Sakac, who was considering new roles inside and outside of Dell Technologies after his former Converged Platforms and Solutions Division was dissolved in January, decided to lead a small team focused on Pivotal Container Service, or PKS, and integration with other parts of Dell.

Google has unleashed the generally-available version of Cloud IoT Core, a managed service for connecting and handling IoT devices and data, to customers and channel partners.

The boom in Apple products for business is helping to drive growth at Addigy, which has focused its channel efforts on MSPs so far.

Big data startup also continues to expand its channel presence with HCL Technologies, Wavicle Data Solutions alliances.

Here are the top five best-selling routing vendors in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Experts say IoT devices could put people in danger if companies, governments and institutions don't take cybersecurity more seriously.

"If we're going to compete for new business against IBM or CA, we have a better than 70 percent chance of winning that business," said XebiaLabs CEO Derek Langone.

The company says firmware updates will be available from OEMs for devices running the latest three generations of Intel Core processors.

The number one reason partners choose Fortinet is for its reputation as a top cybersecurity company, including security solutions for network, endpoint, application, data center and cloud - with infrastructure designed to work as an integrated solution.

The sensor moves up and down inside the door of a multi-tenant data center rack to measure heat and humidity at every "U" of height and sends the data to a smart phone app via Bluetooth.

"So we have a saying internally, 'Our say-to-do ratio needs to be extremely high on the do side.' So where they were examples of inappropriate behavior we just said, 'No more,'" said Dell EMC President and COO Marius Haas.

"If we can make it easy for partners to actually learn about, understand, package up and sell our broader portfolio, there's nothing stopping us," said Dell EMC Channel Chief Joyce Mullen.

With Decision Manager 7, Red Hat has morphed JBoss BRMS into a comprehensive development platform for building cloud-native applications that automate operational decisions.

The addition of Todd Mitchell comes as the Rockville, Md.-based company seeks to evolve from a regionally-dominant growth player into a national MSP.

Zscaler's share of business coming from the channel increased to 91 percent during the six months ending Jan. 31, 2018, according to its latest SEC filings.

The Overland Park, Kan.-based company, No. 64 on the CRN Solution Provider 500, said the strategic shift will significantly narrow the scope of its cloud and managed services business.

AT&T's flagship partner program, Partner Exchange, is reaches its fifth anniversary, and the carrier is telling its 600-plus community of solution providers to look at IoT, fiber and next-gen networking opportunities to grow their business.

Kevin Murai, outgoing Synnex CEO, and Dennis Polk, who takes over on March 1, discuss the challenges ahead for Synnex and for distribution as a whole.

More than 3,100 customers have now bought the subscription-based Catalyst 9000 platform, more than doubling the product's customer base in just three months and setting the stage for the rapid and expansion of the platform.

Becker-Carroll, the third solution provider acquisition for Converge, provides the company what it calls a rare expertise in blockchain technology.