Tag: Collaboration & Communication

‘Our customers have been asking us for more, especially in security and optimization,’ says Jeff Coursen, Evolve IP’s outgoing CEO. ‘This merger allows us to enhance our offerings and meet that demand head-on.’ Solution providers Evolve IP and ATSG announced a strategic merger Thursday to create an IT services company that will generate about $240…

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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins weighed in on what the fully renovated Cisco 360 partner program means for partners, who tell CRN that the “devil will be in the details.” Cisco 360, revealed this week at Cisco Partner Summit 2024, marks the biggest overhaul to the partner program in the company’s history and partners are eager…

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CRN staff compiled the top partner-friendly products that launched or were significantly updated over the last year. Now it’s up to solution providers to choose the winners. Application Performance and Observability As more applications run in hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud environments, maintaining application performance has becoming a more complex task. Application performance management and observability tools…

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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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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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‘Now they can focus on managing the business rather than getting ready for a public offering. I expect them to continue supporting MSPs even better than before,’ says Mark Essayian, president of Lake Forrest, Calif.-based KME Systems. Shares of Ingram Micro soared by as much as 15 percent in trading Thursday after once again going…

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Here’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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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins talks about having a leg-up over HPE-Juniper, cross-selling Splunk opportunities, Cisco’s bullish AI strategy and his thoughts on the U.S. economy in 2025 with the upcoming presidential election. Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins is confident that his company’s longtime networking leadership will continue regardless of new competition from HPE with its pending…

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Solution provider powerhouse Presidio signs a new and bold strategic collaboration agreement with AWS that includes hiring employees, generative AI innovation and industry-specific synergies. Presidio is doubling down on Amazon Web Services by signing a collaboration agreement with the cloud leader that will boost funding resources, increase employee headcount and drive new industry-specific solutions, including…

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‘I think there’s an opportunity to get at the market and drive growth in customer value in a way that isn’t necessarily going head-to-head with the competition always because a lot of people go to the same place,’ Matt Cork, the company’s new senior vice president of global partner sales, tells CRN. Matt Cook, the…

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