Channel Beat: Can Dell Afford To Acquire Citrix?
In other top stories this week, Apple and Cisco both deal with major security breaches.
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Pure Storage Prices IPO, Looking To Raise Up To $450M
The all-flash storage array vendor, which has yet to show a profit, plans to continue to investing in growing its business and its channels.
Rising Giant RoundTower Grows Stronger Through Data Center Partner Merger
One of America's fastest-growing solution providers just added a little more firepower to its arsenal, merging with Par 4 Technology Group to bolster its data center strength.
VMware's Top vCloud Air Sales And Marketing Exec Resigns, Longtime EMC Exec Takes Over
Riccardo Di Blasio, VMware's top sales and marketing executive for vCloud Air, is leaving the company, and he's being replaced with a 24-year EMC veteran.
Konica Minolta Acquires IT Weapons To Jump-Start Canadian MSP Push
IT Weapons is set to supercharge its sales organization and gain exposure to 18,000 potential new customers after being acquired Thursday by Konica Minolta Canada.
Cisco Partners Don't See Channel Play In 'Joint Venture' With China Server Maker Inspur
U.S.-based Cisco partners say the networking giant's new partnership with China-based Inspur won't benefit the channel as more and more IT companies begin to jostle to get a piece of the world's second biggest economy.
WTG Puts Real-Time Service Quoting Into Solution Providers’ Hands
Master agent WTG in partnership with Salestream software has introduced a new real-time mobile quoting app for carrier services that partners can use in the field, untethering sales reps from the PC.
Analysts: Signs Show Citrix Not Likely Considering Dell Buyout, Or Any Other Acquisition
TBR researchers recently returned from meetings with senior Citrix leaders, and walked away believing no acquisition was in the works.
7 Key Features Of The New Dell One Identity Manager 7.0
Dell introduced the Dell One Identity Manager 7.0 this week, which offers new tools, features, and integrations to enterprise customers hungry for unified, scalable security solutions.
Here's Who Made Gartner's 2015 Magic Quadrant For Unified Communications As A Service
A total of 20 vendors ranging from Google and Microsoft to RingCentral and 8x8 made Gartner's first-ever Magic Quadrant for Global Unified Communications as a Service, with consolidation on the horizon.
Silver Peak Launches New Global Partner Program Aimed At Spurring SD-WAN Sales
Tailored around SD-WAN to accelerate sales, the program includes a new partner portal, training, certifications and a Partner Program Mobile App for registering deals on the go.
Where Big Data And Wearables Intersect
Many companies have invested in technologies around the health and fitness industry. Where are the major opportunities?
AppDirect Buys AppCarousel, Consolidating App Store Platforms
AppDirect's partner programs will be extended to AppCarousel's platform, which delivers software for interconnected devices.
Dell Acquisition Of Citrix Makes Sense For Partners, But Could Be Too Expensive
Analysts caution that buying the cloud solutions developer could simply be too costly for Dell to pull off.
Derek Jeter Chipping In For $76.5 Million Investment In Blue Jeans Networks
Video collaboration services startup Blue Jeans Networks secured the Series E funding that will be used for global market expansion in Europe, Asia and Australia as well as product innovation.
Public Cloud Panorama: Synergy Breaks Down Multibillion Dollar Market
The public cloud, from the IT vendors who make it possible to the providers that offer a spectrum of services, raked in $22 billion in Q2.
Cybertron, Aiming At Cloud Services Market, Buys ITKansas
Kansas-based systems builder Cybertron is moving closer to its goal of offering cloud services after buying IT services provider ITKansas.
Unify's Star Collaboration Tool Circuit Now Available To The Channel
UC provider Unify has made its collaboration tool, Circuit, available to its network of 3,500 channel partners in 30 countries.
Inside DLT Solutions' New Operations and Innovation Center
DLT Solutions earlier this month moved 260 employees to a new corporate headquarters in Herndon, Va., designed to support a bigger staff and provide more support for managed services and converging technology.Via itbestofbreed.com
Presidio Shows Off Cisco MDS 9396S Switch
MSP Presidio Senior Data Center Solutions Architect Clay Godshalk gives a walk-through of Cisco's Multilayer Fabric Switch.
