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AT&T’s New Managed Service Is Built On Cisco SD-WAN
by Gina Narcisi
AT&T's latest flavor of managed SD-WAN is powered by Cisco's SD-WAN and security technology to help enterprises protect traffic coming in from anywhere, including branch offices or the cloud, according to the carrier behemoth.
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The Top 10 Telecom Mergers And Acquisitions Of 2020 (So Far)
by Gina Narcisi
2020 hasn't been the year of outrageous price tags, but there's still plenty of M&A action happening in the telecom space. Here's a roundup of 10 of the biggest telecom mergers and acquisitions that we've seen so far this year.
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AT&T Layoffs: Carrier To Lay Off Thousands Due To COVID-19
by Gina Narcisi
The carrier giant is straining under the pressure of the global pandemic and declining legacy products and is eliminating more than 3,400 jobs and closing more than 250 retail stores as a result, according to AT&T.
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30 Notable IT Executive Moves: April 2020
by Dylan Martin
CEO shakeups at AT&T, SAP, Red Hat and Optiv Security were among the biggest IT executive moves in the month of April. CRN recaps all the big moves the IT channel should know about.
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Out In July, To Be Succeeded By COO John Stankey
by Gina Narcisi
In keeping with AT&T's plans to work with Elliott Management to return to its telecom roots, the company has announced its CEO succession plan that will take place this summer.
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Verizon Network Not Buckling Under The Weight Of COVID-19, Says CEO Hans Vestberg
by Gina Narcisi
The Verizon chief also says he sees ‘a great opportunity’ and room for investment in the Verizon Business group that have been accentuated by COVID-19.
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AT&T Sees 'Unprecedented Volumes' Of Calls As COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark
by Gina Narcisi
AT&T says its network is handling the increased demand it's seeing as a result of the pandemic. Growth in strategic and managed services, such as VPN and security, served as a bright spot in the carrier's business services segment for its first fiscal quarter of 2020.
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The 10 Coolest IoT Connectivity Companies: The 2020 Internet Of Things 50
by Dylan Martin
5G may be coming for IoT in the future, but the need for connectivity is now. What follows are the 10 coolest IoT connectivity companies of 2020.
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Here’s How Telecom Companies Are Helping Customers During Coronavirus
by Gina Narcisi
Wondering what the country’s biggest cable and wireless providers are doing to lend a helping hand to customers during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic? Here’s a sampling of what some firms are doing to assist customers who are forced to work from home during this crisis.
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AT&T Tells 245K Employees To Work From Home To Limit Coronavirus Exposure
by Gina Narcisi
AT&T on Friday instructed its more than 245,000 global and domestic employees to work remotely if they can due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending March 6, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.
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Google, AT&T Partner On 5G Enablement
by Joseph Tsidulko
The hyperscale cloud provider is striking alliances with telecoms that will be ‘lighting up thousands’ of edge locations, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says.
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Eaton Postpones Partner Summit To November, Cites Coronavirus
by Joseph F. Kovar
Curtiz Gangi, sales vice president for U.S. channels and midmarket business for Eaton's electrical and data center verticals, tells CRN that the company may do a virtual event for partners as a way to highlight what it has planned for 2020.
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Another Domino Falls: AT&T Out Of RSA Conference Amid Coronavirus Concerns
by Michael Novinson
AT&T's withdrawal from RSA comes six days after IBM canceled its participation in the event and just four days before the 42,500-person cybersecurity event is set to kick off at San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
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