CRN Channel News

A busy month was headlined by the announced retirement of Synnex CEO Kevin Murai, who will be succeeded by company veteran and COO Dennis Polk.

ConnectWise has always talked about its open ecosystem, but is now putting its money where its mouth is by asking its top competitors to join its premier MSP conference, and hoping for reciprocal invitations in return.

While investors look at the financial ramifications of a possible acquisition by VMware of its parent Dell, some channel partners are concerned about the possibility that VMware might lose its all-important independence.

For the week ending Jan. 26, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

A 25-year Ingram veteran who oversees all of its sales, vendor management and marketing as SVP of U.S. Go-to-Market, Kirk Robinson has now been named Chief Country Executive for the U.S. by the distributor.

For the week ending Jan. 19, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

Software vendor will offer expertise, MDF and other resources to current and new partners as they shift to selling cloud software and services to SMB customers.

"We need partners to bring Riverbed into their customer base where they haven't brought us in before," said Bridget Bisnette, Riverbed vice president global channels and commercial sales.

Ingram Micro Sunday squashed a report that speculated a halt in trading of its parent company's shares could be related to a sale of the $53 billion distribution behemoth to rival Synnex.