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• Pivotal Makes First Big Move, Acquiring Mobile App Dev Firm Xtreme Labs
  7:37 PM EST Wed. Oct. 02, 2013
  Pivotal, the EMC-VMware-GE joint venture helmed by Paul Maritz, has acquired its first company -- a mobile app development startup that works with Microsoft, Apple, Google and BlackBerry.
• Report: Top Microsoft Investors Want Gates To Relinquish Chairman Role
  1:27 PM EST Wed. Oct. 02, 2013
  Bill Gates is reportedly under pressure from large shareholders to step down as chairman, in what amounts to the latest sign that massive changes are coming at the software giant.
• Microsoft's Ballmer Gives Tearful Farewell In Last Company Meeting
  4:13 PM EST Mon. Sep. 30, 2013
  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage in his final company-wide meeting to give another loud, energetic public appearance and a tear-filled thank you to Microsoft employees.
• 20 Odd Tech Startup Names And The Real Stories Behind Them
  10:00 AM EST Thu. Sep. 19, 2013
  As more startups show up on the enterprise tech scene, finding a good name is getting harder. So, some are getting creative. Here's a look at 20 examples of startups that went outside the box.
• Microsoft Developer Evangelist Sandquist Jumps To Twitter After 16 Years
  7:24 PM EST Tue. Sep. 17, 2013
  Microsoft loses 16-year developer relations veteran to Twitter, where he'll be overseeing the social networking sites ecosystem partnerships.
• Salesforce's Oracle Hiring Spree Continues As 17-Year Vet Fernicola Joins Ranks
  5:31 PM EST Thu. Sep. 12, 2013
  The path from Oracle to Salesforce.com is well-worn, and longtime enterprise sales guy Anthony Fernicola has become the latest to travel it.
• Solution Provider Net@Work Expands Nonprofit Practice With Acquisition
  12:45 PM EST Thu. Sep. 12, 2013
  Net@Work is acquiring Blytheco's Abila applications practice.
• Report: Microsoft Investors Pushing Ford's Mulally, CSC's Lawrie As CEO Candidates
  5:28 PM EST Tue. Sep. 10, 2013
  Does Microsoft need a turnaround of the sort that Alan Mulally pulled off at Ford, and which Mike Lawrie is trying to achieve at CSC? Apparently, some top investors think so.
• Movers And Shakers: Here's Who Made Gartner's 2013 Cloud IaaS Magic Quadrant
  4:00 PM EST Mon. Sep. 09, 2013
  While Amazon is leading the cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service pack, a number of smaller players are making inroads with innovative technology, and in some cases, marketing. See who made the list.
• Acquisition Expands Cloud Sherpas' European Footprint
  2:31 PM EST Mon. Sep. 09, 2013
  Stoneburn Software is a leading Google Apps consulting and IT service company in the U.K.
• Q&A: Puppet Labs CEO Kanies Explains How DevOps Is Shaking Up Enterprise IT
  7:29 PM EST Fri. Sep. 06, 2013
  Puppet Labs CEO Luke Kanies created software that automates data center tasks and makes systems administrators' jobs a lot easier. He sat down with CRN recently to explain how it works.
• 13 VMworld Scenes That Show How Hot The Cloud Is Right Now
  4:00 PM EST Thu. Sep. 05, 2013
  The VMworld show floor is always a raucous affair, but many vendors brought healthy marketing budgets to bear at this year's show. CRN walked the show floor and presents memorable sights.
• VMware Adds Windows 8.1, OS X Mavericks Support To Fusion 6 Virtual Desktops
  7:45 PM EST Wed. Sep. 04, 2013
  VMware updates its desktop virtualization software for Macs, giving OS X users access to the latest features on the way in Microsoft's Windows 8.1 update.
• 30 Notable IT Executive Moves: August 2013
  11:15 AM EST Wed. Sep. 04, 2013
  August saw plenty of executive shakeups, including more departures and new faces at Microsoft.
• Microsoft Shuffles SMS&P Exec Team As 22-Year Vet Nyheim Departs
  1:20 PM EST Fri. Aug. 30, 2013
  As part of Microsoft's ongoing channel leadership shuffle, Nyheim becomes latest long-tenured executive to head for the exits, and he's being replaced by another Microsoft veteran.
• VMware Execs: We're Not Really Competing Much With Amazon In Cloud
  5:34 PM EST Tue. Aug. 27, 2013
  Remember when VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger and COO Carl Eschenbach called out Amazon earlier this year? Well, now they're pretending like that never happened.
• The Next Microsoft CEO? 10 Potential Candidates To Replace Ballmer
  4:00 PM EST Tue. Aug. 27, 2013
  Steve Ballmer plans to retire within the next 12 months. Is the next chief executive of Microsoft on this list?
• 15 Cloud And Virtualization Products Fueling Buzz At VMworld 2013
  10:00 AM EST Tue. Aug. 27, 2013
  As VMware moves deeper into storage and network virtualization, its ecosystem partners are showing off a deluge of new products that promise to make IT operate more efficiently -- and faster.
• VMware Preps Software-Defined Data Center For Its Star Turn
  12:00 PM EST Mon. Aug. 26, 2013
  The term "software defined data center" is still pretty nebulous to many technology companies, but VMware is hoping to change that at its VMworld conference this week.
• Microsoft Taps New Worldwide Support VP As 9-Year Vet Gordon Departs
  10:02 AM EST Mon. Aug. 26, 2013
  Barbara Gordon, who spent 19 years at Sun Microsystems before coming to Microsoft, is leaving after nearly a decade, possibly for a job at EMC.
• Get Your Popcorn Ready: Microsoft's Search For New CEO Is Under Way
  7:49 PM EST Fri. Aug. 23, 2013
  As Microsoft looks for a new CEO to replace the departing Steve Ballmer, many industry watchers expect the choice to come from outside the company.
• Investors Get $16 Billion Payday On Ballmer News
  6:13 PM EST Fri. Aug. 23, 2013
  Microsoft shares surge on news of Ballmer's departure. Ballmer's lack of vision can't carry Microsoft into new age.
• Novacoast Selling Its Intrusion Detection Software In Mac App Store
  10:10 AM EST Wed. Aug. 21, 2013
  By selling its 4Shadow product through the Mac App Store, the solution provider is finding a new route to market for its intellectual property.
• Oracle, VMware Casting Wide Net For Partners To Tackle New Business
  9:45 AM EST Tue. Aug. 20, 2013
  VMware and Oracle both have a long history working with partners, and at XChange 2013 they talked about what the channel gets in return.
• Microsoft Opens Office 365 Licensing Program To Partners That Sell To Enterprises
  10:19 PM EST Sun. Aug. 18, 2013
  After letting Microsoft handle Office 365 billing for midmarket versions earlier this year, Microsoft is now doing the same for partners that sell cloud services to enterprises.