For the week ending March 31, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.

Businesses still need to learn a lot about SD-WAN, IoT and Unified Communications, and there's opportunity for solution providers, Fox says. (From ITBestOfBreed,com)

What lies ahead for the new solution provider behemoth after the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services group of Hewlett Packard Enterprise? CEO Mike Lawrie fielded several questions from analysts and investors this week, just days before DXC's official debut.

The all-flash value proposition still holds and the market won't change drastically due to pricing changes, Dell EMC's David Goulden said. "It might slow down a little bit, but customers are buying for the next three or four years, and it's not impacting their buying decisions."

Here are eight products and incentives revealed at Cisco's Partner Connection Week that partners need to know.

HPE's Terry Richardson and Verizon's Janet Schijns have their eyes on the prize, jumping out in front early in their CRN Channel Madness contests.

The telecommunications giant will now have three business units: Media and Telematics, Network and Technology, and Customer and Product Operations.

For the week ending March 31, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

Voting for Round 4 of the 2017 Channel Madness Tournament Of Chiefs is now open. Read through to get some insight into the Field of Four matchups.

Oracle is reportedly exploring what a combination with Accenture could mean. Solution providers said it could alienate partners and customers, but has the potential to truly launch Oracle's cloud ambitions.

The provider of wholesale data center services was founded by one investment firm, and now a new group of investors has provided the ability to expand beyond its Northern California roots.

Via a new agreement, Verizon will resell Equinix's co-location and interconnection services, pairing Equinix's data center offerings with Verizon’s security, network, and communications services.

As more medical devices become connected, the health care market is turning to channel partners to leverage their security services and vertical market knowledge for Internet of Things applications.

Synnex has become the first distributor to carry Google's G Suite productivity and collaboration tools, which the company says will help provide partners with a double-digit margin boost.

Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell told CRN that customers want to do more business with fewer vendors, and Dell is one of those vendors thanks to its wide portfolio and engaged channel partner ecosystem.

Dell's approach is heartening to both customers and partners, especially in the six months since Dell's $58 billion acquisition of EMC.

Cisco channel executive Jason Gallo talks to CRN about the company's revamped SMB product offensive and the opportunities for partners.

Victories in tight contests in the quarterfinal round of CRN Channel Madness put Verizon's Janet Schijns and Microsoft's Gavriella Schuster into the Field of Four.

In this week's edition of the IoT Channel Chronicles, an executive at Splunk partner Function1 talks about how the company deployed an IoT solution to help a university better allocate its campus police resources.

Turbonomic channel chief Jennifer Heard sat down with CRN to discuss why the key to growing the company is the channel.