and their customers along the way.

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Helping to secure the Channel cybersecurity opportunity
  • Posted on 4th April 2023 in by Phil Alsop

Dor Eisner, Guardz Co-Founder and CEO, explains how the ‘commoditisation’ of cyber attacks has left SMEs particularly vulnerable, and how MSPs, using Guardz all-in-one cybersecurity solution, can provide the necessary protection for these end users.

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Upskilling helps to address the growing technology skills gap

Mark Onisk shares the findings of the company’s recent Lean into Learning report, explaining how upskilling can play a major role in helping companies who are working towards digital transformation but find themselves short of the necessary technology experts.

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A digital first approach delivers for employers and employees

Spencer Pitts, Digital Workspace Chief Technologist, VMware, discusses the company’s research on the post-pandemic and hybrid workplace, before sharing some valuable insights as to how a digital first approach, that prioritises the digital employee experience, can bring major benefits to any organisation, so long as the appropriate combination of company culture and technology solutions is in embraced.

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Spotlight on Women in IT – Episode 29 - Agilitas

Interview with Bev Markland, Chief People Officer at Agilitas. Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace.

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Cybersecurity – an ongoing challenge

Elizabeth Green, EMEA Advisory and Cyber Lead, at Dell Technologies, discusses the ever-shifting cybersecurity landscape, where cyber resilience is very much the focus.

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Spotlight on Women in IT – Episode 28 Marion Stewart, Chief Operating Officer at Red Helix

Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace. Episode 28 Marion Stewart, Chief Operating Officer at Red Helix

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Storage futures – it’s all about the data

Dr. J Metz, Chair SNIA Board of Directors and Scott Shadley, Chair SNIA Communications Steering Committee, discuss the association’s plans for the coming year, which include work on SDXI, computational storage, DNA data storage, SNIA Swordfish™, SNIA Emerald™ and sustainability. They also provide some fascinating insight into how they see the industry developing over time.

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News

47% of MSPs are drowning in large volumes of security data and 42% are challenged by implementing advanced threat detection technologies as they strive to keep up with ever-evolving cybersecurity threats.
To accelerate enterprises’ readiness to further connect and support AI and non-AI workloads, Broadcom has introduced major advancements across its VeloCloud product portfolio as well as a new partner program.
Logicalis receives the global accolade, in recognition of its leadership and performance in sustainable practices for the second year running at Cisco Partner Summit 2024,
Deal creates a £1.4bn+ Microsoft-driven powerhouse of over 5,000 professionals across Northern Europe.

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