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Pure Storage Acquires Dedupe Tech Developer StorReduce, Reports Q2 19 Financials

by Joseph F. Kovar
With the acquisition, Pure Storage gets a cloud-first deduplication technology that will significantly improve its FlashBlade all-flash array, CEO Charles Giancarlo tells CRN.
D&H Is Driving HPE Sales Growth With HERO Program

by O’Ryan Johnson
The SMB-focused distributor is helping SMB-focused partners bring HPE technology to market.
Opaq: Replacing MPLS With SD-WAN Helps Save Money, Boost Security

by Michael Novinson
Businesses that move away from depending on MPLS are able to pay much less for connectivity while getting a far higher level of security, according to Opaq’s Derek Gabbard.
Schneider Electric Launches 'Invaluable' SaaS Platform To Boost Channel Sales

by Mark Haranas
'For us as a partner, it is an invaluable tool because now we get to see everything. We're using it as a differentiator,' says Andrew Isch of Vision Data Center, a Schneider Electric partner.
The Channel Company CEO Skelley: Partners Need To Evolve To Become Hybrid Solution Providers

by Steven Burke
"Customers are driving partners to a deeper level of engagement and insight into their business," said Skelley. "This is about evolving and adapting so partners remain relevant to their customers to continue to realize great growth opportunities."
Dell EMC Takes On HPE Synergy With 'Breakthrough' Composable Infrastructure

by Mark Haranas
‘Our MX platform is differentiated without a mid-plane, unlike any other offer in the industry, which is an important breakthrough in modular systems,’ says Dell EMC vice president Brian Payne.
Health-Care Industry 'Ripe' For VMware Partners To Sell vSAN, Hyper-Converged Solutions

by Mark Haranas
VMware’s Frank Rauch tells solution providers at XChange 2018 that the company has all of the offerings -- vSphere, VSAN and NSX -- for them to win health-care deals.
Thundercat CEO On Living Your Company’s Values

by O’Ryan Johnson
Tom Deierlein offers hard-earned advice to fellow solution providers about never giving up and how to apply that lesson to leading their own organization.
Slack Valued North Of $7 Billion After Latest Funding Round

by Joseph Tsidulko
The office collaboration powerhouse announced a $427 million Series H Round, making it one of the most valuable startups in the industry.
Ruckus Exec Touts Product Reliability, Investments In 'Private LTE' Technology

by Kyle Alspach
Ruckus Networks executive Jeanette Lee speaks at XChange 2018 about Ruckus’ strategy for meeting the needs of customers in both the wired and wireless networking categories.
Digital Transformation Advice: 'Be The Automator, Not The Automated'

by Kyle Alspach
Forrester Research’s Glenn O'Donnell says that automation technologies will produce massive job losses --as well as an influx of new jobs -- within the next decade.
MSP Passion For D&H Spills Over At XChange 2018 Session

by O’Ryan Johnson
Once one MSP voiced his frustration with a different distribution partner, it unleashed a flood of praise for D&H from conference attendees.
CTIA Launches Cybersecurity Certification To Give IoT Security A Boost

by Gina Narcisi
CTIA, the wireless trade association, unveils an IoT Cybersecurity Certification Program developed in partnership with the leading wireless providers and device manufacturers to improve security in IoT devices.
StorCentric Exits Stealth With Acquisitions Of Drobo, Nexsan

by Joseph F. Kovar
The storage startup is headed by top Drobo and Nexsan executives and says it plans to keep the two companies as individual businesses but eventually combine forces in a hub-and-spoke architecture.
Intel U.S. Channel Chief: Increasing Amounts Of Data Creating An ‘Almost Unlimited Demand For Compute’

by Dylan Martin
Jason Kimrey tells solution providers at XChange 2018 that Intel now has a broader portfolio of products — from Optane memory to reprogrammable FPGAs — to address emerging workloads, including artificial intelligence.