Tag: AI
“This deal is a big accelerant for the NWN platform which is consistent with the approach we have taken over the last five years that has allowed us to quadruple the company from less than $300 million to more than $1 billion,” said NWN Senior Vice President of Corporate Development Matt Curran. NWN Carousel has…
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As Intel undergoes major spending cuts, longtime channel advocate Jason Kimrey is leaving the chipmaker along with a few other partner-facing leaders. Longtime Intel channel stalwart Jason Kimrey, a fierce channel advocate admired by partners as one of the most influential channel chiefs in the industry, is leaving the beleaguered semiconductor giant, CRN has learned.…
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Larocque is officially retiring as president of TD Synnex North America on November 30 and moving into a special advisor role. When Peter Larocque graduated with an economics degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1983 he bought a one-way ticket to San Francisco, ran out of money and ended up getting a job…
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‘We have seen, especially in that AI space, these extremely high-powered chips on back order because they can’t make them fast enough. AWS own chips are going to be extremely beneficial on that side of it, especially as these AI workloads increase,’ says ClearScale CEO Jimmy Chui. Solution providers are bullish on Amazon Web Services’…
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For the week ending Sept. 13, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including ConnectWise, Todyl, AWS, ServiceNow and Blue Mantis. The Week Ending Sept. 13 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is ConnectWise for its Axcient and SkyKick acquisitions that will boost its data protection…
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Microsoft seeks ‘to raise the bar on our operational excellence,’ CEO and Chairman Satya Nadella said in a statement. Microsoft has a new chief operating officer and executive vice president tasked with helping the vendor “drive continuous business process improvement across all our organizations and accelerate our company-wide AI transformation, increasing value to customers and…
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‘With our technology, AI can only access and analyze data if our customers have opted in,’ says Nicole Reineke, distinguished product manager of AI strategy at N-able. ‘If you haven’t opted in, we’re not touching it. This is our baseline for ensuring data privacy and customer trust.’ N-able has created four pillars of AI with…
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‘At every turn, we’re putting partners first because we cannot succeed without you,’ ServiceNow Channel Chief Erica Volini said. Major changes to who qualifies as an Elite partner, growing the percentage of partner-sourced net-new annual contract value for ServiceNow Now Assist artificial intelligence tools, and a leadership team that is all in on partners are…
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CRN breaks down six significant recent executive departures and hires at Google Cloud, including the exit of Google’s Kubernetes leader and the hiring of Microsoft’s former corporate vice president. From the departure of Google Cloud’s Kubernetes and serverless general manager to the hiring of Microsoft’s former corporate vice president, Google Cloud’s top executive lineup continues…
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‘Throughout Fiscal 2025, we remain committed to disciplined cost management … We anticipate these actions will result in a continued reduction in our overall headcount,” the company stated in a quarterly business filing with the SEC. Layoffs at Dell Technologies are expected to be an ongoing part of business with more cuts expected before the…
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