CRN Data Center News
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Eaton is launching a software services offensive tied to its Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) product that could add nearly $9,000 in software, services and recurring revenue to a $1,500 midmarket UPS sale.
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Eaton: Partners Can Increase Sales Three-Fold With Software And Services
Eaton Vice President Curtiz Gangi says a sales loss felt by partners in 2015 was largely due to end-user transitions to the cloud, but new opportunities the company is offering will turn things around. -
Strange Bedfellows: Atlantis, Backed By Cisco, Inks Hyper-Converged Deal With Dell
Atlantis' solution is another highly valued technology sought by legacy vendors eager to grab a piece of the hyper-converged market. -
TierPoint Notches Another Data Center Acquisition
St. Louis-based colocation provider TierPoint said it will buy a provider of cloud, colocation and managed services throughout the Midwest. -
Equinix Closes $3.8 Billion TelecityGroup Deal, Consolidating Colocation Leadership In Europe
The acquisition, which integrates two cloud interconnection services, will impact cloud providers and cloud customers. -
JetBlue Flights Delayed By Verizon Data Center Power Outage
Few details are being released about the outage, which comes on the heels of a report that Verizon may be looking to sell its data center business. -
Oracle Exec Hollis Offers Tongue-In-Cheek Condolences To EMC's VCE Converged Infrastructure Unit
Chuck Hollis, a longtime EMC and VMware storage executive who jumped to Oracle last fall, isn't bullish on the future of the VCE joint venture now that it's been absorbed into EMC. -
Exclusive From New VCE President: 'We Would Be Crazy' To Mess Up Cisco Relationship
Chad Sakac says the company has no desire to end its relationship with Cisco Systems, even as Cisco pursues its own hyper-converged infrastructure plans. -
IBM's Rometty Betting Big On Watson's Ability To Power 'Cognitive Era'
IBM unveiled key Watson partnerships that CEO Ginni Rometty says are models for how businesses will win with cognitive IoT. -
CRN Exclusive: Eaton Sets Its Sights On Hyper-Converged Opportunity With Nutanix Validation
Eaton Vice President Herve Tardy says the power management giant is paving the way for a significant software sales boost for the channel with its Nutanix partnership. -
EMC Appointment: Partners Positive About Sakac's New Post Atop VCE
Chad Sakac, a top engineering exec at EMC known for his smarts and his influential Virtual Geek blog, was made head of the converged division Wednesday. -
Sources: Cisco Inks OEM Deal With Startup Springpath, Preps UCS Hyper-Converged Appliance
Cisco Systems is preparing to unveil a UCS-based hyper-converged infrastructure appliance using technology from an OEM agreement with startup Springpath, which may also include rewritten Invicta storage code, sources tell CRN. -
EMC SVP Tries To Convince Employees: 7 Reasons Dell Deal Makes Sense For Us
EMC sales executive Steve Crowe defended his company's $67 billion merger with Dell, saying the move will be a good thing for EMC employees. -
Partners: EMC Job Cuts May Add To 'Massive Confusion' Around Dell Acquisition
EMC says the job cuts will be 'substantially completed' by the end of the first quarter, and 'fully completed' by the end of the year. -
SimpliVity CEO To Nutanix: Congrats On The IPO Filing, We'll Follow Suit 'When Timing Is Right'
Doron Kempel, CEO of hyper-converged infrastructure startup SimpliVity, doesn't sound as though he's in a hurry to follow rival Nutanix's lead by filing for an initial public offering. -
The 10 Biggest Dell Stories Of 2015
It was a historic year for Dell, as the company dominated the headlines with its proposal to acquire EMC for $67 billion as well as its announcements of several high-profile executive appointments and major partnerships. Here are the 10 biggest Dell stories of the year. -
Hyper-Converged Startup Nutanix Files For IPO, Had $241 Million In Revenue In 2015
Nutanix, darling of the hyper-converged infrastructure market, files for its long-awaited IPO and reveals details on revenue and net losses for the first time. -
The 10 Biggest Data Center Stories Of 2015
Take a look at some of the biggest data center news of the past year, including the rise of the hyper-converged market, EMC's Virtustream acquisition and HP's split in two. -
9 Things Dell Wants Partners To Know About Data Center Push
Dell is pushing ahead in its effort to become an enterprise player, and putting considerable focus on the data center. Here are nine things it wants the channel to know about its data center efforts. (From ITBestOfBreed.com) -
Lenovo Founder Losing Confidence In CEO Yang Yuanqing
Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi has hinted that he's losing confidence in the Chinese PC giant's CEO, Yang Yuanqing, saying he doesn't 'resolutely support' Yang.