“We’re over a $3 billion run rate now, and with the new acquisitions, we will be pushing up closer to $4 billion,” Converge Technology Solutions’ CEO Shaun Maine tells CRN.
Microsoft, AWS, Adlumin and Sembly AI were among the coolest vendors showcasing products and services on the showroom floor of Ingram Micro Cloud Summit 2022 in Miami Beach, Fla.
Laura Padilla, who built out Zoom’s channel strategy over the last four years to include more than 8,000 global partners and raised business done through the channel to more than 25 percent for the video giant, has stepped down to accept a new channel role. Zoom has not commented on who will be the company’s new channel chief.
'We are a full cloud infrastructure provider, so what’s nice is I’m not trying to convince somebody that they need to leave Datto or they need to leave Kaseya because this is going to be more cost effective for them. They’re coming to me already with their mind made up that they’re probably going to make a change.’ says MSP360 CEO Brian Helwig.
Engineering executives, security specialists and marketing professionals were among some of the new leaders that joined the networking giant this spring.
‘From a solution provider or reseller perspective, the opportunities are really endless,’ Jeff Kratz, general manager of AWS’ Worldwide Public Sector Partners and Programs tells CRN.
“We cannot actually multitask,” says Alison Matthey, founder and president of Dynamic Leadership Group. “If you say you’re good at multitasking, erase that from your resume. You are not good at it because nobody is good at it. It’s a myth.’
The iconic Japanese brand’s Toughbook 40 mixes durability with adaptability as the company further positions itself as a leader in the niche rugged laptop market.
While it boasts dozens of powerful features, Jeramey James, former partner and current director of Global Business Development, says the value of ArrowSphere comes down to two key points; simplicity and scalability.
The data observability platform developer is seeing rapidly growing demand as data volumes grow, data use cases expand and businesses and organizations staff up their data teams.
“I didn’t have to know how to do the whole thing. To take one step forward. I didn’t have to know how to build a whole house to start building a house. Sometimes you just start by starting,” says Cara Brookins, a professional speaker and author.
Azure OpenAI Service, AI dashboards in Azure Machine Learning and a web application routing add-in for Azure Kubernetes Service are among the new offerings in preview from Microsoft.
The solution provider, which last year was acquired by Cerberus Capital Management, will bring in Brian Roach, who previously managed government and enterprise business for SAP North America and Juniper Networks, as its new CEO starting May 31, replacing interim CEO Anthony Christie.
‘Our partners can create new managed services and new capabilities with this product line, servicing the OT user,’ Vikas Butaney, chief product officer, VP and GM of Cisco IoT, tells CRN.
‘We call ourselves the Switzerland of data. We partner very closely with the large cloud platforms like AWS or Azure or Google Cloud, and also the Snowflakes, Databricks, and Oracles of the world,’ says Informatica CEO Amit Walia.