Apple Struggling To Cut Back On Use Of Samsung Displays In iPhone: Report

Apple has been attempting to lock down LG as a second supplier of OLED displays for future iPhone models, but LG's progress is reportedly behind schedule.
Apple has been attempting to lock down LG as a second supplier of OLED displays for future iPhone models, but LG's progress is reportedly behind schedule.
"Five years from now, we'll be living in a highly diffused and distributed environment and code needs to be properly placed along with the data it uses to be effective," said Dell EMC's Global CTO John Roese at the 2018 Cloud Foundry Summit.
Symantec discussed the challenges in today's digital society during its keynote at RSA. CRNtv later spoke with COO and President Mike Fey about how the company is tackling the challenge.
Pivotal Software CFO Cynthia Gaylor tells CRN that 'the partner ecosystem is critical to the success of the company.'
The ride-sharing giant is preparing for an IPO next year and wants to hire VMware CFO Zane Rowe, who was previously EMC's CFO, to lead those efforts, according to a Bloomberg report.
While IoT software still constitutes a smaller fraction of total revenue, it remained PTC's fastest-growing business, growing 33 percent year over year in the second quarter to $29 million.
Rackspace is helping solution providers new to cloud -- millennials and industry veterans alike -- sell cloud services through a new mobile application and 'micro-learning' videos.
Incoming Tech Data CEO Rich Hume -- a 35-year channel veteran -- is the perfect choice to help the entire channel ecosysetm adopt new recurring revenue business models, solution providers said.
CRNtv shares more product announcements from the RSA show floor.
Carl Icahn, the activist investor who railed against Michael Dell's leveraged buyout of Dell Technolgoies in 2013, reportedly has purchased a "medium-sized" stake in VMware.
"There's a few simple commands you have to know to deploy your cloud native applications and scale them to multiple instances, and that's very very easy," said Anynines's Oliver Wolf at the 2018 Cloud Foundry Summit.
The closure of the New Devices Group, started in 2013 by former Apple and Palm executive Mike Bell, comes after Intel shut down the group's wearable division in 2016.
Dutkowsky, who has been CEO of Tech Data since 2006 and was elected chairman last year, will become executive chairman.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Global Channel Chief Paul Hunter says changes aimed at driving faster speed on quotes and prices for partners is paying off in more sales at bats and a "pretty significant increase in business."
'You're getting fast feedback on your code, but you also have very little vendor lock-in because you're able to move your app between different vendor offerings in Cloud Foundry,' says EngineerBetter CEO Dan Young at Cloud Foundry Summit 2018.
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Head-To-Head: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Vs. Surface Book 2 The CRN Test Center compares the latest editions of the workhorse laptops from Lenovo and Microsoft. Here's how Lenovo's 6th gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon compares with Microsoft's Surface Book 2. |
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week For the week ending April 20, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel. |
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5 Companies That Had A Rough Week For the week ending April 20, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions. |
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For solution providers just getting into the IoT arena and those already building their business around the technology, CRN presents the 2018 Internet Of Things 50.