Tag: Artificial Intelligence
With the Series E financing round the company achieves “unicorn” status with a $1.6 billion valuation as data-intensive AI and generative AI applications boost demand for the company’s software. Data management platform developer WekaIO has raised $140 million in an oversubscribed Series E round of funding that boosts the company’s valuation to $1.6 billion, the…
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‘Every deal that we transact is through a channel partner,’ Kevin Kramer, Alkira VP of global sales, told CRN. On-demand network infrastructure vendor Alkira has closed a $100 million Series C round of funding, with executives reiterating the company’s 100 percent channel go-to-market strategy as it sees customer demand grow amid uncertainty with legacy vendors…
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In a blockbuster move today, AWS CEO Adam Selipsky unveiled he is leaving the company on June 3, being replaced by longtime AWS executive Matt Garman. Some partners believe Amazon Web Services’ newly announced CEO, Matt Garman, will elevate AWS even further following the sudden departure of Adam Selipsky today after 15 years with the…
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After three years of leading the world’s largest cloud company Amazon Web Services, CEO Adam Selipsky is leaving after spending nearly 15 years at AWS. AWS Matt Garman, currently senior vice president of AWS sales, marketing and global services, will become the CEO of the $100 billion cloud and AI giant. “Leading this amazing team…
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‘The message that I want everyone to come away with is Avaya is roaring back … the uniqueness of the strategy: Innovation without disruption, so, prem[ise] gives way to cloud over time, or voice gives way to digital, and you can happily move those interactions intra-Avaya without ever having disruption, the UC behemoth’s CEO Alan…
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Between RMM, PSA and AI-generated tools, here are the 10 coolest MSP tools. As more and more solutions and offerings come to market, there’s still a big focus on cybersecurity. This year, with the explosion of GenAI and AI tools, MSPs are looking to add to products that make their teams more efficient in doing…
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For the week ending May 10, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Wiz, Apple, ISSQUARED, ServiceNow, Microsoft, and the more than 50 IT vendors that signed the CISA Secure by Design pledge. The Week Ending May 10 Topping this week’s Came to Win is cloud…
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Capgemini, Miracle Software Systems and Presidio were among the standout solution providers at Red Hat Summit 2024. One of the central messages throughout Red Hat’s Summit 2024 event was that the open source enterprise tools vendor sees solution providers as integral in meeting customer demand in multiple technology opportunities, including artificial intelligence and virtualization. During…
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Tyler Prince, Snowflake’s worldwide leader of Alliances and Channel, explains to CRN Snowflake’s mission to create the best AI, app and expertise partner ecosystem in the world as the AI era heats up. Snowflake is assembling the world’s best partner ecosystem for AI and applications with a unique approach that only Snowflake can provide, according…
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From Amazon Q and SageMaker to customer buying trends in 2024, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explains why AI has already generated “a multibillion-dollar revenue run rate” for his company. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is bullish that Amazon Web Services’ artificial intelligence push will take the company to new heights in 2024 thanks to several key…
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