CRN's Coverage Of Dell World 2015

Dell World 2015 is underway and eyes of the tech world are focused in Austin, Texas in the wake of the PC giant's announcenment that it will acquire EMC for $67 billion.

Dell World 2015

Dell World 2015 is under way and the eyes of the tech world are focused on Austin, Texas, following last week's blockbuster news that Dell plans to acquire storage giant EMC for $67 billion. The buzz surrounding Dell World is obvious against the backdrop of the world's biggest tech deal, but this year's show is of particular interest to partners who are hungry for more insight into just how the deal will impact their Dell, EMC, VMware and competitive businesses.

CRN is at Dell World 2015 to bring partners up-to-the-minute news and analysis of the event, which runs from Oct. 20-22.

Michael Dell On The Contrast Between Dell And HP, Dell's Standing As A Cloud Player And Why Big Data Is A Potential $1 Trillion Industry

Michael Dell argues that customers want to do business with fewer suppliers as the IT landscape shifts toward new capabilities in virtualization and hyper-converged infrastructure, he said during a press conference at the annual Dell World conference being held this week in Austin, Texas.

Michael Dell On Microsoft: Despite Surface Book, 'We're Absolutely Friends'

Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella drew a bold line under their commitment to open systems, saying serving customers well is each company's focus, even if that means the two technology giants increasingly go head-to-head in hardware.

Michael Dell: Dell-EMC-VMware Is A 'Dream Combination' To Drive Growth

'We become a leader in today's current domain of IT -- from servers, storage, virtualization and PCs,' says the Dell CEO on how he sees the pending acquisition of EMC changing the game.

Forget EMC-VMware Cloud Services, Dell Teams With Microsoft On Azure In A Box

Dell unleashed the Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft, a Dell-based hybrid cloud solution co-engineered with VMware rival Microsoft to offer customers a flexible Azure-based cloud solution.

Dell Ups Data Center Focus With New High-Performance Storage, Sub-Hyperscale Servers

Dell's SC9000 storage array, with its new hardware platform and refreshed operating system, is just one of many highlights from this week's Dell World.

CRN senior editor Matt Brown talks about what partners can expect from Dell World 2015, which runs from Oct. 20-22 in Austin, Texas.

Michael Dell To Partners: EMC Acquisition Would Be Difficult Without You

During the Partner Summit portion of the annual Dell World conference, Michael Dell told partners that it would've been more difficult for Dell to take on its proposed acquisition of EMC without a strong channel.

CRN Dell World Exclusive: Dell's Cook Details 11 Big Partner Program Moves

Dell channel chief Cheryl Cook gives CRN the lowdown on new channel rebates, incentives, competencies and more taking center stage at the kickoff of Dell World Tuesday.

EMC Partners Rush To Dell World, Dell Foes Are Becoming Dell Friends

The hottest conversation at Dell's annual conference in Austin, Texas this week is how EMC solution providers can cozy up to Dell in the wake of Dell's $67 billion acquisition of the storage market leader.