Mimecast Breach Linked To SolarWinds Hack, Allowed Cloud Services Access
Michael Dell: Tech Should Be ‘An Equalizer,’ Not A ‘Source Of Division’
by Mark Haranas
‘The pandemic has made inequities in our technology infrastructure increasingly apparent, leaving those in rural and low-income areas struggling to work and learn effectively from home, putting disadvantaged people at an even greater disadvantage,’ says Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell.
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by Dylan Martin
The Tel Aviv-based startup offers a virtualization platform that allows organizations to split up Nvidia GPUs into smaller, virtual GPU instances so that multiple workloads can run on the same GPU, speeding up the pace of GPU-based projects while also increasing the utilization of existing infrastructure.
by Steven Burke
‘Simon [Ewington] brings deep channel experience and a partner-first approach to this new role,’ says HPE Worldwide Channel Chief George Hope. ‘He is a results-oriented leader with a proven expertise in change management across volume and value categories. He’s consistently demonstrated his ability to drive high-performing teams—both direct and virtual —across international borders and successfully nurture key customer relationships.’
by Gina Narcisi
‘Joining forces, we will deliver the enterprise-grade features, including world-class security and scale, that have been missing from the edge until now,’ says F5 CEO François Locoh-Donou on the done deal.
by Steven Burke
“For those partners that actually help to drive the software consumption they are going to get the energy, the recruitment, the resources and the trainings that they need in market,” said new IBM Senior Vice President of Worldwide Ecosystems and Blockchain Bob Lord. “So it is going to be less of a peanut butter spread and much more of a targeted spread in the market.”
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Verizon Outage Compounds Zoom, Gmail Issues Across Northeast
by Gina Narcisi
An outage on the Verizon network caused issues for teleworkers and students across the Northeast on Tuesday, as other cloud and service providers also confirmed outages at the same time.
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Nvidia Puts Certified AI Servers At Forefront In New Program
by Dylan Martin
The chipmaker kicked off the program with 14 certified GPU servers from Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Gigabyte, Supermicro and Inspur, promising optimized performance for AI applications, frameworks and domain-specific software development kits from Nvidia’s NGC hub.
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DataCore Acquires Caringo In Major Software-defined Storage Play
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘As customers moved towards object storage, we decided an acquisition would be the fastest way to get it. Caringo had the most advanced technology, but was lacking the financial backing and the support of a strong channel. There are other object storage companies, but they don’t have the maturity the Caringo Swarm offers,’ says Gerardo Dada, DataCore’s chief marketing officer.
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Verizon 5G Footprint Will ‘Nearly Double’ In 2021 As Carrier Predicts Business Services Headwinds
by Gina Narcisi
The carrier experienced revenue declines within its business segment, especially in the enterprise space, in fourth-quarter 2020. 5G will be the focus in 2021, says Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg.
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EdgeQ Takes On Intel’s 5G Play With AI-Infused Modem Chip
by Dylan Martin
EdgeQ claims its RISC-V-based 5G modem chip can replace the functions of multiple, discrete hardware components, including Intel Xeon processors and Intel FPGAs, in 5G base stations, lowering the costs and power of such deployments significantly.
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Review: 4 Things We Love About Dell’s OptiPlex 7780 All-In-One
by Kyle Alspach
The CRN Test Center finds the all-in-one PC to offer terrific display quality, performance and collaboration features.
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Big Data Analytics Startup Ocient Raises $40M In Early-Round Funding
by Rick Whiting
The developer of a platform for processing and analyzing huge volumes of data will use the funding to hire across its engineering, customer support, and sales and marketing operations this year.
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Databricks Raises $2B In Funding Ahead Of Expected IPO: Reports
by Rick Whiting
The big data analytics superstar has a market valuation approaching $30 billion, a number that could grow by the company goes public – likely sometime this year.
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SonicWall Partners On High Alert After Hack Exposes Tool Flaw
by Michael Novinson
‘This has been extreme pain. People are annoyed and upset, but understand it could have been a lot worse if they had been breached,’ Silicon East President Marc Harrison tells CRN.
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IT Spending Will Climb 6 Percent To Hit $3.9T In 2021: Gartner
by Mark Haranas
To survive a post-COVID-19 world that involves higher adoption of remote work, businesses are accelerating their digital transformation initiatives in 2021 with worldwide IT spending to reach $3.92 trillion, says Gartner.
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10 New AWS Tools To Know About In 2021
by Donna Goodison
CRN provides a look at new Amazon Web Services products and services slated to launch in 2021 and a few others to watch this year.
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5 Security Vendors That Have Reported Cyberattacks Since December
by Michael Novinson
Five cybersecurity vendors disclosed in recent weeks that hackers have attacked their internal systems, compromised their certificates or attempted to access their email accounts. Here’s a rundown of what happened when.
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