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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.
• Dell, Equinix Listed As Top Creditors In Nirvanix's Chapter 11 Filing
  8:27 PM EST Tue. Oct. 01, 2013
  Cloud storage technology provider Nirvanix, which Monday filed for Chapter 11 protection, listed several hardware, software and hosting companies including Dell and Equinix as top creditors.
• 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.
• Nirvanix Files Chapter 11, Works With IBM To Migrate Customer Data
  5:41 PM EST Tue. Oct. 01, 2013
  Cloud storage technology provider has filed for Chapter 11 protection after warning customers of its service that they had until mid-October to find a new service.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 15 Takeaways From Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting
  2:09 PM EST Fri. Sep. 20, 2013
  Microsoft financial analyst meeting gives CEO Steve Ballmer, COO Kevin Turner and other execs a chance to outline to company's current and future financial health.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  11:17 AM EST Fri. Sep. 20, 2013
  For the week ending Sept. 20, CRN looks at IT companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• 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.
• Nirvanix Partner Aorta Plans Coalition Of Customers, Investors To Save Nirvanix Cloud Storage Service
  4:14 PM EST Wed. Sep. 18, 2013
  Nirvanix, which gave its cloud storage service customers two weeks to move their data before it closes operations, might be given a temporary or permanent lifeline from Aorta Cloud, a partner working to find customer and investor interest in acquiring the company.
• NetApp's Cloud Strategy: The Tech Is There, Now To Put It All Together
  3:24 PM EST Tue. Sep. 17, 2013
  NetApp's Data ONTAP storage operating system, found in the company's hardware, virtual appliance and cloud offerings, is the base on which NetApp's cloud strategy is being built, but partners are waiting for more details from the storage vendor.
• 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.
• eFolder Acquires Anchor, Brings Channel-Focused File Sync And Share To Cloud Storage
  7:00 AM EST Tue. Sep. 17, 2013
  eFolder's acquisition of Anchor will result in a business-class integrated offering specifically for MSPs and solution providers that includes cloud backup, disaster recovery, and file share and sync.
• NetApp VP Set To Resign, Cloud Evangelist Jumps Ship To Pure Storage
  6:15 PM EST Mon. Sep. 16, 2013
  NetApp's executive vice president of product operations is retiring, while NetApp's cloud evangelist is leaving his position to take the chief evangelist job at all-flash storage array vendor Pure storage.
• 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.
• HP Aims To Extend Reseller Pacts With SHI, CDW For Public Cloud
  5:17 PM EST Fri. Sep. 06, 2013
  HP is in discussions to extend reseller pacts with two of largest SP500 companies puts the service into the hands of thousands of sales reps with established relationships with some of the largest enterprise accounts.
• VeriStor, HP 3PAR Help HoneyBaked Ham Of Georgia Meet The Holiday Crush
  5:15 PM EST Fri. Aug. 30, 2013
  HoneyBaked Ham of Georgia, where sales volume during the peak holiday season could reach as high as 10,000 times normal volume, needed a new storage system to keep up with orders, and found a solution in VeriStor, a solution provider and partner for HP 3PAR storage.
• VMworld 2013: 18 Must-See Storage Offerings (Part 2)
  12:00 PM EST Fri. Aug. 30, 2013
  Part 2 of a two-part VMworld roundup of a wide range of storage-focused hardware and software shows just how much of a focus storage has become in the new virtualized and cloud environments being built to handle today's complex workloads.
• VMworld 2013: 20 Must-See Storage Offerings (Part 1)
  2:00 PM EST Wed. Aug. 28, 2013
  Part 1 of a two-part VMworld roundup of a wide range of storage-focused hardware and software shows just how much of a focus storage has become in the new virtualized and cloud environments being built to handle today's complex workloads.
• VMware Expands Software-Defined Storage With New VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN)
  3:38 PM EST Mon. Aug. 26, 2013
  VMware is beefing up the storage leg of its software-defined data center strategy with VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN), which pools SSDs and hard drives from up to eight servers to allow the capacity to be automatically provisioned as needed by virtual machines.
• 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.
• Artisan Infrastructure Adds Cloud-Based Object Storage
  10:00 AM EST Wed. Aug. 21, 2013
  The company expands its wholesale IaaS offering, enabling MSPs and others to add cloud-based object storage as part of their solutions.
• NetApp Changes Channel Program To Focus On Partners' Changing Customer Needs
  4:54 PM EST Mon. Aug. 19, 2013
  NetApp's new channel chief, Peter Howard, said the storage vendor's new unified partner program is targeted at helping increase solution providers' business whether they focus on consulting, reselling, the cloud, or any combination.