Amazon CFO: "There's Plenty Of Room For Multiple Winners" In The Cloud Business
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PC Connection CEO: Softmart Acquisition Makes Us One of World's Top Microsoft Partners
PC Connection and Softmart have unleashed some of the industry's deepest capabilities around software licensing, deployment and management by joining forces, the company's top executive said.
Fortinet Focuses On Improving Productivity, Slowing Headcount Growth As Sales Reorg Slow To Show Benefit
After undergoing a broad salesforce reorganization earlier this year, Fortinet executives said the company is “pleased” with its progress, but plans more changes with the full benefits of the shift not yet fully realized.
Accenture Buys 70-Person Spanish Firm to Bolster Open-Source Digital Capabilities
Accenture continues its digital services acquisition spree by purchasing Spanish omni-channel powerhouse Tecnilógica.
The 10 Most Important Tech Partnerships In 2016 (So Far)
CRN examines the 10 partnerships which are continuing to have an impact on the solution provider landscape so far this year.
IoT Channel Chronicles: How Microsoft Partner BlueMetal Profited From Smart Refrigerators
In this week's IoT channel series, CRN talks to a Microsoft partner that is profiting from healthcare IoT by building smart refrigerators.
Avnet Places $908M Bid for British Distributor to Strengthen Industrial IoT Practice
Avnet has offered to purchase a $1.19 billion electronic components distributor to better target the industrial Internet of Things market with edge-to-enterprise products and solutions.
Cognizant Buys 170-Person Behavioral Research And Design Firm
Cognizant expands its digital works business with the acquisition of design firm Idea Couture
10 Storage Emerging Vendors You Need To Know About
Storage startups are developing leading-edge technologies, from software-defined storage, to tools for managing storage in hybrid-cloud environments, to hyper-converged systems. Here's a look at 10 that caught our attention.
Tale Of Two Quarters: Apple And Samsung Reveal Diverging Fortunes
Apple and Samsung had very different outcomes on smartphone sales during Qthe second quarter of 2016, with iPhone sales dropping and Galaxy S7 sales surging.
Oracle To Buy Cloud Application Developer NetSuite In $9.3 Billion Deal
Oracle Co-CEO Mark Hurd calls NetSuite's cloud applications 'complementary' with Oracle software and says the two 'will co-exist in the marketplace forever.'
The 10 Biggest Data Breaches Of 2016 (So Far)
A continuous stream of data breach announcements has (unfortunately) become the norm, with the start of 2016 being no exception. Take a look at 10 of the biggest and most impactful breaches of the year so far.
Hands On: Windows 10 Upgrade
The CRN Test Center goes through the upgrade of a laptop from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10.
Channel Beat: Weak Core Refreshes Lead To Tough Q3 Earnings For Apple
In other top stories, Citrix and LogMeIn form GetGo through a reverse-merger. Also, inside Verizon's Q2 earnings.
Riverbed Set To Acquire Aternity, Broadening Its Portfolio To Help Partners Sell To Line-Of-Business
Riverbed says Aternity's technology will enhance its SteelCentral performance monitoring solutions and enable partners to sell an end-to-end visibility solution spanning network, application and end-user experience performance management.
6 Things To Know If You Don't Take The Windows 10 Free Upgrade
The Windows 10 free upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 expires on July 29. Here's what users need to know if they decide not to upgrade.
CompuCom Brings Artificial Intelligence To Midmarket Data Centers With Breakthrough Cloud-Based Managed Service
CompuCom is tackling data center downtime with a revolutionary AI-based managed service that combines machine learning and cognitive computing to quickly uncover and resolve IT issues.
PCM To Hire 100 Salespeople Over Next 12 Months To Drive SMB, Public Sector Business
PCM says it expects to hire 100 salespeople over the next year to drive sales of advanced solutions and gain market share in the U.S. and Canada.
Capgemini Sees Soaring Profit As Financial Services Firms Turn To Digital Transformation Consulting
An increased focus on digital transformation consulting and projects in the financial services, retail and telecom spaces drove monster revenue and profit growth for Capgemini.
The 10 Biggest Cloud Outages Of 2016 (So Far)
CRN takes a look at the 10 cloud outages that grabbed headlines in the first half of 2016.
