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• Startup Challenges Network Tech Giants With Linux Offering
  4:24 PM EST Wed. Jun. 19, 2013
  Cumulus Networks exits stealth mode with Cumulus Linux, taking on Cisco and other vendors with 'proprietary' network technology.
• Mobile App Startup Kibits Intros Productivity App For On-The-Fly Teamwork
  9:00 AM EST Wed. Jun. 19, 2013
  Boston-based start-up Kibits claims to have met the need for the untethered workplace with the release of Collaborate.com, a mobile-native project management app.
• IBM Expands Cloud App Offerings To The Executive Suite
  4:58 PM EST Tue. Jun. 18, 2013
  New IBM Social Media Analytics is part of a broader line of cloud software targeting 'C-Level' executives and line-of-business managers.
• Datawatch Boosts Big Data Visualization Capabilities With Acquisition
  11:26 AM EST Mon. Jun. 17, 2013
  Datawatch expects to complete its $31.4 million acquisition of Panopticon in its fourth quarter ending Sept. 30.
• 5 Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week
  2:25 PM EST Fri. Jun. 14, 2013
  For the week ended June 14, CRN looks at five companies that were either asleep at the wheel or just didn't make good decisions.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  11:16 AM EST Fri. Jun. 14, 2013
  For the week ending June 14, CRN looks at five companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• Microsoft, At Last, Offers Its Office Apps For Apple's iPhone
  10:42 AM EST Fri. Jun. 14, 2013
  The new Office Mobile for iPhone is available free to Office 365 subscribers, potentially providing a boost for the cloud application suite. But Microsoft isn't offering a version specifically for the iPad.
• Red Hat Offers Complete Cloud Package, Commercial OpenStack Release
  7:29 PM EST Wed. Jun. 12, 2013
  Competition with VMware heats up with a new Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure package and an upgrade for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
• Red Hat CEO: We've Entered A New Era Of Collaborative Innovation
  10:30 AM EST Wed. Jun. 12, 2013
  In his Red Hat Summit Keynote, Jim Whitehurst argued that IT managers who buy cloud infrastructure from vendors using "closed, proprietary" development processes risk vendor lock-in.
• HP CEO Whitman: Expect More Partnerships Like Google Deal
  12:23 AM EST Wed. Jun. 12, 2013
  HP CEO Meg Whitman says customers will see more breakthrough deals like HP's partnership to provide Google Apps For Business as part of HP SMB IT in a Box.
• HP To Bundle Google Apps For Business: Bad For Microsoft, Good For Partners
  7:28 PM EST Tue. Jun. 11, 2013
  While the new HP SMB IT in a Box bundle of HP PCs and printers with Google Apps For Business gives HP a new cloud offering and Google an army of SMB resellers, it also raises questions about the long-standing HP-Microsoft relationship.
• Red Hat, Progress Software Enter The PaaS Software Competition
  2:43 PM EST Tue. Jun. 11, 2013
  Progress Software launches its Pacific PaaS platform while Red Hat offers a commercial version of its OpenShift software.
• Channel Chief Vows Increased Partner Focus As BMC Gets Set To Become Private
  2:32 PM EST Mon. Jun. 10, 2013
  BMC channel partners are hopeful the company will make good on its plans to move away from its emphasis on direct sales and become more channel-centric.
• IBM Partner Puts Big Data To Work At Seattle Children's Hospital
  10:25 AM EST Mon. Jun. 10, 2013
  IBM's PureData System for Analytics is a critical element in the data warehouse system Brightlight Consulting is building for the hospital.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  10:00 AM EST Fri. Jun. 07, 2013
  For the week ending June 7, CRN looks at five companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• Salesforce.com Hires Former Oracle Exec Keith Block As President
  9:55 AM EST Fri. Jun. 07, 2013
  Block will oversee Salesforce.com's global sales, customer support and consulting services organizations.
• Cloudera Adds Search Capabilities To Its Hadoop Big Data Platform
  5:20 PM EST Tue. Jun. 04, 2013
  Channel partners say the addition of search will make Hadoop-stored data available to broader range of information workers.
• Is Windows RT At The End Of Its Rope?
  3:04 PM EST Tue. Jun. 04, 2013
  Microsoft is reportedly cutting the price of Windows RT for small tablets, while channel partners say demand for the tablet OS is nonexistent.
• The Need For Speed: IBM Picks Up Cloud Provider SoftLayer
  11:42 AM EST Tue. Jun. 04, 2013
  IBM channel partners see benefits ahead if IBM can adopt SoftLayer's nimble business and channel processes in the fast-moving cloud market.
• Microsoft CIO Out, Reorg Toward Devices And Services In?
  4:22 PM EST Mon. Jun. 03, 2013
  CIO Tony Scott is the third senior executive to leave Microsoft recently, joining the retiring CFO Peter Klein and Steven Sinofsky, who left last November as chief of the Windows division.
• TechEd: LSI, Microsoft Team On Low-Cost Clustered Server, Storage Solution
  3:05 PM EST Fri. May. 31, 2013
  At TechEd, LSI and Microsoft will unveil the LSI Syncro CS, a new solution that brings high availability to direct attach storage environments for SMBs and SMEs not looking to invest in expanding external storage networks.
• 10 Windows 8 Tablet Apps For Business
  3:00 PM EST Fri. May. 31, 2013
  Looking for Windows 8 business and productivity apps? We've got 10 of the best here.
• 10 Hot Tech Startups For May
  12:00 PM EST Fri. May. 31, 2013
  From network virtualization to big data analytics to unified communications hardware, there's no shortage of startups with innovative technologies this month.
• 5 Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week
  11:55 AM EST Fri. May. 31, 2013
  For the week ending May 31, CRN looks at five companies that were either asleep at the wheel or just didn't make good decisions.
• 10 New Features For Windows 8.1
  4:00 PM EST Thu. May. 30, 2013
  Microsoft said Thursday that a preview of Windows 8.1 will be released on June 26, in time for its Build developer conference. But the company also shared some updates on what users can expect from the free update to Windows 8.