Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff At Dreamforce 2021: 5 Boldest Statements
Gee Rittenhouse Out, Shaila Shankar Promoted To Cisco Security Boss
by Gina Narcisi
Security veteran Shaila Shankar is succeeding Gee Rittenhouse to lead Cisco’s $3.3 billion security business, the company said in a memo to employees.
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by C.J. Fairfield
‘Nowadays I’m so sick of talking about ransomware, but let’s face it, it’s the payload of choice if I’m a cybercriminal,’ says Corey Nachreiner, CSO for WatchGuard.
by Kyle Alspach
In a wide-ranging interview with CRN, Lores also discussed Windows 11, the plans for remote computing acquisition Teradici, Apple’s push for business customers and bringing Instant Ink to SMBs with the help of partners.
by Michael Novinson
The FBI secretly obtained the decryption key by accessing REvil’s servers, but held onto it for almost three weeks because it was planning to carry out an operation to disrupt REvil and didn’t want to tip them off.
by Mark Haranas
‘We are building out this multi-cloud portfolio that we’ve talked about. We will continue to acquire companies that fit into this portfolio,’ says VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram tells CRN.
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Telco Infrastructure Spending Hits A Wall As Hyperscalers Soar
by Mark Haranas
‘Telcos remain locked in a low-to-no growth world and their capex reflects that,’ says John Dinsdale, of Synergy Research Group, as global capex IT infrastructure spending reaches over $300 billion in the first half of 2021.
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Zoom’s Blockbuster Five9 Deal Put On Hold, Under Government Scrutiny
by Mark Haranas
Zoom’s $14.7 billion acquisition of Five9 is in jeopardy as the deal is now being reviewed by a U.S. Department of Justice-led committee looking into Zoom’s ties with China.
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Amazon Likes Workers Who Are ‘More Missionary Than Mercenary’: CEO Andy Jassy
by Donna Goodison
‘Being open to challenge your most closely held beliefs and learning is one of the most important characteristics of long-term employees here,’ Jassy says of working at Amazon.
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Best US Cities For Technology Job Growth: Dice Q2 Report
by Donna Goodison
Dice analyzed more than one million tech job postings between April and June of 2021 and compared the data to its job-posting stats from the previous three months, as well as historical trends, for its Q2 2021 Tech Job Report.
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Google To Buy NYC’s St. John’s Terminal For $2.1B For Hudson Square Campus
by Donna Goodison
‘Our decision to exercise our option to purchase St. John’s Terminal further builds upon our existing plans to invest more than $250 million this year in our New York campus presence,’ said Ruth Porat, the chief financial officer of Google and parent company Alphabet.
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Michael Dell On VMware Spin-Off, Supply Shortages And Channel Commitment
by Mark Haranas
“We’ve never been more optimistic about our ability to innovate, delight customers and deliver growth, and create value for all of our shareholders in the coming years,” said Dell in an exclusive interview with CRN.
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Tech Companies To Offer Jobs, Training For Afghan Refugees
by Donna Goodison
The technology companies are among 32 organizations joining the Tent Coalition for Afghan Refugees to help Afghans better integrate into the U.S. economy.
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HP Doing ‘Anything We Can’ To Fulfill ‘Huge’ PC Demand: CEO Enrique Lores
by Kyle Alspach
But as component shortages and supply chain issues remain severe, partners should expect only a ‘gradual improvement over the next quarters,’ Lores tells CRN.
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New Slack, Salesforce Integrations Announced At Dreamforce 2021
by Wade Tyler Millward
The announcements at Dreamforce 2021 come as many Salesforce partners continue to figure out how Slack fits into their offerings and adds value for customers.
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Fivetran Expands Data Integration Tech Capabilities With HVR Acquisition
by Rick Whiting
Fivetran also announced a $565 million funding round that catapults its value to $5.6 billion.
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Cloud, Security Top Midmarket IT Spending: Survey
by C.J. Fairfield
“I’m actually a little surprised that cybersecurity is in the No. 2 position. Typically every survey we’ve been doing recently, cybersecurity is No. 1 in terms of spend,” says Adam Dennison, vice president of Midsize Enterprise Services for CRN parent The Channel Company.
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Cisco’s Oliver Tuszik: ‘What A Surprise. Partners Are Driving Recurring Subscriptions’
by Gina Narcisi
“Cisco already shifted into software and the partners share in this space? It grew. We are now at a higher partner share than before … That proves what we’re always saying: in this future, the partners are becoming even more important,” Cisco Channel Chief Oliver Tuszik tells CRN.
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