Cloud Computing

What Makes VMware On Oracle Cloud Different Than Its Rivals?

by Joseph Tsidulko
Oracle insists its first partnership with the private cloud leader is not a me-too play. Instead, both companies wanted to differentiate the service to give large enterprises more choice in adopting VMware Cloud Foundation in the public cloud.
High-Touch Cloud Partner Programs: CRN's 2019 Cloud Partner Program Guide

by Joseph Tsidulko
CRN’s Cloud Partner Program Guide highlights many companies that have created partnering strategies to attract new partners and further relationships with existing ones
Ellison Looks To One-Up AWS With Oracle Cloud Flexibility, Alliances And Geographic Reach

by Joseph Tsidulko
Oracle's executive chairman and CTO introduced a partnership with VMware at the OpenWorld conference as well as new features that strive to make Oracle Cloud Infrastructure more elastic and automated than those of competitors.
Cloudian Spins Off AI-focused Tech With $9M From NTT Docomo, Others

by Joseph F. Kovar
Edgematrix was started a couple years ago when two non-AI engineers were assigned to develop AI solutions to help consume data stored by Cloudian, and now Cloudian is ready to make that technology available as an AI platform on which others can develop.
Study Reveals Why Some Businesses Aren’t Adopting VMware Cloud on AWS

by Diana Blass
A new survey by Faction projects significant growth for VMware Cloud on AWS over the next two years, but 48 percent of respondents say there’s one reason why they’ll pass.
Backup And Disaster Recovery Minute: Protecting Customers With Purpose-Built Clouds

by Aaron Nobil
Learn how StorageCraft is instilling trust in its partners by providing its own purpose-built cloud specifically engineered for disaster recovery.
EVP Jason Zander On Microsoft Azure ‘Mega-Deals' And Tier-1 Workloads

by Donna Goodison
'When you see those very large deals, you're seeing us also integrate and supply technology and partner very deeply with that,' Microsoft Azure EVP Jason Zander says. 'You need that kind of structural advantage of the cloud and the edge.'
HashiCorp Looks To ‘Flip Its Channel On Its Side’, Redirect Enterprise Accounts To Partners

by Joseph Tsidulko
New channel chief Michelle Graff told CRN and attendees of the HashiConf Partner Summit that a major revamp of the startup’s channel program shifts focus from volume to specialization as the DevOps pioneer sets a timetable for becoming a channel-led sales organization.
HPE Accelerates Machine Learning With ML Ops Container Software

by Steven Burke
‘Partners need to build out their (machine learning and AI) practices, bench strength and expertise in this area so they can help customers in the next phase of the journey,’ says HPE BlueData Vice President of Marketing Jason Schroedl.
50 Attorneys General Launch New Bipartisan Google Antitrust Probe

by Donna Goodison
‘There's a fine line sometimes between aggressive business practices and illegal ones,” says Utah AG Sean Reyes. “Our investigation will determine whether Google has crossed that line. This is not anti-tech. This is actually for the benefit of the tech ecosystem to help level the playing field.’
5 Companies That Had A Rough Week

by Rick Whiting
For the week ending Sept. 6, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.
AppDirect's AppSmart Completes WTG Integration, Looks To Disrupt The Telecom Channel

by Joseph Tsidulko
A subsidiary of a leading SaaS marketplace vendor, AppSmart has now merged a cloud services provider and master telecom agency, yielding an innovative channel play.
Microsoft Acquires Cloud Migration Specialist Movere

by Joseph Tsidulko
The SaaS vendor's technology will be deployed in concert with the Azure Migrate tool and third-party solutions to ease enterprise migrations to Microsoft's Azure cloud
Virtual Instruments Looks To Ease Partner Transactions Across Multi-Vendor IT Stacks

by Joseph Tsidulko
The AIOps specialist has entered the second phase of its channel transformation with the introduction of six infrastructure-agnostic WisdomPacks bundling its VirtualWisdom IT monitoring offerings.
Dozens Of State AGs Preparing Concerted Google Antitrust Probe: Report

by Joseph Tsidulko
More than half the U.S. states could soon launch antitrust investigations into Google's business practices, likely in coordination with federal regulators from the U.S. Justice Departments antitrust division