CB Technologies Hires New Exec To Bridge Digital Divide In Schools
The solution provider hired New Mexico's former public education CIO to boost its initiatives aimed at shrinking the digital access gap for K-12 students.
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
For the week ending April 29, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.
5 Things Solution Providers Need To Know About Charter's Time Warner Cable Acquisition
As Charter gains regulatory approval to acquire Time Warner Cable to become the second-largest bandwidth provider in the country, here's what channel partners for both companies need to know.
5 Companies That Had A Rough Week
For the week ending April 29, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.
Partners: Avnet Program Is Opening Door To HPE Synergy Opportunity
The distribution giant's technical sales and support is providing the critical training and enablement to drive sales for HPE's eagerly anticipated composable infrastructure offering.
HPE Synergy 'Composable' Infrastructure Beta Is Launched, Partners See Big Market Opportunity
Hewlett Packard Enterprise partners are playing a critical role in the beta-testing program for Synergy, referred to by CEO Meg Whitman as one of its biggest breakthroughs of the past decade.
Ingram Micro Sales Tumble Due To Low Device, Data Center Spending
Soft demand in Ingram Micro’s high-volume product categories resulted in another double-digit sales drop leading up to the proposed sale of the distributor to Chinese conglomerate Tianjin Tianhai.
Symantec Partners Hope New CEO Will Kick-Start Next Phase Of Transformation
Partners call for the security vendor to bring in an external, energetic and passionate CEO to launch Symantec into the next phase of its transformation after current CEO Michael Brown says he will step down.
IDC: Top 5 Tablet Vendors With The Highest Shipments In Q1 2016
Sales of tablets are falling fast so far this year, but Amazon and Huawei were bright spots in the market. Here are the top five tablet vendors in the first quarter of 2016.
PC Connection Targets More Market Share After 1Q2016 Growth
Despite what he described as a challenging technology buying market, PC Connection’s health care business, as well as mobility and advanced technologies, helped propel first-quarter growth, its CEO said Thursday.
Amazon's Cloud Business Booms In Ecommerce Giant's Most Profitable Quarter Ever
Amazon Web Services is becoming an unstoppable freight train, and it contributed more than 60 percent of Amazon's operating income despite generating less than 10 percent of sales.
CACI Has Eyes On Growth Thanks To $550M Acquisition
Two months after it bought the government services group of L-3 Communications Holdings, CACI said its integration into the company is already adding deals to the company’s pipeline.
Six Potential Targets/Suitors, Bidding Battles And Regulatory Risk: How The Ingram Micro-HNA Deal Went Down
Ingram Micro considered buying two major IT distributors and spoke with five other firms about being acquired before settling on a deal with Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, according to a proxy statement filed with the SEC.
New BlackBerry Executive Alex Thurber Committed To Maintaining Focus On Channel
BlackBerry picked a well-known channel executive, Alex Thurber, as its new senior vice president of Global Device Sales.
Sources: Cisco's Hyper-Convergence Offering Lacks Key Features, Some Partners Still Waiting For Shipments
Cisco entered the hyper-convergence market in March with its HyperFlex offering, vowing to beat Nutanix and SimpliVity. But some partners told CRN this week their HyperFlex shipments have been delayed.
PCM Rakes In Revenue After Its M&A Spree
The solution provider giant reports record first-quarter sales of $498 million after a string of acquisitions in 2015.
Avnet To Cut $25M In Costs After Demand Tanks For Legacy Storage, Servers
After sales of data center hardware and software plummeted, the Phoenix-based distributor plans to reduce personnel and diminish other expenses of its technology business.
Top 10 Certifications With Staying Power
According to Global Knowledge, security- and business-oriented certifications look like they will remain valuable despite a rapidly changing IT environment.
Dell, Aerohive Partnership 'Smells' Like An Acquisition Ahead, Partners Say
Dell's new technology integration partnership with Aerohive Networks signals an acquisition in the near future, solution providers said.
Intel Promotes Head Of Its Data Center Group As Partners See Booming Business
Intel promotes Diane Bryant from general manager to executive vice president of the Data Center Group, a segement that partners peg as lucrative and key to both their business and Intel's.
