10th Magnitude Hires Cloud Guru Ira Bell As CTO

by Steven Burke

‘The future of the channel is well beyond cloud migration,’ said new 10th Magnitude CTO Ira Bell in an interview with CRN. ‘It is about digital transformation. It is about helping companies drive business innovation.’

Boom In AWS Business Driving SHI's Growth So Far In 2018

by Joseph F. Kovar

A 62-percent growth rate in solution provider SHI's AWS services business was a key factor in the company's strong growth in sales in the first half of 2018.

Agility: The Secret To Success In The Digital Era

by Diana Blass

“Ultimately to compete and win in the digital era, you need to drive organizational agility, be nimble, be able to change quickly and react to surprises,” said GreenPages CEO Ron Dupler.

Linksys Launches Partner Advantage Program In Canada

by Steven Burke

‘Canada represents a huge opportunity for us,’ says Wayne Newton, director of commercial markets for Linksys. ‘Future product launches will now be done jointly in Canada and the U.S.’

Businesses Moving From Public Cloud Due To Security, Says IDC Survey

by Mark Haranas

Organizations are moving 50 percent of their public cloud applications to either a private cloud or non-cloud environment over the next two years, according to an IDC survey.

Lawsuit: Oracle Misled Investors On Cloud Sales Growth

by Joseph Tsidulko

A Florida pension fund Friday filed a class-action lawsuit against Oracle, alleging the software giant defrauded investors by misrepresenting its cloud sales figures. The City of Sunrise Firefighters Pension Fund filed the lawsuit against Oracle, and some of its executives directly, in a federal court in California. Attorneys for the fund allege Or

As JEDI Contract Looms, Microsoft Reveals Azure Stack for Government

by Gina Narcisi

As the upcoming multi-billion Pentagon cloud contract hangs in the balance, Microsoft unveils Azure Stack for Government customers.

Xerox Partner’s Support Connect App Goes International

by O’Ryan Johnson

German company e-dox is now licensed to sell JustTech’s Support Connect App for Xerox devices, which links a menu screen to a partner’s office to provide support.

Wireless Network Quality Report: How The Five Largest Carriers Are Stepping Up Performance

by Gina Narcisi

Verizon is still in the lead when it comes to nationwide network performance, but each of the five major carriers are all stepping up their performance games based on customer feedback, according to the latest J.D. Power and Associates Wireless Network Quality Performance Study.

Cisco Service Provider Leader Kanouff Leaves As 'Tough Time' In Market Continues

by Mark Haranas

Cisco's service provider leader Yvette Kanouff is heading for the door as the network leader prepares to sell off its Service Provider Video Software Solutions business.

AWS Accidentally Exposes GoDaddy Server Usage, Pricing Information

by Joseph Tsidulko

Last Summer, Amazon warned customers to do a better job securing S3 storage buckets to avoid jeopardizing customer privacy. But an AWS sales agent exposed details of the account of the world's largest domain host

Intel's 5 Biggest Announcements At The Data-Centric Innovation Summit

by Dylan Martin

Intel made several big announcements for new data center products, capabilities and opportunities at the company's Data-Centric Innovation Summit this week.