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• Citrix Is 'Going Mobile,' Opens XenDesktop 7, XenMobile To Any Device
  5:29 PM EST Thu. May. 23, 2013
  The new Citrix XenDesktop 7 and Citrix XenMobile, both of which were demonstrated this week at Citrix Synergy, are targeted at businesses looking to make external and internal apps and data available to their mobile users using any type of mobile device.
• Adobe Acquisition Bolsters Mobile App Development Capabilities
  12:43 PM EST Thu. May. 23, 2013
  Adobe is buying Thumb Labs, a New York-based mobile application design and development company.
• Newest Winner In Big Data VC Sweepstakes: WibiData Raises $15 Million
  10:30 AM EST Thu. May. 23, 2013
  Company is recruiting channel partners with vertical industry expertise for work with its big data analytical applications.
• Hortonworks Expands Big Data Ecosystem Into Microsoft Windows Arena
  1:23 PM EST Wed. May. 22, 2013
  Channel partners say the new Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows offers them a way to meet the growing demand for Windows-based big data applications.
• Driving Big Data Analytics: Alteryx Snags $12 Million In VC Funding
  11:40 AM EST Mon. May. 20, 2013
  In the first five months of this year, big data startups and young vendors have pulled in more than $400 million in venture capital financing.
• IBM To Offer Partners Free Access To Online Marketing Applications
  6:06 PM EST Fri. May. 17, 2013
  IBM will announce at next week's SmarterCommerce Global Summit that it is providing partners with free one-year access to IBM Marketing Center.
• Perficient Expands Salesforce.com Service Offerings With Clear Task Acquisition
  2:16 PM EST Fri. May. 17, 2013
  The move helps solution provider Perficient grow its cloud computing services business.
• SAP Steps Up Partner Recruitment Efforts For HANA
  5:34 PM EST Thu. May. 16, 2013
  The company has launched SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud partner program as part of its efforts to get solution providers on board with HANA.
• Top Mobile Printing Apps, Part 2 (Video)
  10:00 AM EST Thu. May. 16, 2013
  The CRN Test Center looks at more top mobile printing apps for the latest Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices as CRN's Printer Week 2013 continues.
• SAP Ships Business Suite For HANA, Readies New Release Of Business One Apps
  7:14 PM EST Wed. May. 15, 2013
  Channel partners say the message form SAP is that they need to be onboard with the HANA in-memory database technology.
• Head-To-Head: HTC One Vs. Samsung Galaxy S4
  4:00 PM EST Wed. May. 15, 2013
  Samsung and HTC are battling for Android smartphone dominance. How do their new flagship phones stack up against one another?
• Top Mobile Printing Apps, Part 1 (Video)
  12:10 PM EST Wed. May. 15, 2013
  The CRN Test Center looks at five of the top mobile printing apps for smartphones and tablets.
• Enterprise Door-Opener: HP Develops Appliances Around SAP's HANA
  10:45 AM EST Wed. May. 15, 2013
  The new HP AppSystems, to be sold through HP channel partners, combine HANA and SAP Business applications with HP ProLiant servers.
• SAP CEO: HANA Is The Platform for All Future SAP Products
  3:46 PM EST Tue. May. 14, 2013
  In his Sapphire Now keynote speech, CEO Bill McDermott calls the HANA in-memory database 'the intellectual renewal of SAP' and 'the fastest growing software product in the world.'
• The 25 Biggest Tech Companies On The Fortune 500
  10:00 AM EST Tue. May. 14, 2013
  Each year Fortune ranks the 500 largest U.S. corporations according to annual revenue. See how the leading companies in the IT industry made out this year.
• SAP Exec To Partners: Huge Incremental Revenue Opportunities Ahead
  9:24 AM EST Tue. May. 14, 2013
  In a keynote speech at Sapphire Now, SAP channel chief Eric Duffaut says partners that combine their vertical expertise with SAP's technologies will see big gains.
• HP Tackles SMB Storage Biz With New MSA, StoreEasy NAS Products
  2:35 PM EST Mon. May. 13, 2013
  HP is making a new SMB storage push with a 16-Gbit Fibre channel MSA 2040 array, a new StoreEasy NAS appliance, and its new HP Simply StoreIT channel program.
• 5 Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week
  11:10 AM EST Fri. May. 10, 2013
  For the week ending May 10, CRN looks at five companies that were either asleep at the wheel or just didn't make good decisions.
• SAP's Sapphire To-Do List: Top Of Mind For Partners Will Be HANA, Cloud
  11:01 AM EST Fri. May. 10, 2013
  Solution providers who'll be attending next week's Sapphire conference are looking for clues about SAP's plans for HANA and cloud software and just how they fit into those plans.
• NetSuite Buy Boosts E-Commerce App Lineup
  10:20 AM EST Thu. May. 09, 2013
  Seeing increased interest in advanced e-commerce applications, NetSuite channel partners applaud the company's acquisition of OrderMotion.
• CA To Lay Off 1,200 Employees, Consolidate Development Operations
  5:49 PM EST Wed. May. 08, 2013
  CA plans to consolidate its development operations to more quickly respond to industry trends such as the move to cloud computing and the demands of big data.
• Windows 8 Sells 100 Million Licenses, But Challenges Persist For VARs
  3:09 PM EST Tue. May. 07, 2013
  Microsoft has added incentives to sell Windows 8, which combined with the stat that more than 30 percent of desktops still run Windows XP, should provide opportunity for VARs, Microsoft said.
• Adobe Halts Packaged Software Development, Tells Partners To Embrace The Cloud
  1:53 PM EST Tue. May. 07, 2013
  Adobe will no longer develop its Creative Suite applications beyond the current CS 6 release, and will focus instead on its Creative Cloud applications.
• BMC Going Private In $6.9 Billion Deal
  11:25 AM EST Mon. May. 06, 2013
  BMC Software, a supplier of data center management tools, expects the $46.25-per-share deal to close by the end of the year.
• Novell Aims To Make Some Noise With New Mobile File-Sharing App
  11:20 AM EST Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
  Partners see the new Filr service as a natural extension of Novell's expertise in file sharing and network access technology.