These businesses already have incorporated IoT technologies by gathering data from sensors on data center IT equipment, cameras and surveillance equipment, and end-user systems, according to 451 Research.

The company is discontinuing its Android mobile devices, including the Venue tablet line, as it sees the Windows 2-in-1 market heating up.

Solution providers and business customers looking to bring storage in line with the latest Linux and Docker technologies would have found plenty of potential solutions in the past two weeks at these two big industry events.

In other top stories from this week, Dell encourages channel partners to sign on with EMC's partner program before the merger. Plus, Cisco buys cloud security vendor CloudLock.

Oracle vows to appeal the California jury verdict, and maintains its argument that Itanium's processor was at the end of its life.

Ed Walsh, who led marketing and strategy for IBM storage for three years, has been rehired as the general manager of IBM's storage business.

Brought in to build an architecture to do battle with Cisco, Paul Perez has left Dell to take a job as managing director of global technology at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Atlassian, an Sydney-based vendor of software for Agile developers that doesn't have field salespeople, is recruiting partners to drive demand for products for IT departments and marketing teams.

The settlement comes as Dell draws closer to its more than $62 billion acquisition of data storage giant EMC.

This week, Symantec revealed around two dozen vulnerabilities in its antivirus software. Here's what partners need to know to make sure their clients are protected.

Cisco is diving even deeper into the Internet of Things market, launching a slew of new IoT solutions. Here's what channel partners need to know about them. (From ITBestOfBreed.com)

Comcast, Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable promised changes during a Senate hearing, and channel partners are relieved that providers are being held accountable.

Gavriella Schuster, a 21-year Microsoft veteran, spoke with CRN about helping partners migrate the world's largest customer base to Windows 10, channel plans for the Surface tablet and the shift to subscription cloud services.

The New York-based company has been focused on Apple products since 1987 and is credited with being a forerunner to Apple's retail stores.

A longtime Microsoft exec is taking the reins of its Worldwide Partner Group, pledging to help partners capitalize on cloud and digital transformation.

The new group, dubbed DAVID, stands for digital, automation, verticalization, innovation and disruption.

Distributor D&H has enjoyed 24 consecutive years of growth. During the week in which it held its 18th annual Mid-Atlantic technology show for partners, Co-President Michael Schwab and Vice President of VAR Sales Peter DiMarco offered their take on several industry trends.

Startup Cohesity, whose CEO was a co-founder and former chief technology officer at Nutanix, says it's getting attention from large enterprises that like its approach to making secondary storage more useful.

The CRN Test Center pushes the Samsung S7 Active's rugged claims to the limit.

The Department of Transportation reveals the winner of its Smart City challenge. Here's how the seven finalist cities plan to connect their infrastructure to address transportation challenges.