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Puppet Pitches Partner Program: We ‘Wanted To Make It Simple’
by C.J. Fairfield
‘We’re making sure that everyone has what they need at their fingertips,’ says Leslie Lorenco, global director of channel sales at Puppet. ‘If you‘re going to invest the time in us, we want to make sure you have the resources to be successful.’
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending Jan. 28 CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel.
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VMware Rejects ‘Unsolicited’ Stock Offer By Private Equity Firm
by Mark Haranas
VMware is telling shareholders to reject an ‘unsolicited mini-tender’ offer by private equity firm TRC Capital because of concerns regrading TRC’s offer.
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SAP Expands Working Capital Management Portfolio With Acquisition
by Rick Whiting
SAP’s purchase of a majority stake in Taulia comes as the application development giant announces 28 percent cloud revenue growth in its recently completed fourth quarter.
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Apple Hits Record $123.9B In Sales Despite Supply Constraints
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘This is our eighth quarter reporting results in the shadow of the pandemic. And while I can’t say it gets any easier, I can say I’m incredibly proud of the way our teams have come together and continue to innovate on behalf of our customers,’ says Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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Red Hat Channel Reorg: Meet New Chief Stefanie Chiras
by Wade Tyler Millward
Chiras has a doctorate in materials science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and worked at IBM for about 18 years before joining Red Hat in 2018.
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Mimecast Leaders Eligible For $456.9M In Payouts In Permira Deal
by Michael Novinson
Mimecast details how much money each of its nine executive officers and eight non-employee board members would be entitled to if the proposed $5.8 billion acquisition by Permira goes through.
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Intel Hires Microsoft Exec To Lead Global Partner Sales
by Dylan Martin
Alyssa Fitzpatrick, who was previously responsible for driving more than $650 million in annual Azure revenue through partners at Microsoft, will have a particular focus on system integrators, cloud partners and independent software vendors in her new role at Intel.
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McAfee Enterprise Snags Cisco’s Gee Rittenhouse To Run SSE Unit
by Michael Novinson
‘Gee [Rittenhouse] is a proven technology leader with a distinguished track record of innovation, talent development, and a deep knowledge of cloud security,’ says STG Managing Partner William Chisholm.
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Comcast Xfinity Mobile Will ‘Play A Big Role’ In 2022, Says CEO
by Gina Narcisi
‘Mobile is a great product, but when you add it together, it just gives value to every single segment... there will be a mobile component in everything we do,’ Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said of the cable giant’s plans to bundle its services with wireless in 2022.
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Intel’s Pat Gelsinger Is ‘A Man On A Mission,’ Says VMware CEO
by Mark Haranas
Raghu Raghuram says to expect ‘a lot of collaboration’ between Intel and VMware this year as he touts Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s bullish mission to not only transform Intel, but ‘the state of the chip industry.’
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Glassdoor: The Top 10 Tech Companies To Work For In 2022
by Dylan Martin
Glassdoor says many of these tech companies made the 2022 Best Places to Work list for several reasons: ‘flexible work environments, consistent support throughout the pandemic and a focus on better pay, benefits, and work-life balance.’
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ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott: We’re ‘Executing On All Cylinders,’ Setting Sights On $15B By 2026
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘We’re growing like a fast-moving startup with the profitability of a global market leader. We’re on a clear growth trajectory to $15 billion-plus by 2026. ... While rising interest rates challenge others, ServiceNow’s business model is built to flourish in any economic environment,’ says ServiceNow President and CEO Bill McDermott.
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Prosimo Launches Partner Program, Nabs Multi-Cloud Competitor Aviatrix’s Channel Leader: Exclusive
by Gina Narcisi
The multi-cloud networking startup has brought on Timoteo Prietto, former channel leader of Prosimo competitor Aviatrix Systems, to captain its own channel efforts.
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Computex To Be Acquired By Calian Group: Everything As A Service Game Changer
by Steven Burke
“This is a great day for Computex,” said Computex President of Cloud and Cybersecurity Faisal Bhutto, the driving force behind Computex’s cloud and security managed services build out. “Calian is a highly regarded Canadian services provider with strong IT & cybersecurity services that is investing in our everything-as-a-service Brainware and talent.
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Intel Says Third-Party Shortages Dinged An Otherwise Banner 2021
by Dylan Martin
‘This unprecedented demand continues to be tempered by supply chain constraints as shortages in substrates, components and foundry silicon has limited our customers’ ability to ship finished systems across the industry,’ Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says on the company’s latest earnings call.
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Firebolt Raises $100M In Funding Round, Hires Google Exec As CTO
by Rick Whiting
The data warehouse startup, which now has a $1.4 billion valuation, disclosed Tuesday that it hired Google BigQuery executive Mosha Pasumansky to lead its rapidly expanding software development team.
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Xerox: Our Digital, Print Solutions Are Well Positioned For Hybrid Work
by C.J. Fairfield
‘Our solutions like our cloud-based print solution [and] our security solution helps a lot in a hybrid environment. What we also found that as clients return back to the office, even in a hybrid environment, or three days a week or four days a week or two days a week, a lot of the printing is done still in the office,’ says John Visentin, vice chairman and CEO of Xerox Holdings Corp.
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