Managed Service Providers

Continuum CEO Michael George On The Growing Security Threat To MSPs, Platforms

by O’Ryan Johnson
“If you think things are bad now, wait until the Internet of Things takes hold … The lid hasn’t even blown off this problem yet, and it’s going to. Because the Internet of Things is taking hold and creating a whole new set of vulnerability points in the spectrum of the network and network access points,” Continuum CEO Michael George tells CRN.
10 Questions: ServiceNow CEO John Donahoe Talks Partners, Competition, And What Lies Ahead

by O’Ryan Johnson
ServiceNow CEO John Donahoe sat down with CRN at the company’s Knowledge 19 event in Las Vegas where he talked about the revamped channel program, how partners can help the company achieve $10 billion in revenue, and where the white-hot automation platform is placing its bets in 2019.
What You Need to Know About Carl Icahn’s Attempted Board ‘Takeover’ Of Conduent

by O’Ryan Johnson
A board member appointed by activist investor Carl Icahn resigned suddenly this week and filed a four page letter to the SEC in which he outlined a laundry list of grievances. Conduent said before the letter was filed, Icahn attempted to use it as leverage to get Conduent Board Chairman William Parrett to step down.
Wipro Digital President Rajan Kohli On Digital Transformation And The Firm’s Biggest Growth Drivers

by O’Ryan Johnson
“If a client comes to us with a problem and they say ‘OK, what should be my next product’ or ‘Which of my products is more valuable than the others?’ the approach we take is not one a typical strategy house would take. There’s a more design-led approach where we really understand what is valuable to their end customer, and then work backwards from there,” Kohli said.
Top Public Cloud Infrastructure MSPs In Gartner’s Magic Quadrant

by Mark Haranas
Accenture, 2nd Watch, Cognizant and Infosys are just a few of the channel partners that made Gartner’s new 2019 Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Professional and Managed Services, worldwide. Read about the 19 global leaders selling services around AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
Channel Standouts: The 2019 CRN Tech Elite 250

by Rick Whiting
The Tech Elite 250 is comprised of solution providers in the U.S. and Canada who have the highest partner levels from Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Oracle and VMware. Here is a sampling of that list.
Pat Gelsinger On VMware’s ‘Radical’ Security Plan And Andy Jassy ‘Bro Hugs’

by Mark Haranas
“Five years ago, I stood on stage and said, ‘If you use Amazon, you’re stupid.’ And Andy [Jassy] would stand on stage and say, ‘If you run a data center, you’re stupid.’ Now we’re doing bro hugs at re:Invent on stage and declaring a joint, hybrid future,” said VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger in an interview with CRN.
30 Hot New Small-Business Products You Need To Know About

by CRN Staff
From networking to SD-WAN to cybersecurity, here are 30 products for SMBs from XChange 2019.
5 Things You Need To Know About New ConnectWise CEO Jason Magee

by O’Ryan Johnson
With the Thoma Bravo acquisition ConnectWise is getting an infusion of cash to help the company grow, but new CEO Jason Magee said he plans to stay true to the roots of the company.
ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini On Stepping Down, His Legacy And The Blockbuster Thoma Bravo Deal

by O’Ryan Johnson
The trailblazing founder of the MSP platform company ConnectWise announced today that he is stepping down as CEO, after the company was acquired by Thoma Bravo. Bellini talked to CRN about the sale, and what is next for the IT pioneer.
2019 MSP 500: Pioneer 250

by CRN Staff
The MSP Pioneer 250 have largely built their business model around providing managed services to the SMB market.
2019 MSP 500: Elite 150

by CRN Staff
The MSP Elite 150 have an extensive managed services footprint, including on-premises and off-premises capabilities, weighted toward midmarket and enterprise customers.
Ex-DXC EVP Stephen Hilton’s Suit Against DXC: What You Need To Know

by O’Ryan Johnson
Former executive vice president Stephen Hilton, who was in the CEO succession plan and once in charge of 120,000 employees, was fired from DXC Technologies in July 2018 and has sued the company.
2019 Channel Chiefs: The 50 Most Influential

by Rick Whiting
In celebration of CRN's 2019 Channel Chiefs, here are 50 executives that drive the channel agenda and evangelize the importance of channel partnerships.
5 Hot New SMB Products To Check Out

by Kyle Alspach
Innovative products for SMBs in networking, storage and scanning were unveiled at CES 2019.