Head-To-Head: Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 Vs. Microsoft Surface Pro 4 *
Channel Beat: Congressional Committee Seeks Criminal Charges Against Platte River Networks CEO *
Eaton Bullish On Lithium-ion In The Data Center, Tentative On DCIM Market *
5 Companies That Had A Rough Week *
Q&A: Eaton's Dell Misenheimer On Moving Forward In A Sea Of Data Center Power Changes *
5 Companies That Came To Win This Week *
How To Hire The Right People To Deliver Services *
CenturyLink Announces New Leadership Team To Follow The Level 3 Acquisition *

CRN Data Center News

Eaton Bullish On Lithium-ion In The Data Center, Tentative On DCIM Market

Eaton expects to be aggressively pushing Li-ion battery technology as an alternative to lead-acid batteries in the data center, but doesn't really want to aggressively push its new DCIM (data center infrastructure management), software.
10 Scenes From Lenovo's Wild Accelerate Partner Conference

From serious messages to serious clowning around, Lenovo's Accelerate partner conference was a wild ride. Here are 10 scenes from the event.
Gartner: 5 Ways The Midmarket Can Overcome Tight Budgets, Staffing Shortages

Despite tight budgets and staffing, plus a lack of adequate skills, midmarket companies can find relief with several technologies, according to a Gartner analyst.
Lenovo Channel Chief Kinlaw Takes On New Role To Target Small Biz, Workstation, Services For Growth

The move is part of a broader effort on Lenovo's part to grow through specialization, whether its in market segments or product lines.
IBM Reports 20th Straight Quarterly Revenue Drop, While Cloud Computing Grew 33 Percent

Despite growth in the company's "strategic imperatives" like cloud and cognitive computing, Q1 revenue fell 2.8 percent.
VMware's New vSAN 6.6 Improves Its Hyper-Converged Infrastructure With Increased Security, Performance

VMware says vSAN 6.6 is the first hyper-converged infrastructure technology to include native encryption and to support Intel's new Optane 3D XPoint SSD technology.
Dell EMC North America President Is Stepping Down, Lenovo-Dell Veteran Is Replacing Him

Bill Rodrigues, a hard-driving 18-year Dell sales veteran, is stepping aside as head of the North America commercial business and being replaced by the president of Dell's $38 billion end-user computing business.
10 Things To Know About IT Vendors' Channel Hiring Efforts

Large legacy vendors are seeking to fill hundreds of channel-focused positions, and that is perhaps a sign of the level and speed of IT industry change currently roiling the market.
Dell EMC President Goulden: SSD Shortage May Force Pricing Changes, But Won't Harm Red-Hot All-Flash Market

The all-flash value proposition still holds and the market won't change drastically due to pricing changes, Dell EMC's David Goulden said. "It might slow down a little bit, but customers are buying for the next three or four years, and it's not impacting their buying decisions."
Vantage Data Centers Acquired By Investors Looking To Expand

The provider of wholesale data center services was founded by one investment firm, and now a new group of investors has provided the ability to expand beyond its Northern California roots.
CRN Exclusive: Michael Dell On Making The Most Of Industry Consolidation, The Channel Program's Fast Start And VMware's Position In The Container Market

Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell told CRN that customers want to do more business with fewer vendors, and Dell is one of those vendors thanks to its wide portfolio and engaged channel partner ecosystem.
CRN Exclusive: Turbonomic SVP Jennifer Heard Looks To The Channel As 'Force Multiplier'

Heard is taking an aggressive approach to her new assignment because she's certain the channel is the only way to grow a start-up like Turbonomic as quickly as it can.
Lenovo Makes Former Intel IoT Exec Stevenson Data Center Group SVP Amid Broad Restructuring

Stevenson will lead a new "data center infrastructure" group at Lenovo. The group is one of five new units Lenovo has formed as it refines its data center strategy.
Intel Warns Partners: Expect Tight SSD Supply Through 2017, With Shipment Priority On Data Center SSDs

Intel sent a memo, the contents of which were confirmed for CRN by multiple sources, warning partners it will prioritize SSD for data center use because of the tight SSD supply situation caused by record demand.
5 Key Drivers Of Federal Agencies' Embrace Of The Software-Defined Data Center

For federal agencies, establishing software-defined data centers is the most crucial IT modernization effort. Here are the results of a Dell EMC survey on the subject.
Q&A With Unisys' Rod Fontecilla: Here's Why We're Bullish On Artificial Intelligence

Solution provider exec talks about a new virtual "center of excellence" and service offering. (From ITBestOfBreed.com)
Meet Optane: Intel Releases First SSDs With 3D XPoint Memory Tech

Optane, Intel's new non-volatile memory technology which offers better performance than NAND technology found in SSDs at a price lower than volatile DRAM memory, is coming to market in AIC and U.2 form factor SSDs.
2017 Software-Defined Data Center 50

The software-defined data center replaces proprietary hardware-based server, storage, networking and other equipment with the equivalent software functionality running on commodity servers. Here are 50 companies on the forefront of developing the software-defined data center.
8 Key Points From Gartner's Q4 Server Market Report

Dell EMC reclaimed the lead over perennial server market powerhouse Hewlett Packard Enterprise in worldwide shipments as 2016 drew to a close.
Commvault Links Its Data Protection Systems To The Cisco/Pure Storage FlashStack Architecture

Company says the integration of its data platform and Intellisnap replication software with FlashStack creates channel opportunities in data center transformation.

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	Head-To-Head: Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 Vs. Microsoft Surface Pro 4 The CRN Test Center compares the convertible model of the XPS 13 with Microsoft's flagship 2-in-1 tablet. Here's how the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 stacks up with the Microsoft Surface Pro 4.
	5 Companies That Had A Rough Week For the week ending April 28, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.
	Q&A: Eaton's Dell Misenheimer On Moving Forward In A Sea Of Data Center Power Changes Eaton's Power Quality division top executive Del Misenheimer discussed some of the top issues that will challenge data center power partners, including the coming switch to new battery technology and the impact of software on how data centers use power.