5 Companies That Had A Rough Week
For the week ending Aug. 11, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good choices.
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For Dell's Channel Godfather Greg Davis, New Role Paves The Way To Increased Focus, 'Huge Opportunity'
Davis' promotion to president of global client solution sales goes hand-in-hand with Dell sales and marketing exec Phil Bryant's elevation to senior vice president of global consumer and small business sales.
5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
For the week ending Aug. 11, CRN looks at IT companies that were fortunate, successful, or made good decisions.
Collaboration Display Startup Avocor Turns To The IT Channel With WWT Partnership
Avocor hopes to set itself apart in a market that includes products such as the Microsoft Surface Hub and Cisco Spark Board.
Apstra Leader On The Rise Of Intent-Based Networking And Why You Shouldn't Throw Out Yesterday's Cisco Or Arista Gear
Apstra's sales and channel leader Dave Butler talks to CRN about the startup goal of revolutionizing the data center without the need to rip or replace anything.
Avant, Navisite Clear The Way For Partner Cloud Sales With New Microsoft Office 365 Opportunity
Avant and Navisite, a top Microsoft CSP, teamed up to give agent partners access to resell managed Office 365. The popular offering could help partners to sell more cloud services and bring more value to their end customers.
APC Living On The 'Local Edge' With New Power Deployment Configuration Tool, Cloud Management
APC by Schneider Electric's new Local Edge Configurator tool automates the configuration of multi-product edge computing power requirements, and aims to make it easier for partners to increase their stackable discounts.
Cylance Hires Former AlienVault Exec As CFO, Adding A Leader With IPO And Acquisition Experience
The appointment of Brian Robins comes as Cylance continues to see growth in the endpoint security market, landing a valuation of more than $1 billion and sitting as one of the more prominent upstarts.
Q&A: SentinelOne CEO On Why Endpoint Security Vendors Will Win Out Over Firewall Vendors
As enterprises look to reinvent their security stacks to meet emerging trends around cloud and IoT, Tomer Weingarten tells CRN that endpoint security vendors and their partners are in the best position to define that future
Report: SMBs Better Prepared For IoT Security Threats Than Large Enterprises
A new report from Pwnie Express finds that SMBs are taking more steps than enterprises to secure their IoT devices in the workplace, which CEO Paul Paget says creates a 'huge expansion opportunity for the channel.'
Ex-Atrion CEO Tim Hebert Launches Software Development Firm To Tackle Business Process Woes
Trilix has 12 employees and will help financial services firms, community banks and manufacturing companies throughout Southern New England with everything from process analysis to user adoption.
Microsoft Agrees To Windows 10 Update Changes After Kaspersky Lab AV Antitrust Allegations
After months of back and forth with Kaspersky Lab over antitrust allegations, Microsoft said it has agreed to make changes to the way it handles third-party antivirus solutions in its Windows 10 Fall Creators update.
Lenovo's Revolving Door: 5 Execs Who Have Held The North America President Role Since 2012
Emilio Ghildardi, who stepped down from his post as Lenovo president, North America last week, had held the position for a year and a half.
Samsung Rolls Out First Certification Program For U.S. Partners, Launches Improved Training
The company is boosting investments in partners to help them take advantage of a 'huge and growing total addressable market in mobility,' says Carrie Maslen, vice president of strategy and operations at Samsung, in an interview with CRN.
Imperva Names Former Citrix Exec As New President, CEO
Christopher Hylen is set to lead the data and application security company, while former CEO Anthony Bettencourt will move into a newly created role as vice president of customer engagement.
2017 Network Connectivity Partner Programs Guide: SD-WAN's Defining Moment
The Partner Program Guide highlights the networking industry's leading connectivity providers and how they can help solution provider partners build more efficient networks for their customers.
SCSC And Linksys Provide New High-Speed Network Profile For Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery Group
By outfitting the plastic surgeon with a state-of-the-art Linksys wireless network, systems integrator SCSC demonstrated the true value a strategic service provider can bring to a client's entire business.
Boost For Partners: 7 Ways Sophos Is Raising The Innovation Bar
The security vendor will tackle the endpoint, network, cloud, machine learning and more as it aims to rev up its platform of security offerings, says Sophos' Dan Schiappa.
Accenture Buys Digital Marketing Agency For Technical, Creative Skill Set
Services giant Accenture announced this week that it has acquired Wire Stone, a 200-person agency that excelled in marketing projects that combine strategy, design and technology.
CRN Exclusive: Pure Storage CEO On Fast-Changing All-Flash Storage Business And Competing With Giants
Pure Storage CEO Scott Dietzen speaks with CRN on the extreme competitiveness of the all-flash storage market and what his company is doing to compete against market heavyweights NetApp, HPE, IBM and Dell EMC.
