Tag: AI
Cisco 360 represents a total revamp of the 30-year-old partner program and a significant departure in the way that Cisco partners earn today. Here’s what partners should know. Unveiled at Cisco Partner Summit 2024, the all-new Cisco 360 Partner Program is a total refresh of the tech giant’s nearly 30-year-old program. Unlike the programs of…
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“This is a piece of the puzzle that is necessary for AI that we haven’t had,” said Blue Mantis Chief Revenue Officer Terry Richardson. “You can’t be successful with AI if you don’t have a good grip on your data. SME brings a much needed and desired capability around data analytics and business insights.” Blue…
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The new Cisco 360 Partner Program was designed with value in mind, not transactions, to better align with Cisco’s larger goals to capture more mindshare in security, AI, software and services, Cisco’s Rodney Clark told CRN exclusively. The newly revealed Cisco 360 partner program will go live in February 2026 to give the tech giant’s…
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‘The foundation of our program was hardware and transaction. That’s who we were as a company at the time and that served us well … but what it rewarded was a partner who transacts, and the way that we do business today is quite different. It’s the first material shift in how we evaluate partners…
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Generative AI, copilots, agents, cybersecurity and PCs are among the many topics expected to come up. An update on Microsoft’s suite of artificial intelligence offerings, including copilots and agents. Growth in Teams and the productivity application suite. And early signs of an AI PC revolution. These are some of the subjects expected to come up…
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In an interview with CRN, HP Inc. Global Channel Chief Kobi Elbaz says the investments the PC and print giant has made into its three-year-old Amplify partner program will allow the company to ‘double down’ on hybrid AI solutions with partners, which include new AI PCs. HP Inc. Global Channel Chief Kobi Elbaz said selling…
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In an interview with CRN, Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha discusses data security in the GenAI era and why ‘nobody else from our space is even daring’ to go public. The well-known data security challenges posed by the arrival of generative AI have accelerated the already strong growth opportunities at Rubrik, which is positioned at the…
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Tuan Tran is stepping down from his role as president of HP’s printing and imaging business to lead the PC and print giant’s cross-company AI strategy as the leader of a new organization. Taking over the printing business is 30-year HP veteran Anneliese Olson. HP Inc. has tapped the leader of its printing and imaging…
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The cybersecurity powerhouse this week debuted its new cross-practice offering that seeks to help meet the massive need for securing the use of GenAI, Optiv’s Randy Lariar says. With the debut of its new AI Security Services offering this week, cybersecurity powerhouse Optiv is looking to help organizations adopt GenAI at a faster rate while…
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‘We’ve got very good traction in our GenAI products as well as in our automation suite and we can look at our pipelines and expect that those will be maintained,’ IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna said. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said the last quarter saw “good traction” in Big Blue’s enterprise AI business, growing…
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