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Partners To Microsoft: ‘Pick The Right Leader’ To Replace Clark
by Steven Burke
‘There is a lot of change and adjustment going on in the Microsoft channel side of the house,’ Bob Venero, CEO of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Microsoft partner Future Tech Enterprise, tells CRN in an interview.
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by Jay Fitzgerald
‘For resellers, it makes the products they’re (offering) more attractive,’ says Google Cloud’s Rob Sadowski.
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘We saw the opportunity to combine the core CloudJumper technology with Spot to let MSPs and others manage virtual desktops in the cloud with all the key components, including security, optimization, data management, application management and resource utilization,’ says Jon Bock, vice president of marketing for Spot by NetApp.
by Shane Snider
‘We are really starting to reach out to more of the small- and medium-business channel players because that is a very fragmented market. Our channel programs are very effective in hard-to-reach areas. The channel can move fast and fill niches quickly,’ Stephanie Hallford, Intel’s vPro platform leader, tells CRN.
by Steven Burke
“We hate to see any software products used for malicious purposes, but unfortunately, remote control tools are used for this purpose all too frequently,” said ConnectWise Chief Product Officer Jeff Bishop in an email statement to CRN.
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New Rubrik Security Cloud Targets Data Resiliency, Observability, Recovery
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘We’re looking to help customers solve enterprise resiliency issues across on-premises and the cloud. Every company in the world is vulnerable, especially with the current Ukraine war. We’re ensuring customers can continue to keep their businesses up and running and ultimately serving their end customers,’ says Anneka Gupta, Rubrik’s chief product officer.
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Next-Gen Data Analytics Startup Imply Data Raises $100M
by Rick Whiting
Company looks to expand its market reach with its Apache Druid-based software for developing real-time analytical applications.
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Microsoft Channel Chief Rodney Clark To Leave After Over A Year In Role
by Wade Tyler Millward
‘We have a deep and talented bench of leaders who are in place to deliver business continuity with our partners and programs without interruption,’ says Microsoft executive Nick Parker in a blog post.
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ManTech Selling To Carlyle In Deal Valued At $4.2 Billion
by Joseph F. Kovar
The deal, slated to close in the second half of the year, would give investment firm Carlyle one of the leading providers of security, data analytics, and hardware and software solutions to the defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies of the U.S. government.
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Observe CEO Jeremy Burton: Still ‘Early Days’ With The Channel, But The ‘Value-Add For The Partner Is Very Clear’
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘I think once you’ve got that repeatable go-to-market, which I actually think we’re pretty close to, then I think you’re ready to look at partners. And partners are also going to want to know that we’ve got market fit with the product, and we’ve got velocity,’ Observe CEO Jeremy Burton tells CRN.
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Free Trials Of RMMs Are Being Used By Bad Actors: Blackpoint Cyber CEO
by Steven Burke
‘What we are watching the bad guys do is they get free trials of an RMM, then they phish you, they log into your VPN with stolen creds [credentials], they put the RMM down and they use that to put the ransomware down,’ says Blackpoint Cyber founder and CEO Jon Murchison.
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Red Hat CEO: ‘Open Hybrid Cloud Will Be Defined By Hardware Innovation At The Edge’
by Wade Tyler Millward
‘Red Hat partners like Arm, Nvidia, Intel and more are creating technologies that are more than just smart servers at the edge. These solutions, with the right strategy and software, they can function as clouds that extend way beyond the confines of the traditional data center,’ Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier says in his Red Hat Summit keynote.
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Intel Links Up With Scale Computing To Sharpen HCI At The Edge
by O’Ryan Johnson
“With this product, I can start a conversation with a customer about hyperconverged infrastructure, that doesn’t end at ‘$100,000,’” says Scale partner Mark Essayian, president of KME Systems, an MSP in Lake Forest, Calif.
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Cloudera’s Culture Sets Up Partners For Success
by Diana Blass
Cloudera has made significant investments in building and preserving a strong, diverse culture, and partners are noticing.
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Synoptek Scoops Up Macquarium As Firm Focuses On Customer Experience, Outcomes
by Gina Narcisi
Synoptek has acquired customer experience agency specialist Macquarium in what the MSP giant’s CEO called a ‘marriage of two industry-leading brands.’
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ThoughtSpot Offers Expanded Data Analytics Portfolio, New Consumption-Based Pricing
by Rick Whiting
New Teams and Pro editions of ThoughtSpot’s cloud data analytics software, combined with new pricing models, are expected to expand the company’s potential market reach.
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Kaspersky Channel Chief Jumps Ship To Cyware
by Jay Fitzgerald
Matthew Courchesne’s departure is only the latest blow for Kaspersky amid concerns about its possible ties to the Russian government.
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