Channel Happy Hour Episode 73

Dec 15, 2017

We discuss the channel news of the week:

• Reuters reports The White House said Wednesday the U.S. government needs a major overhaul of information technology systems and should take steps to better protect data and accelerate efforts to use cloud-based technology.
• The Linux Foundation is gearing up to make the OpenContrail SDN from Juniper Networks an open source project. This is the first is a series of moves that will make open source networking versus commercial offerings from VMware and Cisco a major battleground in 2018.
• The Death of Net Neutrality and How it May affect VARS.
• BlackBerry is Back
• RSA is updating its Channel Program To Reward Partners That Bring On Net-New Customers.
• EU gets ready to finally implement its General Data Protection Rule (GDPR).