Tag: AI

‘I can’t imagine a better leader, he’s got terrific vision, he’s got the fire in his belly that I share with him and he’s ready to take it to a whole new level. I’m looking forward to plugging in and being on the ride, but I don’t need to steer the ship,’ Pax8’s John Street…

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New Hewlett Packard Enterprise VP of Worldwide Distribution Michael Bernhardt told CRN among his top priorities will be to “increase engagement and participation” in the “under-utilized” HPE distribution led service provider program. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Director of Worldwide Distribution Michael Bernhardt, a 28-year HPE and HP channel veteran, has been promoted to vice president of…

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‘Let me just say that we’re excited to be focused on the channel. We’re excited to continue to recruit help our partners be as productive as humanly possible. We’re seeing improvement there, but it’s not enough yet, and so I just look at it as a huge opportunity to have more feet on the street,…

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In AMD’s first-quarter earnings call, CEO Lisa Su teases that the company will share details in the ‘coming months’ about new Instinct accelerator chips for data centers arriving ‘later this year into 2025’ amid heightened competition with Nvidia. AMD’s business is in much better shape than it was a year ago, thanks to its PC…

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In an interview with CRN, AMD’s Matt Unangst says channel partners have a ‘really important role’ to play in helping business customers understand the value of AI PCs and how its latest Ryzen Pro processors are enabling ‘best-in-class’ performance and battery life. The head of AMD’s commercial PC business said the company’s latest Ryzen processors…

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‘This is a huge opportunity,’ says Sterling Senior Vice President of Partner Alliances Steve Van Ginkel. ‘We feel like we’re well positioned to help our customers operationalize their AI PC strategy and contract and procure these systems efficiently.’ Sterling, the $1.5 billion solution provider powerhouse that has invested heavily in AI solutions, is setting up…

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‘D&H is making a multimillion-dollar investment to continue our history of investing ahead of the curve and looking around the corner to ensure our partners are prepared, trained and armed for the next wave of opportunity,’ says D&H Co-President Dan Schwab. D&H Distributing is launching a multimillion-dollar AI PC sales blitz that includes outfitting its…

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New iterations of hardware and software offer gains in customers’ time-to-backup and time-to-restore. Dell has also introduced a GenAI security assistant for Apex, as the frequency of attacks rise and the average cost hits $1.92 million, Dell says. Dell’s toughest storage lineup just got back from the gym. The results of its workout include faster…

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‘The funding is for us to double down on investments in the channel,” says Dave Colesante, Apptega CEO. ‘It’s being able to package up compliance-as-a-service with our partners and do the same on the security scoring part.’ Apptega has raised $15 million in funding to accelerate the development of technology that brings continuous compliance to…

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AWS’ global partner leader, Ruba Borno, talks with CRN about the general availability of Amazon Q Tuesday and why the AI-powered assistant is better than rivals Google and Microsoft’s generative AI technology. AWS’ Ruba Borno is bullish that Amazon Q is now the world’s best generative AI-powered assistant as the new AI chatbot becomes generally…

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