2011: Technology Channel In Review
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2011 was a quite a year in the technology channel. The cloud computing model truly took shape and while its value became evident, a barrage of cloud outages kept the questions about cloud reliability coming. IT supply chains also took a massive hit this year in the wake of the floods in Thailand, home to much of the world's hard drive manufacturing industry, and the earthquake in Japan, which disrupted the world's semiconductor supply chain. And while the consumer world celebrated the release of Apple's iPhone 4S and iPad 2, the tech industry mourned the loss of Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs.
Join CRN as we take a look back at 2011 in the technology channel, from the best smartphones and tablet PCs to the biggest stories in networking, software, storage and other tech industries.
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The 10 Biggest Google Stories Of 2011 Google, as always, dominated the headlines in 2011. From contentious cloud competitions to major acquisitions, here are the 10 biggest Google stories of the year. The 10 Biggest Cloud Outages Of 2011 Cloud outages dominated the headlines in 2011 as several cloud vendors battled bouts of downtime, including Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Here are the 10 biggest cloud outages of 2011. The 10 Biggest Apple Stories Of 2011 Between Siri, the iPad 2 and a revamped channel strategy, Apple made a lot of noteworthy moves in 2011. 10 Biggest Security Breaches Of 2011 The Top 10 Security Breaches of 2011 show hackers were relentless in their pursuit of profit, compromising computer systems of universities, video-game makers and the largest banks. The 10 Biggest Cisco Stories Of 2011 From UCS growth and the death of the Flip to Cisco's big restructuring and an ongoing executive exodus, here are the Cisco stories that mattered this year. From IT tools to photo editing to messaging, the year's best apps gave new meaning to the term, "mobility." Driven by cloud computing, virtualization and other factors changing the face of IT, 2011 was a huge year for startups and here we take a look at 10 of the coolest emerging vendors for 2011. The 10 Most Significant Tech Acquisitions Of 2011 IT companies spent billions to make acquisitions in 2011 in an effort to strengthen their competitive stance, expand their technology portfolio, spark strategic initiatives -- or just get bigger. Here are what we considered to be the most significant industry acquisitions this year. The 10 Biggest HP Stories Of 2011 If you thought 2010 was a drama filled year for HP, then the events that transpired in 2011 probably still have you shaking your head in disbelief. The Five Coolest Tablet PCs Of 2011 CRN counts down the five coolest tablets of 2011, including a dual-OS device from Viewsonic and a business-class tablet from Lenovo. The 10 Most Controversial Companies Of 2011 CRN looks at companies that just couldn't stay out of the headlines this year, and which love fomenting chaos and controversy in the course of their industry saber rattling. The 10 Biggest Channel Stories Of 2011 CRN looks at 10 stories that rocked the channel in 2011, from Dell's channel push to HP's pivotal decision on its PC business. The 10 Coolest Notebooks Of 2011 From ultra-thin laptops and Chromebooks to mobile workstations and Ultrabooks, CRN looks at 10 notebooks that shined in 2011. |
The 10 Best Open Source Products Of 2011 If we saw nothing else in 2011, we saw open source communities make long strides from cloud computing to VoIP to the desktop. The 10 Biggest Data Center Stories Of 2011 Improving data center efficiency was front and center in 2011 as customers looked for ways to cut power and cooling costs even as their data centers grew to meet new cloud and other business requirements. The 10 Biggest Software Stories Of 2011 In 2011 the software industry was in the midst of a paradigm shift to cloud computing. That, combined with the industry's already hyper-competitive nature, made for a lot of conflict as vendors jockeyed for position. 10 IT Industry Figures Who Stirred Things Up This Year CRN looks at IT industry executives who said and did things this year that inspired powerful feelings within their respective partner bases. The 10 Coolest Smartphones Of 2011 Smartphones are getting thinner, smaller, lighter and more powerful as time goes on, this year perhaps more so than ever. From processors to tablets, from PCs to laptops, this was a great year of great products. Here are the ones we found to be the best. 10 Biggest Virtualization Stories Of 2011 CRN looks at 10 of the most important developments in the virtualization space this year, including the growing role of mobility and management, as well as key vendor decisions. The 10 Biggest Storage Stories Of 2011 2011 found the storage industry making big bets on the future, including acquisitions and investments, new technologies, new vendors, and new markets. The Most Innovative Products of 2011 From tablets to high-end storage, here are the 2011 Tech Innovators. The 10 Biggest Security Stories Of 2011 The 10 biggest security stories of 2011 showed that no one was safe from attack by cybercriminals, who target government, corporations, nonprofits and security vendors. The 10 Biggest Networking Stories Of 2011 From blockbuster M&A deals and Cisco craziness to the growth of software-defined networking and bold new competitors, these were the stories that kept networking-centric solution providers buzzing throughout 2011. The 10 Biggest Cloud Stories Of 2011 Cloud computing dominated many story lines in 2011. From mobility and the rise of OpenStack, to crippling cloud outages and major acquisitions, here are the 10 biggest stories that shaped the cloud in 2011. |
