CRN Data Center News

Cisco is one of the last big server vendors without its own hyper-converged infrastructure play, but some of its partners believe an acquisition of Springpath could be a brilliant move.

Paul Miller says Dell's claims that composable infrastructure is not practical is simply a means of distracting customers from Dell's own failure to deliver a next-generation architecture.

Data center services provider Cologix’s hopes to improve its channel program through its acquisition of Net Access, giving it more colocation services space outside New York City.

Already in the midst of an aggressive play to be the lowest-cost enterprise vendor, Lenovo says it is intensifying the attack on its competitors with an eye on double-digit growth in the red-hot hyper-converged infrastructure market.

Offloading data center assets could be a boon to telecom providers because it would free them up to focus on cloud applications and support and hopefully gain a competitive edge.

As CenturyLink explores alternatives for its data center operations, partners says the company's value lies in the outcomes it provides -- not the physical locations it owns.

Now that Hewlett Packard has officially split in two, solution providers teaming with Hewlett Packard Enterprise are ready to capitalize on the company's new focus and start turning it into sales growth.

Partners will join CEO Meg Whitman on Monday as she debuts the new Hewlett Packard Enterprise by ringing the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange.

CenturyLink has built out its fiber network to more U.S. data centers, giving customers in-net connectivity between cloud and service provider facilities.