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Gina Narcisi is a senior editor covering the public cloud and telecom markets for CRN.com. Prior to joining CRN, she covered networking news and the unified communications space for TechTarget. She graduated with a B.A. in communications from the University of Rhode Island. Gina is a self-proclaimed foodie who enjoys yoga and traveling in her spare time.

Latest Stories

SD-WAN Specialist Aryaka Adds Three New Executives To The C-Suite

by Gina Narcisi
Aryaka has brought on a new chief revenue officer, chief transformation officer and chief marketing officer to help the SD-WAN specialist scale to the next level of growth, the company tells CRN.
LogicMonitor Extends Performance Monitoring to Microservices, Kubernetes Environments

by Gina Narcisi
LogicMonitor's platform is helping MSPs connect the dots with new event-based Kubernetes monitoring and LM Service Insight. The performance management specialist also has plans to roll out a formal channel partner program next month.
RingCentral To Buy Connect First To Bolster Cloud Contact Center Chops

by Gina Narcisi
RingCentral is buying cloud contact center provider Connect First to combine RingCentral’s inbound contact center technology with Connect First's technology for outbound and blended customer interactions.
From Sole Proprietorship To Global Solution Provider: What MSPs Need To Do To Evolve

by Gina Narcisi
"Run your business as if you're going to sell it tomorrow," Michael France, COO of solution provider coaching firm Taylor Business Group, told an audience of MSPs at the NexGen 2018 Conference & Expo.
GTT's Newly Minted Channel Chief, Robert Westervelt, On Taking The Channel To 'The Next Level'

by Gina Narcisi
GTT promoted Robert Westervelt to channel chief, and the experienced tech executive plans to aggressively build on the enterprise communications provider’s double-digit channel growth.
Huawei Sales Exec Charged With Espionage In Poland

by Gina Narcisi
In another bombshell incident for the struggling Chinese telecom, Huawei's sales director, along with an employee from Polish telecom, Orange Polska, have been arrested under suspicion of spying for China in Poland.
AT&T Layoffs On The Horizon As Carrier Reduces Headcount One Year After Tax Reform Windfall

by Gina Narcisi
AT&T is the latest carrier to confirm staff reductions are coming one year after the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Rejuvenated Avaya Channel Program Set To Help Partners Go After Hybrid Communications Opportunities

by Gina Narcisi
Avaya is providing support to help partners ‘talk cloud’ with their customers, as well as help shifting from an up-front revenue model to a monthly recurring revenue model, the company's global director of channel strategy and programs tells CRN.
Reaching The Top: Solution Provider Superstar 10th Magnitude Achieves Microsoft MSP Expert Status

by Gina Narcisi
10th Magnitude, an already formidable Microsoft partner, has taken its relationship up a notch. The MSP has earned Microsoft MSP Expert status.
Ex-Cisco Exec Jonathan Rosenberg Lands At Contact Center Provider Five9

by Gina Narcisi
Former Cisco collaboration CTO Jonathan Rosenberg has joined Rowan Trollope, Cisco's former collaboration business head, at contact center software provider Five9.
Amazon Reportedly Eyeing CloudEndure To Step Up Backup, Cloud Migration Expertise

by Gina Narcisi
Amazon reportedly has a deal on the table to buy Israeli cloud startup CloudEndure for $250 million as its cloud computing unit continues to build up its backup and cloud migration expertise.
Comtech Telecommunications To Buy Solacom To Boost Next-Generation 911 Chops

by Gina Narcisi
Solution provider powerhouse Comtech Telecommunications reveals plans to buy Solacom Technologies for $33 million. The two companies plan to honor all existing agreements with its partners.
CloudHealth Channel Chief: We're ‘Better Together' With VMware

by Gina Narcisi
On the heels of VMware's move to acquire CloudHealth, the cloud management provider’s channel chief tells CRN that its channel focus is only gaining momentum.
Box Extends Google Partnership, Reveals G Suite Integration

by Gina Narcisi
At BoxWorks 2018, the company unveils the public beta of an integration with Google's G Suite to give users the power to create, edit and collaborate across Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, as well as Gmail and Google Hangouts.
CenturyLink Channel Changes Resonate As Two Programs Become One

by Gina Narcisi
Nearly a year after its massive Level 3 acquisition, CenturyLink channel execs tell CRN about the newly-combined partner program, and how the carrier-turned global tech provider is earning 74 percent of its revenue from business customers with the help of the indirect channel.