SonicWall CEO Bill Conner said the final piece of separating from Quest was splitting the two businesses' debt structures into separate legal and operating entities for complete financial independence.

CEO Charles Giancarlo told CRN after the release of its first fiscal quarter 2018 financials that Pure Storage is planning to unveil new density and performance enhancements to its all-flash storage technology.

"The big concern is when does this end as researchers continue to pound at Spectre and Meltdown? Security researchers in my mind are giving cyber terrorists the time and the information they need to potentially exploit Spectre and Meltdown," said Bob Venero, CEO of Holbrook, N.Y.-based solution provider Future Tech.

A rapidly changing back-up market favors Veeam's 'hyper-availability' strategy, President Peter McKay said, and is helping the Baar, Switzerland-based company win enterprise accounts away from larger competitors like Veritas, Commvault and Dell EMC's Avamar business.

It’s time for solution providers to embrace the digital world and rethink the way they look at power. Eaton is helping partners to better identify and sell power management solutions by now introducing software products and services into the mix.