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• Nutanix Seeks Partners To Help With Scale-Out Data Center Vision
  12:43 PM EST Tue. May. 07, 2013
  Nutanix, a fast-growing converged infrastructure startup, is looking to build out its North American partner ranks with partners ready to embrace its scale-out data center philosophy.
• Intel Unveils New Atom Architecture For Mobile Devices, Low-Power Servers
  5:25 PM EST Mon. May. 06, 2013
  Intel says its new breed of Atom chips will have high performance and lower power consumption for everything from smartphones to servers.
• Q1 Server Vendor Winners And Losers
  5:13 PM EST Mon. May. 06, 2013
  The eagerly anticipated server unit share for the first quarter from market researchers Gartner and IDC is causing a stir among industry watchers looking for signs of strength and weakness. Here's a look at some of the preliminary data. Both market researchers caution that it is only preliminary, with the final data to be released at the end of May.
• Dell Credits Channel For Server Market Share Gains Despite LBO
  10:15 AM EST Mon. May. 06, 2013
  Dell Founder and CEO Michael Dell give credit to the company's channel as it picks up server share against rival Hewlett-Packard, according to recent market share data.
• Q&A: Michael Dell On Dell's Server Gains
  10:00 AM EST Mon. May. 06, 2013
  Dell talks up server share gains against rival HP and credits channel for helping to boost the company's market share.
• IBM 'Superlab' Staff Still Bracing For Transfer To Lenovo
  6:02 PM EST Fri. May. 03, 2013
  IBM's x86 server talks with Lenovo may have broken down, but employees in IBM's massive 'Superlab' facility in Research Triangle Park are still preparing to transition over to Lenovo on June 1.
• Michael Dell: HP Server Share Losses Are 'Staggering'
  4:16 PM EST Fri. May. 03, 2013
  Michael Dell is celebrating Dell's 29th birthday by showcasing new data from IDC that corroborates his company's claims that it is gaining share in the server market against rival Hewlett-Packard.
• 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.
• Channel Beat: Lenovo-IBM Server Talks Stall (Video)
  1:33 PM EST Fri. May. 03, 2013
  This week's recap also looks at Intel's newest CEO and more server market battles between Dell and HP.
• 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.
• 10 Tough Questions: Partners Ask, HP's Top Executives Answer
  6:10 PM EST Thu. May. 02, 2013
  As HP rolls out a new, simplified pay-for-performance PartnerOne program, its top executives, led by CEO Meg Whitman, answer any and all questions from partners in a 90-minute Webcast.
• Report: IBM-Lenovo x86 Server Acquisition Talks Break Down
  8:53 PM EST Wed. May. 01, 2013
  IBM's talks with Lenovo to sell off parts of its x86 server business to Lenovo have broken down, though it's possible they could continue at some point, according to a report.
• 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.
• Dell Trumpets Q1 Server Gains, HP Disputes Data
  8:21 PM EST Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
  Dell's server market share is on the rise even as it navigates its way through a planned $24.4 billion leveraged buyout.
• Offering A Complete Solution: Storage VAR Builds Storage Services VAR
  4:20 PM EST Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
  H.A. Services, a new solution provider formed as a storage replications services sister company to H.A. Storage, is investing in NetApp and EMC infrastructures to give customers without the resources to own their replication hardware an offsite solution for disaster recovery and archiving.
• 20 Hot Midmarket Products Seen At MES East 2013
  2:00 PM EST Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
  MES East 2013 provides a haven for tech vendors to showcase their wares to the midmarket. See where the biggest product opportunities lie.
• Lenovo Partners Buzzing About Possible IBM x86 Server Buy
  12:30 PM EST Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
  Solution providers at the Lenovo Accelerate conference say the addition of IBM's x86 server business would give Lenovo an answer for the enterprise market.
• Virtualized Data Center, Services Strength Drive VAR Datalink's Growth
  8:39 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  Datalink, one of the few midrange solution providers to provide quarterly financials, said that its Cisco-NetApp-EMC-centered virtualized data center business and its fast-growing services operations are driving the company's current growth.
• 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.
• Dell Launches ProSupport Plus Services, Calls On Solution Providers To Deliver
  5:19 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  The ProSupport Plus Enterprise Suite monitors and manages performance of critical systems and includes access to dedicated technical account managers who can provide monthly reporting and performance recommendations to customers.
• 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.
• 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.
• 5 Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week
  10:00 AM EST Fri. Apr. 26, 2013
  For the week ending April 26, CRN looks at five companies that were either asleep at the wheel or just didn't make good decisions.