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Microsoft Corrects Misstatement Of 775 Percent Surge In Demand For Cloud Services Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
by Joseph Tsidulko
The dramatic increase Microsoft reported Saturday was just for its Teams product, and just in Italy, the cloud giant made clear after incorrectly presenting those stats for its complete cloud portfolio in all regions enforcing shelter-in-place mandates.
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Coronavirus Forces Facebook To Delay Data Center Construction Projects
by Mark Haranas
After spending a whopping $16 billion on hyperscale data center capex in 2019, Facebook is halting construction on two data center projects due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Perficient Intros Azure, Non-Azure Coronavirus Healthcare Chatbots
by Joseph F. Kovar
The solution provider is offering two chatbot solutions to healthcare organizations and workers, both of which follow CDC guidelines around the COVID-19 coronavirus guidelines, with one focused on Microsoft Azure cloud users and one built on Drift.
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Microsoft Rebranding Office 365 Offerings For SMBs, ProPlus
by Kyle Alspach
Offerings such as Office 365 ProPlus and Office 365 Business Essentials will be renamed as Microsoft 365 versions starting on April 21.
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Coronavirus Won’t Stop AWS, Google, Microsoft’s Data Center Spending
by Mark Haranas
‘These hyperscale firms are much better insulated against the current crisis than most others and we expect to see ongoing robust levels of capex,’ says John Dinsdale, chief analyst at Synergy Research Group.
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Microsoft Sees Nearly 9X Spike In Azure In Social-Distancing Areas
by Kyle Alspach
Usage of Teams and Windows Virtual Desktop are helping drive the surge in Azure cloud services, though some free offers and cloud resources may now be curtailed.
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Behind The Scenes: Here’s A Look At The Home Offices Of 42 Channel Execs
by CRN Staff
Executives from such firms as Microsoft, Lexmark, HP Inc., VMware and Zscaler weigh in on their most and least favorite aspects of remote work.
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CRN Security Roundtable: Do Public Cloud Providers Get The Channel?
by Michael Novinson
‘You’re dealing with behemoths out there. You’re dealing with very, very large companies. If you think you’re going to go in there ... and kind of change the way they do things, it’s not going to happen,’ says Check Point’s Frank Rauch.
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending March 27, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.
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Channel Madness Quarterfinal Results: Cisco’s Tuszik, HP’s Lannum Advance
by Jennifer Follett
Round 3 of the CRN Channel Madness Tournament saw Cisco’s Oliver Tuszik orchestrate a huge comeback in the Infrastructure region while HP’s Lannum claimed the Hardware crown.
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Public Cloud Propels Slight Increase In 2019 Data Center Spending
by Joseph Tsidulko
After an unusually lucrative 2018, growth drastically slowed in sales of hardware and software powering data centers, but still climbed above $152 billion, according to Synergy Research.
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Channel Madness Quarterfinals: Check Point’s Rauch Out In Front Of McAfee’s McCray
by Jennifer Follett
As Round 3 rages on in the CRN Channel Madness tournament, the Enterprise 8 are fighting for a spot in the Field of Four.
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Microsoft Giving Priority On Azure Capacity To Coronavirus Response Effort
by Kyle Alspach
First responders, health care and government agencies will be prioritized in the event of any capacity constraints.
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