Political pressure may have ultimately caused the erosion of reported deals between Huawei and two of the country's wireless leaders, but partners looking to add another competitive option to iPhone and Android devices can still access Huawei products via retail channels.
From updating CPUs to greater transparency on patching and performance to more funding for security threat research, here are five security-related commitments Intel has made to its partners and customers this week.
Wearables aren't designed just as wristwatches anymore. This year at CES, CRN saw an array of connected wearable products, including helmets, gloves -- and even shoes.
Virtual Instruments CEO Philippe Vincent speaks with CRN on the potential impact from the Spectre and Meltdown security issue and how thecompany is revamping its partner program in the new year.
The solution provider says buying DST will bolster its financial software prowess and, perhaps more notably, add a trio of health-care-focused solutions to the company's portfolio.
Bertrand Yansouni brings a year of Google Cloud and four years of Cloudera channel experience to Rubrik, which is looking to expand on its 100 percent channel focus with new initiatives it hopes will bring partners more value.
"Now people are seriously paying attention to something they should have been paying attention to a long time ago—the implementation of security on processors," a Red Hat engineer told CRN.
Solution providers said Lenovo North America channel chief Sammy Kinlaw, a 10-year company veteran, was put in an untenable situation by channel changes rolled out October 1 that have negatively impacted partner profitability.
The power outage at the central hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center resulted in a flurry of tweets as CES advised attendees to visit exhibitors in the South and North Hall or get outside on this "beautiful Las Vegas day".
10th Magnitude is also getting a nationwide presence with the Northwest Cadence as it builds a business geared to helping Fortune 1000 businesses execute on digital transformation and migrate to the Microsoft Azure cloud.
Voice user interfaces, backed by artificial intelligence, can change how we interact with information and computing devices at home and work. Here are some examples from CES 2018.
While some solution providers have reported minimal or no performance effects related to recently deployed software and OS patches, some customers and technology professionals have experienced noticeable CPU usage increase and blue-screening.
"When you have a group that's ordained with some amount of power, that's probably more influential than just some engineers that look at security also," said Daniel Daninger, vice president of engineering at Nor-Tech.
Murai is retiring as Synnex president and CEO, and leaving his successor Dennis Polk with a company that experienced very strong revenue and income growth during fiscal 2017.
