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O’Ryan Johnson is a veteran news reporter. He covers the channel beat for CRN and hopes to hear from channel partners about how he can improve his coverage and write the stories they want to read. He can be reached at ojohnson@thechannelcompany.com.
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MSPs Brace For Sales Hit As Pandemic Sparks Customer Layoffs
by O’Ryan Johnson
‘At the end of the day, its going to be a few thousand dollars a month in reoccurring revenue that is going to vaporize,’ says Richard Delaney, chief technology officer at Delaney Computer Services, a solution provider serving New York City and New Jersey.
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Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Synnex Focused On ‘Health And Safety’ Of Distribution Partners
by O’Ryan Johnson
‘We are here to help and pivot to meet their needs in the changing marketplace … offering virtual trade shows, live streaming, and other technologies to keep business moving,’ Synnex President of Worldwide Distribution Michael Urban tells CRN.
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Tech Data CEO Rich Hume: IT Channel Is ‘Enabling The World’ To Work From Home
by O’Ryan Johnson
“The community becomes very small and tight when crisis emerges. We turn to one another with any challenges and issues and hope to resolve them. I would encourage any part of the ecosystem to reach out. If Tech Data can assist in any way, we’re happy to help,” Tech Data CEO Rich Hume told CRN.
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Accenture In ‘Position Of Strength’ To Weather Coronavirus Pandemic, CEO Says
by O’Ryan Johnson
“I feel very confident, and I think we’re in a very significant position of strength as we go into this chapter,” Accenture CEO Julie Sweet told investors during a second quarter earnings call.
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D&H Distributing’s Mission: ‘To Keep Our Economy And Our Country Going’
by O’Ryan Johnson
“There’s a little bit of triage. Right now, demand is outstripping supply, so we’re doing everything possible to increase the supply and then get the products to the partners to help them meet their end-user needs,” Dan Schwab, co-president of D&H Distribution, told CRN.
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Coronavirus Concern: Ingram Micro Shutters Irvine, Calif. HQ
by O’Ryan Johnson
The company is closing the facility until March 31. About 1,700 associates based there are working remotely from home, Ingram Micro said in a statement.
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Coronavirus Strains IT Supply Chain: ‘We’re Down To Buying Computers From Costco’
by O’Ryan Johnson
‘You can’t get a notebook or a desktop right now. You can’t get a webcam. It’s insane,’ says Benjamin Niernberg, executive vice president at MNJ Technologies, an Buffalo Grove, Ill.,-based MSP.
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Coronavirus Concern: Pax8 Moves Wingman 2020 Online
by O’Ryan Johnson
‘The health and well-being of our employees, attendees, and exhibitors remains a top priority at Pax8,’ Nick Heddy, chief revenue officer at Pax8, says.
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Carl Icahn to HP: ‘Let The Shareholders Decide’
by O’Ryan Johnson
‘HP hasn’t done any great thing for the last five or six years,’ says Carl Icahn, one of HP’s largest shareholders.
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Coronavirus Impact: Xerox Mothballs HP Offer
by O’Ryan Johnson
“Xerox needs to prioritize the health and safety of its employees, customers, partners and affiliates over and above all other considerations, including its proposal to acquire HP,” Xerox CEO John Visentin said in a statement.
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ServiceNow Ups AI, Security, Mobile Capabilities With ‘Orlando’ Release
by O’Ryan Johnson
“The ongoing pace of thought leadership and innovation allows our partners to go back to our ITSM clients and have a very strong, business-relevant conversation around value that allows them to accelerate their business transformation journey,” ServiceNow’s senior VP of global alliances and channel told CRN.
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As COVID-19 Spreads, MSPs Equip Customers With Work-From-Home Solutions
by O’Ryan Johnson
‘I am using common sense conversations with employees about social distancing and taking frequent advantage of our hand sanitizers that are mounted in the office,’ says Richard Delaney, chief technology officer at Delaney Computer Services in New York City.
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DXC Technology Unloads Health Business For $5 Billion
by O’Ryan Johnson
This is not the first time Veritas Capital and DXC have worked together. In 2018, components of Veritas’ business, Vencore and KeyPoint, along with DXC’s federal business, were folded together to create the DXC spin-off Perspecta.
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