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• Enterasys Sweetens Partner Discounts, MDFs As Extreme Acquisition Looms
  3:02 PM EST Fri. Oct. 04, 2013
  Enterasys said its new partner certifications and discounts are aimed at enabling solution providers to go to market more independently than they have in the past.
• HP Bolsters 'Open SDN Ecosystem' With SDN App Store, Dev Kit
  7:45 AM EST Mon. Sep. 30, 2013
  HP's new SDN App Store, set to launch next year, will give customers access to SDN-specific applications around load balancing, security, and network virtualization with the click of a mouse.
• Brocade, Aruba Look To Eliminate 'Cisco Lock-In' With New Joint Architecture
  6:03 PM EST Thu. Sep. 26, 2013
  Brocade and Aruba are teaming up to offer an integrated wired and wireless solution they say will help customers avoid 'Cisco lock-in' within their campus networks.
• Cisco Unveils New Router Family For Service Providers, Internet Of Things
  2:54 PM EST Tue. Sep. 24, 2013
  Cisco has unveiled its new Network Convergence System (NCS) family of routers, aimed at helping service providers ready their networks for the data explosion expected from the Internet of Things.
• CRN's 2013 Network Connectivity Services Partner Program Guide
  4:45 PM EST Mon. Sep. 23, 2013
  CRN's 2013 Network Connectivity Services Partner Program Guide is meant to highlight some of the industry's leading portfolios of telecom, cloud and connectivity offerings.
• 7 Cool Network Devices That Add Value Too
  10:00 AM EST Mon. Sep. 23, 2013
  In today's troubled economy, sometimes it's better to enhance an existing network than to rebuild one from scratch. These devices do the trick.
• Channel Beat: BlackBerry Layoffs Looming (Video)
  2:34 PM EST Fri. Sep. 20, 2013
  This week's recap also looks at the new VCE partner program, plus the effects of the tragic Navy Yard shooting on security measures and clearance for government contractors.
• Brocade Bulks Up VCS Fabric, VDX Switching Portfolios
  3:40 PM EST Thu. Sep. 19, 2013
  Brocade this week cemented its 'On-Demand Data Center' initiative with a new VDX switch, virtual router and an enhanced VCS fabric offering.
• Comstor Launches Cisco-Centric Cloud Service With PeakColo Partnership
  1:21 PM EST Wed. Sep. 18, 2013
  Comstor and PeakColo are teaming up to offer VARs a Cisco-centric white- label cloud service for VARs.
• Juniper Accelerates Launch Of Contrail SDN Controller
  12:48 PM EST Mon. Sep. 16, 2013
  Juniper has announced general availability for its Contrail SDN controller, about nine months earlier than the product's originally slatted launch.
• Cisco Continues SMB Push With Redesigned Partner Specialization, Training Program
  2:43 PM EST Fri. Sep. 13, 2013
  Cisco has made several changes to its SMB partner specialization, including slashing the number of training hours partners need to complete to qualify.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  10:35 AM EST Fri. Sep. 13, 2013
  For the week ending Sept. 13, CRN looks at IT companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• Extreme Networks To Buy Enterasys For $180M, Double Its Size
  4:53 PM EST Thu. Sep. 12, 2013
  Extreme Networks is buying rival networking player Enterasys in a move one analyst says will catapult Extreme to the No. 4 spot in the worldwide Ethernet switching market.
• Cisco Acquires Storage Maker Whiptail; EMC Alliance In Jeopardy?
  10:45 AM EST Tue. Sep. 10, 2013
  Cisco's planned $415 million acquisition of storage vendor Whiptail is the latest in a series of moves that complicate the Cisco-EMC-VMware alliance.
• Channel Cheers Icahn's White Flag In Dell Leveraged Buyout Bid
  1:15 PM EST Mon. Sep. 09, 2013
  Solution providers say corporate raider Carl Icahn's white flag on the Dell buyout bid spells big opportunity for partners.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  12:43 PM EST Fri. Sep. 06, 2013
  For the week ending Sept. 6, CRN looks at IT companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• Ciena Plans Partner Program Redesign To Focus On Services, Value-Based Approach
  3:24 PM EST Thu. Sep. 05, 2013
  Ciena is updating its BizConnect partner program next month to reflect a value- rather than volume-based channel strategy.
• Juniper Channel Chief: Why We Are 'Deliberately Dependent' On Partners
  12:10 PM EST Wed. Sep. 04, 2013
  Juniper's Chris Jones talks with CRN about CEO Kevin Johnson's retirement, the company's new services push, and what it all means for partners.
• Juniper Kills Off MobileNext Packet Core Solutions
  2:20 PM EST Thu. Aug. 29, 2013
  After roughly two years on the market, Juniper's MobileNext line of mobile packet cores is being discontinued, the company confirmed Thursday.
• Partners Urge Cisco To 'Catch Up' In Wake Of VMware SDN Offensive
  6:52 PM EST Wed. Aug. 28, 2013
  VMware's new NSX network virtualization platform is putting new pressure on Cisco to solidify its SDN play, according to solution providers.
• VMware CEO: NSX Isn't Going To Hurt Cisco Partnership, And It Could Help
  8:45 PM EST Tue. Aug. 27, 2013
  VMware and Cisco are longtime partners, but with the arrival of NSX, there is talk that competitive forces might strain this friendly relationship.
• Worldwide Partner Development VP Latest Exec To Leave Juniper
  6:23 PM EST Tue. Aug. 27, 2013
  Juniper Networks' Vice President of Worldwide Partner Development has left the company, CRN has learned.
• HP, Juniper All In With VMware's NSX Network Virtualization Platform
  5:50 PM EST Tue. Aug. 27, 2013
  HP and Juniper have announced plans to integrate their own SDN-flavored technologies with VMware's new NSX network virtualization platform.
• Avaya Makes SDN Debut With New Data Center Framework
  3:35 PM EST Fri. Aug. 23, 2013
  Avaya this week revealed its strategy around the buzzed-about SDN trend in the form of its new Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) framework.
• New Cisco Certifications Help Partners Sell To Line-Of-Business Execs
  8:00 AM EST Wed. Aug. 21, 2013
  Cisco is offering new Business Transformation Certifications to help partners tweak their sales strategies and better target the right executives.