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‘We have extraordinary capabilities across this incredibly huge company. There’s lots of different partner motions or things that are happening across the company. I want to increasingly bring those into alignment so that we bring the full weight and capability of this awesome company to help our partners do [job] No. 1, which is help them grow,’ says John Kalvin, Intel’s new global channel chief, in an interview with CRN.
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Dell’s VMware Spin-off: 5 Big Things To Know
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Satya Nadella Praises Yorktel, RedBit For Innovative Uses Of Microsoft Technology
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Some of the ways that channel partners have leveraged Microsoft’s products during the global coronavirus pandemic have been ‘pretty stunning,’ according to Nadella.
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5 Signs HPE’s GreenLake As-A-Service Bet Is Paying Off: HPE CEO Antonio Neri
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HPE CEO Antonio Neri Wednesday told shareholders the edge-to-cloud platform-as-a-service powerhouse is seeing ‘strong momentum and customer adoption’ of its GreenLake pay-per-use cloud service.
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COLUMN: Security Crisis -- Public Cloud Is Not A Security Cure-All
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COLUMN: The Changing Distribution Landscape?
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FBI Removes Malicious Code From Microsoft Exchange Servers
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10 Key Devices That Go Wherever The Workforce May Be
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The 20 Coolest Data Protection Companies: The 2021 Storage 100
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NTT Launches First ‘Earthquake Resistant’ Data Center In U.S.
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Okta Taps Former Insight President Steve Dodenhoff To Lead Channels
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It’s Official: IT Services Giant Ensono Acquired By KKR
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KKR May Acquire Ensono In $1.7B Deal: Report
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