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• Adobe Halts Packaged Software Development, Tells Partners To Embrace The Cloud
  1:53 PM EST Tue. May. 07, 2013
  Adobe will no longer develop its Creative Suite applications beyond the current CS 6 release, and will focus instead on its Creative Cloud applications.
• Dell Buys Hybrid Cloud Management Provider
  11:54 AM EST Mon. May. 06, 2013
  Dell adds Enstratius to its arsenal, in what could be a critical technology weapon in the battle to provide hybrid cloud management.
• Big Data Storage Provider Cleversafe Intros Partner Program
  5:50 PM EST Fri. May. 03, 2013
  Cleversafe's new Elevate Partner Program is geared toward MSPs, Vars, GSIs and OEMs and will arm them with the latest information on big data cloud technology to help them deliver scalable and secure solutions to their customers.
• 5 Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week
  1:45 PM EST Fri. May. 03, 2013
  For the week ending May 3, 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
  1:25 PM EST Fri. May. 03, 2013
  For the week ending May 3, CRN looks at five companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• Xeround Plans Cloud Database Service Shutdown
  12:20 PM EST Fri. May. 03, 2013
  While Xeround said it will "re-focus" its direction, its CEO declined to offer details about the company's future or the reasons behind its service discontinuation.
• 9 Key Concerns That Block Cloud Sales
  4:00 PM EST Wed. May. 01, 2013
  The benefits of the cloud are heavily touted by cloud providers and the various types of channel partners with which they work. But a number of stumbling blocks still remain. Channel partners outlined for CRN some of the objectives they hear most often.
• VMware Channel Chief Departs, Now Leading Partner Sales At Virtual Instruments
  3:45 PM EST Wed. May. 01, 2013
  Doug Smith, VMware's highly regarded channel chief and former EMC executive, becomes the latest VMware executive to jump ship for greener pastures.
• Citrix Overhauls Channel Program, Increases Sales Requirements For Top Partners
  12:00 PM EST Wed. May. 01, 2013
  Citrix says its channel program changes are aimed at better compensating partners that specialize in selling cloud and networking products, as well as SaaS apps.
• SAS Takes Its Business Analytics Software To The Cloud
  10:34 AM EST Wed. May. 01, 2013
  The company also unveils high-performance business analytics applications and discloses plans for a BI appliance jointly developed with Teradata.
• Amazon's AWS Chief: Cloud Services Party Just Getting Started
  4:53 PM EST Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
  Top Amazon execs speaking at AWS Summit 2013 tell attendees that as the company moves from cloud servers, storage and databases to include networking, data warehousing and application services, AWS' full capabilities are only now coming into focus while its competitors are scrambling to keep up.
• Storage, Security Products Take Center Stage At AWS Summit 2013
  10:15 AM EST Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
  The AWS Summit 2013 conference will feature a wide range of solutions from vendors partnering with Amazon on improving the storage, movement, protection and security of data in the cloud.
• HP Enterprise Boss Rallies Partners To Capitalize On IBM, Dell Uncertainty
  6:17 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  HP Enterprise Group Executive Vice President Dave Donatelli says the time is right for partners to capitalize on the uncertainty surrounding IBM and Dell.
• Eucalyptus 3.3 Brings Amazon Web Services Features To Private Clouds
  4:16 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  Open source private cloud player Eucalyptus rolls out the first update since December to its platform, which supports Netflix as well as a range of Amazon Web Services technologies.
• Upping The Big Data Ante: HP Creates Converged Systems Unit
  12:38 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  The new HP unit brings together a variety of resources to deliver big data 'converged application appliances,' including systems based on Apache Hadoop, HP Vertica, SAP HANA and HP Cloud System.
• 10 Hot Tech Startups For April
  12:00 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  From predictive analytics to cloud and mobile application performance management to "big data" storage for SMBs, there's no shortage of startups with innovative technologies this month.
• Box Says Its Cloud-Based File Sharing Tech Is HIPAA, HITECH 'Compliant'
  5:28 PM EST Fri. Apr. 26, 2013
  Box said its cloud-based file sharing technology, which is now HIPAA and HITECH compliant, meets the needs of physicians who are increasingly mobile, but a solution provider argues that clients require greater control than a pure cloud offering can provide.
• CA Sees Partner Opportunities In Hybrid Cloud Environments
  11:20 AM EST Fri. Apr. 26, 2013
  At its CA World conference this week the company stepped up its efforts to help solution providers expand into managed services and hybrid IT environments.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  10:10 AM EST Fri. Apr. 26, 2013
  For the week ending April 26, CRN looks at five companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• NetSuite Reports 50-Percent Channel Sales Growth In Q1
  7:15 PM EST Thu. Apr. 25, 2013
  CEO promises to 'surprise the market' with channel-related announcements at next month's SuiteWorld conference.
• VMware Exec: Don't Confuse Our Public Cloud Trial With Production Service
  7:28 PM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  A top VMware executive tries to clear the air over the differences between its public cloud trial service unveiled last August and the product-grade service that's slated for launch next month.
• GE CEO Immelt Gives Thumbs Up To GE's Pivotal Investment
  6:56 PM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt says GE's 10-percent stake in the EMC-VMware-backed Pivotal venture could drive billions of dollars in profitability for GE and its customers.
• Startup SkyKick Brings Migration Automation To Office 365
  3:40 PM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  SkyKick estimates a typical migration to Office 365 might take 40 hours of a solution provider's time. That can be reduced down to a couple of hours with the company's new suite, said executives.
• 8 Signs That Amazon Is In Other Cloud Vendors' Heads
  2:00 PM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  Amazon Web Services has a multiyear head start on the competition, and everyone knows it. Some vendors are openly taking on Amazon, while others are pretending they're not. But really, they all are.
• VMware Cuts Revenue Guidance After Q1 Profit Drops 9 Percent
  9:02 PM EST Tue. Apr. 23, 2013
  VMware continues to sail through rough waters, but executives struck an optimistic tone about the upcoming Hybrid Cloud Service and NSX network virtualization releases.