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Virtusa Founder, CEO Kris Canekeratne To Exit After 25-Year Run
by Michael Novinson
‘With the added strength of [private equity firm] BPEA’s ownership, the impressive performance of the business, and the strength of the leadership team we have in place, I’ve decided that it’s the right time for me to explore my next chapter,’ says Canekeratne.
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending May 7, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel.
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Insight President, CEO Ken Lamneck To Retire; Stock Plunges
by Michael Novinson
Insight Enterprises has engaged an executive search firm to identify potential successors from both internal and external candidates following Ken Lamneck’s 12-year run as CEO of the solution provider giant.
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Office Depot Split Paves Way For Staples To Pursue Acquisition
by Joseph F. Kovar
The official plan to separate Office Depot into two companies based on its retail and B2B divisions, and excluding CompuCom which ODP was already planning to sell, could open the door for further talks on a sale to Staples which previously said it would like to acquire Office Depot, but is not interested in the B2B component.
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Nvidia Rival Graphcore Makes Big North American Partner Push: Exclusive
by Dylan Martin
The AI chip startup is taking aim at Nvidia’s data center GPU business with its IPUs and purpose-built AI systems, so it’s recruiting solution provider powerhouse Trace3 and other channel partners to ramp up sales in North America. ‘We’re growing both the company and the partner network at a really rapid pace, and that’s due to the fact that the market is absolutely hungry for options that are different than GPUs,’ says Graphcore’s channel chief.
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The Channel Angle: 4 Ways ITSM Partners Can Aid Digital Transformation
by CRN Contributor
‘IT is no longer just a service-and-support function. It has become a strategic partner and priority across the overall business,’ writes Thirdera CEO Jason Wojahn.
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Cloud Data Analytics Provider Aunalytics Launches Inaugural Partner Program
by Rick Whiting
Debut of the Aunalytics Alliance Partner Program follows the company’s February acquisition of data management tool developer Naveego.
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending April 30, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel.
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Datto CFO Reported Nearly $12M In Total Compensation In 2020
by David Harris
This is the first time the Norwalk, Conn.-based MSP-focused technology firm has reported executive compensation as a public company.
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Intel Is Helping Partners Navigate Cloud, IoT, Stimulus Spending
by Dylan Martin
The chipmaker’s partner program is giving channel partners access to new resources, including cloud solution architects and online courses on how to take advantage of new U.S. stimulus packages like the American Rescue Plan Act. ‘What we have done is we’ve looked at every line item — where every dollar is appropriated — identified all the places where technology will be needed and broke that down,’ Intel’s Greg Ernst tells CRN.
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Savvy Partners Are Embracing AI, Security, Cloud: Channel Chiefs
by Kyle Alspach
A panel of channel chiefs—from cloud distributor Pax8 and from security vendors Check Point and Proofpoint—shared their channel outlook during a session at the Best of Breed Virtual event.
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The Channel Angle: How To Achieve Omni-Channel Success by Harmonizing Vendor Solutions
by CRN Contributor
Kelly Nuckolls of InfoSystems writes that shifting our own mindsets internally is just one way to ‘harmonize solutions in a way that benefits customers and vendors alike.’
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New Intel Global Channel Chief Vows To Bust Barriers For Partners
by Dylan Martin
‘We have extraordinary capabilities across this incredibly huge company. There’s lots of different partner motions or things that are happening across the company. I want to increasingly bring those into alignment so that we bring the full weight and capability of this awesome company to help our partners do [job] No. 1, which is help them grow,’ says John Kalvin, Intel’s new global channel chief, in an interview with CRN.
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IBM Services Business Unveils New Post-Split Name: Kyndryl
by Michael Novinson
The $19 billion managed infrastructure services business will be based in New York City and operate under the name Kyndryl once it separates from IBM later this year.
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