Salesforce To Acquire Digital Commerce Provider Demandware For $2.8B
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says his company will "create another billion-dollar cloud" with its acqusition of enterprise cloud commerce solutions company Demandware.
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EFolder Buys Replibit For Data Protection Tech, Says Deal Will Not Impact Other Partners
The acquisition gives eFolder control over its own data protection and recovery solution intellectual property, hopefully without upsetting the other four storage vendors partnering with eFolder already, the company says..
CRN Exclusive: Gurucul Launches Inaugural Partner Program, Names First Channel Chief
The security risk and behavioral analytics company has named Rosanna Pellegrino to lead the new channel program.
IPO-Focused Nutanix Takes $75 Million Loan From Its Investor Goldman Sachs
In a surprising move, hyper-convergence startup Nutanix takes loan from one of its top investors as it continues to work toward an IPO it initially filed for in December.
Micron Intros New Client 3D NAND-based SATA, NVMe SSDs
Micron plans to launch further NVMe PCIe SSDs for servers and storage going forward.
CRN Exclusive: Arista, Talari Channel Leaders Jump Ship To Pluribus Networks
Two top channel networking executives have joined Pluribus Networks as the company strives to become all-channel.
Court Rules Dell, Silver Lake Shortchanged Shareholders 20 Percent In 2013 Buyout
The ruling comes as the expected closing date of Dell's pending acquisition of EMC approaches.
10 Things You Need To Know About The CSC-HPE Deal
The planned merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services arm of Hewlett Packard Enterprise will create a $26 billion solution provider behemoth. Here are 10 things to know about the megadeal.
Verizon-Union Standoff Ends With Tentative Deal
Nearly 40,000 striking employees are set to come back to work Wednesday after nearly seven weeks of services delays and other frustrations for partners.
Cisco's Cloud 'Founding Father' Heads For The Exit
Nick Earle, Cisco's top cloud and services executive, is leaving the networking giant amid major restructuring underway under the leadership of CEO Chuck Robbins.
HPE, Microsoft Predict The Future For Channel Partners In Cloud
During a CRN roundtable, HPE and Microsoft weighed in on the opportunities they foresee for their partners in cloud.
Resurgent VMware Stock Pulls Value Of Dell's EMC Acquisition Higher
Since early March, VMware stock has been slowly regaining its momentum, and it has pushed the price of Dell's EMC acquisition back above $60 billion.
5 Things Partners Need To Know About Intel’s New Kaby Lake Architecture
Intel says its Kaby Lake platform will be available by the end of the year. What can partners expect from the Skylake architecture refresh?
5 Things Solution Providers Need To Know About Lenovo-Nutanix's New HX2000 Hyper-Converged Solution
Lenovo executives tell CRN that simplified hyper-converged solutions for the SMB segment are a natural fit for solution providers keen to get in on the burgeoning market.
Zerto: Is Backup Dead?
Zerto's Rob Strechay asks the question of whether data backup and disaster recovery is necessary with today's technology.
PC Connection Buys $200M Softmart as Ranks of Microsoft Licensing Partners Dwindle
The deal continues the massive consolidation s among Microsoft's 15 or so licensing partners who have faced dramatic declines in profitability in the cloud era.
Here Are 8 Of The Thinnest Laptops On The Market Today
Vendors such as Hewlett-Packard Inc., Lenovo and Dell are battling to have the thinnest laptop out there. Here's how they stack up.
5 Recent Mac Vulnerabilities Partners Should Know About
While Mac remains the more secure operating system as a whole, it is not immune from threats. Here are five recent vulnerabilities partners should know about to stay ahead of the curve.
Cloud Startup AppFormix Launches Channel Program With Rackspace In Its Corner
Rackspace will be bundling the startup's cloud optimization and resource planning software in all its private OpenStack deployments.
VMware Exec: Container Technology Isn't Threatening To Us, It's Actually An Opportunity
VMware is taking the high road and not responding to HPE CEO Meg Whitman's trash talk about containers, and one of its executives says the fast-growing technology is actually an opportunity.
