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Sources: Oracle Suffers Cloud Capacity Shortage, Some Large Customers Unable To Use Service Credits

Oracle is making a massive sales shift from traditional on-premise software to cloud services, but a recent cloud capacity shortage shows this transition is not without its growing pains.
Channel Chiefs: When, And When Not, To Move Storage To The Cloud

Channel chiefs at some of the storage industry's top vendors discuss the importance of the channel in helping customers decide when and how to move data to the cloud and whether that move could impact traditional storage business.
What Channel Challenges Does Salesforce Face In Turning Demandware Into Commerce Cloud?

By acquiring the e-commerce platform, Salesforce positions itself to seize natural synergies as it competes on a new front with traditional rivals, but the CRM giant will have to navigate a complex channel landscape.
Four Ways To Help Speed Up Public Cloud Adoption

Businesses are moving to the public cloud, but progress is slow, according to a study by Softchoice. Here's how solution providers can help. (From ITBestOfBreed.com)
Ex-Employee Sues Oracle Over Alleged Cloud Accounting Shenanigans, Oracle Plans Countersuit

Former Oracle finance manager Svetlana Blackburn claims she was fired last October after warning her superiors about the vendor's improper accounting for cloud services, according a civil complaint.
Widespread Outage Hits Apple Cloud

The tech giant's cloud status page reports retail and backup services, such as App Store, iTunes and iCloud, remain degraded.
Partners Cheer Salesforce Acquisition Of Demandware As Key For Tapping Into Booming Digital Commerce Market

Channel partners say Salesforce’s $2.8 billion acquisition of digital commerce company Demandware will help them tap into the booming e-commerce business and offer a more holistic platform.
Salesforce To Acquire Digital Commerce Provider Demandware For $2.8B

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says his company will "create another billion-dollar cloud" with its acqusition of enterprise cloud commerce solutions company Demandware.
HPE, Microsoft Predict The Future For Channel Partners In Cloud

During a CRN roundtable, HPE and Microsoft weighed in on the opportunities they foresee for their partners in cloud.
Cloud Startup AppFormix Launches Channel Program With Rackspace In Its Corner

Rackspace will be bundling the startup's cloud optimization and resource planning software in all its private OpenStack deployments.
VMware Exec: Container Technology Isn't Threatening To Us, It's Actually An Opportunity

VMware is taking the high road and not responding to HPE CEO Meg Whitman's trash talk about containers, and one of its executives says the fast-growing technology is actually an opportunity.
CSC CEO Lawrie On The Opportunity, Advantages And Finacial Impact Of The HPE Enterprise Services Merger

Mike Lawrie answers the biggest questions following the announcement of a merger between CSC and HPE's Enterprise Services division.
Amazon Web Services Says Managed Service Program Gaining Steam, But Finding Cloud Talent Still Challenging

AWS has strict requirements for managed services partners that want to work with its customers, and one of the vendor's executives says it's a challenge to find enough talent to meet demand.
Salesforce Partners Surprised By Fast-Moving AWS Relationship, But See Synergies Between The Cloud Vendors

Is Salesforce drifting away from Microsoft as it intensifies its relationship as both client and vendor with Amazon?
Channel Chiefs: How To Capitalize On The Cloud Services Boom And Beat AWS

CRN asked three channel executives to weigh in on the market dynamics driving the public cloud boom, how their companies play in that environment and just what they're doing to beat AWS in the sales trenches.
Salesforce Names AWS Its 'Preferred Public Cloud' Provider As Rumors Of Acquisition Swirl

The CRM leader says it will expand its core SaaS portfolio internationally on Amazon's infrastructure.
Here's Why HPE's Whitman Thinks Containers Will Make VMware 'Irrelevant'

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman thnks Linux containers will pose a big challenge to longtime partner VMware, but VMware partners say that threat could take some time to materialize.
After Turbulent Year, New CEO Introduces 'New Citrix' At Synergy Conference

Kirill Tatarinov tells partners the virtualization vendor is prioritizing cloud services and renewed attention to its partnership with Microsoft.
AWS Partner Logicworks Flexes Cloud Muscle With Automated Security Service

Logicworks, a 23-year-old MSP that's now one of Amazon Web Services' top partners, debuts an automation-fueled service that maintains the security of cloud workloads.
Cloud Roundtable: How To Find Success In The Cloud Era

Executives from channel cloud divisions within vendors offer advice on how to transition to cloud offerings and thrive.

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Sources: Oracle Suffers Cloud Capacity Shortage, Some Large Customers Unable To Use Service Credits

Channel Chiefs: When, And When Not, To Move Storage To The Cloud

What Channel Challenges Does Salesforce Face In Turning Demandware Into Commerce Cloud?

Four Ways To Help Speed Up Public Cloud Adoption

Ex-Employee Sues Oracle Over Alleged Cloud Accounting Shenanigans, Oracle Plans Countersuit

Widespread Outage Hits Apple Cloud

Partners Cheer Salesforce Acquisition Of Demandware As Key For Tapping Into Booming Digital Commerce Market

Salesforce To Acquire Digital Commerce Provider Demandware For $2.8B

HPE, Microsoft Predict The Future For Channel Partners In Cloud

Cloud Startup AppFormix Launches Channel Program With Rackspace In Its Corner

VMware Exec: Container Technology Isn't Threatening To Us, It's Actually An Opportunity

CSC CEO Lawrie On The Opportunity, Advantages And Finacial Impact Of The HPE Enterprise Services Merger

Amazon Web Services Says Managed Service Program Gaining Steam, But Finding Cloud Talent Still Challenging

Salesforce Partners Surprised By Fast-Moving AWS Relationship, But See Synergies Between The Cloud Vendors

Channel Chiefs: How To Capitalize On The Cloud Services Boom And Beat AWS

Salesforce Names AWS Its 'Preferred Public Cloud' Provider As Rumors Of Acquisition Swirl

Here's Why HPE's Whitman Thinks Containers Will Make VMware 'Irrelevant'

After Turbulent Year, New CEO Introduces 'New Citrix' At Synergy Conference

AWS Partner Logicworks Flexes Cloud Muscle With Automated Security Service

Cloud Roundtable: How To Find Success In The Cloud Era

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