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• Despite CEA Chief's Excitement, Microsoft Says It's Not Stepping Up Its CES Presence
  4:31 PM EST Thu. Oct. 03, 2013
  After scaling back its participation in CES in January, Microsoft is going to have a big presence at CES this year, according to the event's organizer. But, Microsoft says this isn't accurate.
• 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.
• Microsoft Clears FedRAMP Hurdle, Sets Sights On Big Government Cloud Deals
  8:10 PM EST Tue. Oct. 01, 2013
  Microsoft closes in on full federal government security authorization for cloud services, and trumpets the fact that it's getting it for both infrastructure and platform services.
• Software, Hardware, High-Speed Sailing: 20 Scenes From Oracle OpenWorld
  4:00 PM EST Tue. Oct. 01, 2013
  Oracle OpenWorld, now one of the world's biggest IT conferences, was more interesting than usual thanks to drama around Oracle Team USA's America's Cup win grabbing attention between all the hardware, software and cloud news.
• 10 Key Takeaways From Oracle's Financial Analyst Briefing
  12:00 PM EST Mon. Sep. 30, 2013
  Key financial metrics, Oracle's product strategy and CEO Ellison's views on cat videos and The Internet of Things were on the agenda.
• EMC Hires Former Symantec, Oracle Exec To Head New Emerging Technology Division
  3:36 PM EST Fri. Sep. 27, 2013
  EMC's new hire brings experience with Oracle applications and Symantec data protection and endpoint security technologies to EMC's new Emerging Technology Products Division, making him a potential key player in building EMC's future end-user experience.
• 10 Hot Technology Startups For September
  2:00 PM EST Fri. Sep. 27, 2013
  From the latest software for handling big data to visual development tools to software for managing content in e-commerce systems, there's no shortage of startups with innovative technologies this month.
• 5 Companies That Had A Rough Week
  12:19 PM EST Fri. Sep. 27, 2013
  For the week ending Sept. 27, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  10:00 AM EST Fri. Sep. 27, 2013
  For the week ending Sept. 27, CRN looks at IT companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• Big Bitrix24 Changes Could Challenge Microsoft Office 365
  1:39 PM EST Thu. Sep. 26, 2013
  Bitrix24's low price points, addition of a mobile CRM, and strengthening of other features is aimed at swaying customers away from Microsoft Office 365.
• Oracle Cloud Gets New Compute, Storage, Database Services
  10:30 AM EST Wed. Sep. 25, 2013
  The Oracle Cloud now has a wide range of new services, and the company is making them available to solution providers on a resell or referral basis.
• How Secure Are Customers In The Cloud? (Video)
  11:55 AM EST Tue. Sep. 24, 2013
  CRN TV talks with cloud-focused solution providers about the issue of cloud security and how they tackle the issue with customers.
• 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.
• Cloud Security Firms: NSA Spying A Double-Edged Sword For Business
  12:19 PM EST Fri. Sep. 20, 2013
  Cloud security firms are calling for stronger encryption standards as customers react to the most recent NSA spying revelations.
• 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.
• Cloud Storage Startup Nirvanix Tells Customers, Partners It's Shutting Down
  12:32 PM EST Tue. Sep. 17, 2013
  Nirvanix, a cloud storage startup that has raised more than $70 million in VC funding, is telling partners it's shutting down at the end of the month, sources told CRN.
• Microsoft Pulls Apple-Bashing iPhone 5 Video, Says It Was Just Joking
  7:26 PM EST Mon. Sep. 16, 2013
  Microsoft last week added another Apple clip to its already large collection of parody videos that make fun of competitors, but has since pulled it down.
• Amazon Hit With Friday The 13th Cloud Glitch, But It's Not A Horror Show
  8:08 PM EST Fri. Sep. 13, 2013
  Amazon experiences yet another cloud glitch affecting EC2 customers, but the company makes sure to keep everyone up to date on its service status page.
• Facebook's Zuckerberg Says He Worshipped Bill Gates In His Youth
  8:03 PM EST Thu. Sep. 12, 2013
  Facebook founder and CEO reveals that his idol growing up was Bill Gates, whom he held in high esteem for having clear vision and executing on it.
• 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.
• Joyent Co-Founder And CTO Leaving To Pursue 'New Ideas And Projects'
  8:18 PM EST Wed. Sep. 11, 2013
  Jason Hoffman, co-founder and CTO of cloud vendor Joyent, which sells IaaS, storage and big data services, is leaving the company he started nearly a decade ago.
• Microsoft Beefs Up Cloud SharePoint With More Storage, Better Management
  4:10 PM EST Wed. Sep. 11, 2013
  SharePoint is one of Microsoft's most successful products, but the cloud-based version has lagged in terms of features. Now Microsoft is moving to close this gap.
• EMC Hires Away Execs From Microsoft, Oracle For Isilon Unit
  8:07 PM EST Tue. Sep. 10, 2013
  EMC has gone poaching to staff up its Isilon Systems network attached storage unit, bringing in storage veterans from Oracle and Microsoft.