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• 30 Notable IT Executive Moves: September 2013
  10:00 AM EST Wed. Oct. 02, 2013
  September saw a flurry of executive departures as well as some big changes in the channel ranks at HP, Microsoft and others.
• Synnex Sees Improving IT Demand In Q3 Earnings
  8:23 PM EST Wed. Sep. 25, 2013
  Synnex reported a 33 percent jump in third-quarter income, citing improved IT spending across a wide range of product categories, regions and market segments.
• Arrow, Intel Team Up For Converged Infrastructure Push
  5:11 PM EST Mon. Sep. 23, 2013
  Arrow Electronics is joining forces with Intel to deliver additional support and services to VARs looking to leverage converged infrastructure solutions.
• Dell's Battle Has Just Begun
  11:05 AM EST Mon. Sep. 23, 2013
  Now comes the hard part for Michael Dell. With the yearlong battle behind him to take Dell private, the company founder now faces the biggest business challenge of his lifetime.
• Tech Data To Partners: We Make It Easy For You To Have A Cloud Business
  8:00 PM EST Fri. Sep. 20, 2013
  At the Tech Data Channel Link conference, solution providers saw little in the way of traditional hardware pick, pack and ship distribution and more in terms of how distributors pack cloud components to make it easy to be a cloud business.
• Tech Data To Give HP Partners A Hand With 3Par Installation, Deployment
  10:15 AM EST Thu. Sep. 19, 2013
  Solution providers looking for help installing and deploying HP 3Par storage systems can now go to Tech Data to augment their services capabilities under a new program developed in conjunction with HP.
• Comstor Launches Cisco-Centric Cloud Service With PeakColo Partnership
  1:21 PM EST Wed. Sep. 18, 2013
  Comstor and PeakColo are teaming up to offer VARs a Cisco-centric white- label cloud service for VARs.
• Millennial Give And Take
  8:05 AM EST Tue. Sep. 17, 2013
  Experts say businesses refusing to meet the demands of millennials will face extinction, but the young generation is not always met with open arms.
• Take A Golf Lesson: Even Tiger Needs A Coach
  8:00 AM EST Mon. Sep. 16, 2013
  When compared with business, the great game of golf holds many parallels in how athletes and business leaders see the course and receive insight from others.
• Fast Growth 2013: The Top 25
  4:00 PM EST Fri. Sep. 13, 2013
  Despite turbulent economic times and disruptive technologies like cloud computing and mobility, these companies have steamed ahead in growth.
• Surging Ahead: CRN's 2013 Fast Growth
  4:00 PM EST Fri. Sep. 13, 2013
  The solution providers on this year's Fast Growth list have just short of $24 billion in combined annual revenue, up from $21.1 billion last year, $10.4 billion in 2011 and $5.3 billion in 2010.
• Tech Data Adds VMware vCloud Hybrid To Its Cloud Mix
  5:21 PM EST Thu. Sep. 12, 2013
  Tech Data scores a major cloud win as customers will be able to leverage VMware's new infrastructure-as-a-service offering through TDCloud.
• Interactive Map: Best States To Start A Solution Provider Business
  5:20 PM EST Mon. Sep. 09, 2013
  Available exclusively on the CRN Tech News App for tablet, The Best States To Start A Solution Provider Business includes an interactive map to provide readers insight into what makes some states better -- and worse -- than others.
• Microsoft Preps Surface 2 Tablets For Sept. 23 Unveiling In NYC
  3:48 PM EST Mon. Sep. 09, 2013
  Microsoft's first Surface tablets have flopped in the marketplace, but it's forging ahead with plans to unveil the next generation versions at an event in New York City later this month.
• Microsoft Names Martorano New U.S. Channel Sales Boss
  5:16 PM EST Wed. Sep. 04, 2013
  According to sources, Microsoft is naming Eric Martorano general manager of U.S. Channel Sales, a move that could have an impact on the distribution strategy for Microsoft's Surface tablet.
• IBM Searching For Channel Chief As VP Donohue Steps Down
  3:45 PM EST Tue. Aug. 27, 2013
  IBM's Bill Donohue, vice president of business partner and midmarket sales, retired Tuesday after 32 years with the company.
• Why Solution Providers Need Better Marketing (Video)
  2:45 PM EST Tue. Aug. 27, 2013
  Ingram Micro and Juniper Networks talk branding, lead development and social media for a marketing boot camp aimed at solution providers.
• Time To Grow Or Time To Die: Recasting The Solution Provider Business Model
  11:10 AM EST Mon. Aug. 26, 2013
  In response to the accelerating pace of change recasting the solution provider business model and the technology services choices facing the channel, CRN through its parent company started the BoB (Best of Breed) conference three years ago.
• Dell Banks On Partners As It Enters Choppy Waters, Says Channel Chief
  4:00 PM EST Fri. Aug. 23, 2013
  Dell's channel chief Greg Davis talks challenges, training, partner growth and ponders Round Rock's next chapter.
• Dell To Unify Partner Programs And Channel Training For PartnerDirect
  1:55 PM EST Fri. Aug. 23, 2013
  Dell is expected to announce an update to its PartnerDirect program next week that will include unifying selling tools and education programs of recent acquisitions.
• Map It Out: The Best States To Start A Solution Provider Business
  3:05 PM EST Wed. Aug. 21, 2013
  Coming exclusively to the CRN Tech News App next month, CRN provides a detailed analysis of the business climate in all 50 states to offer some guidance about what makes some states better than others when it comes to starting and growing a solution provider business.
• Ingram Micro: VARs Need Financial Planning, Marketing For Cloud Transition (Video)
  11:58 AM EST Wed. Aug. 21, 2013
  Ingram Micro's Jason Bystrak talks with CRN TV about the distributor's "seeding the cloud" plan to help VARs with financial planning and marketing as they move to the cloud.
• Synnex, Comcast Join Forces For Telco Services Push
  6:01 PM EST Mon. Aug. 19, 2013
  Under the new partnership, Synnex becomes the first IT distributor to join Comcast's Business Solutions Provider Program as a master agent.
• VAR Roundtable: Is The PC Dying? (Video)
  4:29 PM EST Wed. Aug. 14, 2013
  Solution providers at D&H Distributing's New England Technology Show last week talked with CRN TV about PC demand and where the market is headed.
• Solution Providers Moving On From Surface To Alternative Tablets
  3:50 PM EST Wed. Aug. 14, 2013
  Solution providers at D&H Distributing's New England Technology Show discussed Microsoft's Surface strategy and how they're looking to other tablet offerings.