Nutanix may be a startup, but it's aiming to pressure VMware with new technology that lets customers switch from VMware's ESX hypervisor to its homegrown KVM alternative.

For the week ending Feb. 26, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.

The institutions that are underwriting the deal have lined up investors for more than $7 billion of the $10 billion in loan exposure they expect to take on as part of the transaction, according to a Thomson Reuters report.

Hyper-converged infrastructure leader Nutanix, which had been expected to debut early this year on the public market, may be putting that move off because of stock market volatility and the poor showing some of its peers have had recently, according to CNBC.

Congress should be the one to decide where the line should be drawn between privacy and national security, says Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam.

For the week ending Feb. 26, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

In other top stories from this week, Salesforce crushes its fourth-quarter numbers. Also, Microsoft's new acquisition has been a long time coming.

Ever wonder how many of your peers in the channel have an advanced degree? Or how many of them spend as much time on the road as you do? Here, we take a deep dive into the 2016 Channel Chiefs database and get a look at the honorees by the numbers.

Cisco Channel Chief Wendy Bahr gives CRN an exclusive look into what channel partners should expect heading into Cisco Partner Summit 2016 in San Diego next week.

Dropping $500 million of Verizon mobility business took a big chunk out of Ingram Micro's earnings in the quarter preceding the proposal by Tianjin Tianhai to buy the distributor.

Many industry leaders have said they expect 2016 to be a slower year for security spending, but Palo Alto Networks is confident it can be the exception, CEO Mark McLaughlin said on the company's second-quarter earnings call.

The newly independent company is throwing the old direct-indirect account mentality out the window, turning over 1,500 accounts to the channel as it moves to drive sales growth with partners in the as-a-service era.

Kaminario says its all-flash storage arrays, which are designed to handle multiple workloads, give partners an in when it comes to targeting the SaaS market.

Networking editor Mark Haranas predicts what we can expect from next week's Cisco Partner Summit.

HP Inc. CEO Dion Weisler spoke with CRN about an initiative to move 1,500 direct accounts to the channel, the impact of Windows 10, the new HP Inc. Elite x3 product and the market-shaking implications of HP's 3-D commercial printing product.

 A recent article reinforced the increased clout the CMO has on IT spending, and the opportunities that creates for channel partners.

Consumers looked beyond smartphones this year at Mobile World Congress to a new, emerging technology -- Virtual Reality. Here are 10 groundbreaking virtual reality headsets we saw at the show.

As part of the 2016 Channel Chiefs, we asked the over 300 executives to share the people whom they look to for inspiration in work and in life.

Rich Breault spoke on the partnerships between manufacturing firms and technology companies from the perspective of 30 years in electronics manufacturing.

CEO Marc Benioff said in the company's earnings call that a deal with consulting giant Accenture is 'having a broad ripple effect through the SI community.'