Cloud Computing

EU Hits Google Again With $1.69 Billion Antitrust Fine Over Advertising Practices

by Joseph Tsidulko
The search giant's AdSense business, which places targeted ads on third-party websites, unfairly restricted those publishers from hosting ads of Google competitors, according to the European Commission.
New HPE Consulting Solution Identifies The Right Mix Of Hybrid Cloud

by Joseph Tsidulko
HPE Right Mix Advisor combines advanced tools and in-house expertise to help customers strategically migrate select applications to diverse infrastructure options
DigitalOcean Turns To The Channel For Next Stage Of Growth

by Joseph Tsidulko
Former Citrix CEO Mark Templeton took the helm of the cloud provider last summer, and among the first orders of business was preparing the launch of its first formal channel program.
Oracle Sales Stagnant In Q3, But Fusion And NetSuite Business Application Suites Booming

by Joseph Tsidulko
CTO Larry Ellison told investors that ‘Oracle's future rests on two strategic businesses: cloud applications and cloud infrastructure.’
Facebook Says Outage Resolved, Blames Server Configuration Change

by Joseph Tsidulko
The social media giant said in a Twitter post that a change to a server configuration prompted the nearly 24-hour global outage.
Facebook Suffers ‘Partial Outage’ As User Complaints Mount

by Joseph Tsidulko
Some users reported they couldn't log into the social media giant while others said images wouldn't upload. Facebook's development platform reported a ‘partial outage.’
Ingram Micro Expands Cloud Services Access Via Expanded Cloud Marketplace

by Joseph F. Kovar
The distributor wants to make it easier for solution providers to access its cloud services via new portals, a new user interface, and new ways to more easily connect to the vendors publishing those services on the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace.
Cloud's Relevance To Recede As Edge Devices Take Over

by Joseph F. Kovar
Andreessen Horowitz’s Peter Levine said at the Ingram Micro Cloud Summit X conference that edge devices will collect so much data it will be necessary to move compute and machine learning to the edge as well, leaving the cloud free for collecting records and training the devices.
Anexinet: Microsoft Cloud Opportunity Is All About Services

by Kyle Alspach
The solution provider has launched several cloud ‘kickstart’ programs around Office 365 migrations, data security and application migrations.
Wasabi Teams With Veeam For Data Protection, Recovery In Hybrid Or Multi-Cloud Environments

by Joseph F. Kovar
The Wasabi S3-compatible storage cloud acts as a storage target for customers and partners working with Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4 but at a fraction of the cost of Amazon's cloud-based storage, Wasabi says.
Partners: HPE Tech Pro Community Is Driving Big Sales Gains

by Steven Burke
‘It's definitely translating into sales growth,’ says Matthew Winder, an HPE business partner solutions architect for Datacom. ‘It gives us the power to go out and sell at a higher level. No longer is our role focused on speeds and feeds. It's more about how can we help a business achieve an outcome and how we can provide a solution that makes a business better.’
Salesforce Wants 250,000 Channel Partners To Realize Benioff's Growth Vision

by Joseph Tsidulko
The CRM leader's channel chief, J.C. Collins, tells CRN expanding the number and size of its partners is essential for doubling the business in four years.
Citrix Systems: We Want More Channel Partners, Big Time

by Donna Goodison
‘We have very little attrition on partners exiting the program,’ says Carlos Blanco, global senior director for Citrix’s cloud service provider business . ‘There’s a lot of money to be made out there.’
Microsoft Azure: 5 Key Takeaways On The Partner Opportunity

by Kyle Alspach
Azure is now a much better fit for solution providers than it was just a few years ago. CRN speaks with numerous solution providers to hear why.
Scott Vogel: HPE Partners Can Make More Money Selling GreenLake Than Traditional Capex Infrastructure Deals

by Steven Burke
"You are going to make a lot more money [with GreenLake Flex Capacity] than you would on a conventional [IT] purchase," said Vogel. "With the 17 percent rebate, you are going to realize most, if not all of it, in the first year.