An alliance between Microsoft and Walgreens, a new backup service from AWS, and an absolutely adorable robot overload/grocer are among the stories we really, truly meant to tell you about earlier this week. - read more

Use this SMB-friendly framework to develop an incident response plan that will keep your customers ready for the inevitable. - read more

The new system is designed to address the challenges associated with email-based attacks that employ stolen credentials or social engineering tactics rather than malware, attachments, and malicious links to bypass traditional security safeguards. - read more

The new models in the EcoTank and WorkForce Pro Printers lineup aim to offer affordable color printing and simple supplies managment to suit various business printing needs. - read more

It may seem silly to wonder how safe your backups are; backups are rarely thought of as being at risk. It stems back to a time when backups were on tape—a medium that would be tough for even skilled developers to hack. But today’s backups are stored (whether on-premises or in the cloud) on disk or, more specifically, as files in a file system. Depending on how accessible that file system is, your backups may be vulnerable. - read more

“Born-in-the-cloud” vendors like Salesforce partner with channel pros in unfamiliar ways. Those who can handle the differences, though, stand to profit handsomely. - read more

Extended support for the edition of Windows 7 used on ATMs, cash registers, and kiosks, among other devices, begins expiring a year from now, just like the desktop version of Windows 7. - read more