Tag: Database and System Software
Windows 365 Link, Security Exposure Management and a new post-CrowdStrike faulty update initiative are among the big announcements. Microsoft’s Windows 365 Link devices. Security Exposure Management becoming generally available. And a new initiative to make improvements following the faulty CrowdStrike update in July. These are among the biggest news in devices and security coming out…
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Microsoft 365, Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility+Security are among the affected suites. Microsoft has stirred up solution providers with the next move in its philosophy of more flexible billing terms should get a premium—a 5 percent increase in the price of some of its most popular annual subscription bundles if the customer wants to pay…
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‘We are not going to be successful driving adoption, sales of any of these things without our ecosystem of partners—the service partners, the MSPs, pretty much the entire constituency,’ says Bargav Balakrishnan, IBM vice president of product management for Power. IBM will incorporate its Spyre Accelerator in future Power products—including its Power11 system releasing next…
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For the week ending Nov. 15, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel, including Presidio, Secuvy, CoreWeave, SAS and Snyk. The Week Ending Nov. 15 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is solution provider superstar Presidio for a strategic acquisition that will expand its expertise and…
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Managing increasingly distributed IT systems is a major challenge for IT managers and MSPs. As part of CRN’s Stellar Startups for 2024, here are four data center technology startups, founded in 2018 or later, that solution providers should be aware of. Center Of Attention Managing IT hardware and software systems and services is an increasingly…
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Partners should see ‘a huge opportunity with OpenShift virtualization,’ especially with continued frustrations over price changes at rival VMware, said Kirsten Newcomer, Red Hat’s senior director of hybrid cloud platforms. Updates to Red Hat OpenShift, OpenShift AI, Edge Device and Developer Hub should offer partners more ways to do business with customers, executives with the…
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Presidio makes its second acquisition in one month with the purchase of ServiceNow Elite partner Contender Solutions. Channel powerhouse Presidio has acquired a majority stake in one of ServiceNow’s top partners to boost the $6 billion company’s ServiceNow business, specifically around software management services and implementation. Presidio CEO Bob Cagnazzi (pictured) said the acquisition of…
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‘We wanted to make sure that it’s very clear to our partners that we’re making clear bets with them to help them deliver on customer expectations,’ says Microsoft Chief Partner Officer Nicole Dezen. A “small percentage” of Microsoft direct market cloud Enterprise Agreements that won’t be eligible for renewal under the tech giant’s EA framework––potentially…
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In our annual Stellar Startups special report, CRN shines a spotlight on some of the most exciting channel-focused startup vendors with leading-edge technologies that are creating new opportunities for solution providers. The pace of IT industry innovation, always moving at a brisk clip, has accelerated to a full-on sprint over the last two years with…
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With global spending on the technology industry expected to reach $5.74 trillion in 2025, CRN breaks down the five largest markets that will reap the most revenue next year, according to new data from Gartner. Worldwide spending on IT will hit a record $5.74 trillion in 2025 with all areas of technology—from software to communications…
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