Tag: Cloud Platforms
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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‘With Amit [Zavery], we found the dream innovator to captivate the market with a compelling vision for ServiceNow as the AI platform for business transformation,’ says ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott about hiring its new president, chief product officer and chief operating officer. Google Cloud’s former general manager of cloud operations and business platform, Amit Zavery,…
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‘We aim to help MSPs grow by offering new services that allow them to differentiate and expand their offerings,’ says SonicWall CEO Bob VanKirk. After making three acquisitions in four months, following 14 years of no M&A activity, cybersecurity vendor SonicWall has one goal in mind: to provide MSP-friendly solutions. The acquisitions were driven by…
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“Helping grow Google Cloud from $7.3 billion to over $41 billion in annualized revenue and contributing to the creation of the world’s fourth-largest enterprise software company, has been a career-defining privilege,” said Google Cloud’s Amit Zavery, general manager and vice president, and head of platform. Google Cloud’s general manager and Microsoft critic, Amit Zavery, is…
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Network infrastructure-as-a-service specialist Alkira is introducing a ZTNA offering for its all-in-one cloud-based networking platform that will help unlock new business for channel partners, the company tells CRN. Alkira is rolling out its cloud-based Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) service, an offering that will further simplify security and networking for enterprises, according to the network…
Read MoreHere’s a look at the products updates, hardware and AI-enhanced features that the tech giant launched this week during WebexOne 2024. Cisco Systems has been on a mission over the last 18-24 months to truly elevate experiences for remote and in-person employees, businesses, and end users and customers. To that end, the tech giant has…
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‘We are really confident that this has nothing to do with our case,’ SAP CFO Dominik Asam said on the vendor’s latest quarterly earnings call. SAP’s leadership has now publicly weighed in on the September raid of reseller partner Carahsoft’s office by the FBI, with Chief Financial Officer Dominik Asam telling a news outlet that…
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In separate reports,Bernstein and Bank of America predicted about $15 billion in revenue for IBM’s third quarter, in line with Wall Street’s expectations. Updates on the artificial intelligence portfolio, a strong z16 mainframe cycle and performance in IBM Consulting are some of the subjects expected to come up on the tech giant’s latest quarterly earnings…
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