Tag: Database and System Software
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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From AI governance platforms and polyfunctional robots to energy-efficient and spatial computing, here are the top 10 technology trends and use cases for 2025, according to Gartner’s new report. IT research firm Gartner predicts the 10 biggest technology trends of 2025, which includes the rise of agentic AI technology, demand for disinformation cybersecurity solutions and…
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‘Our customers, the business and our shareholders will feel good about this long term,’ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on the company’s latest quarterly earnings call that the vendor expects to spend more than $75 billion on capital in 2025, most of that going toward Amazon Web Services and generative…
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“The addition of Altair’s capabilities in simulation, high performance computing, data science, and artificial intelligence together with Siemens Xcelerator will create the world’s most complete AI-powered design and simulation portfolio,” said Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens AG. Software star Altair is being acquired by Siemens for a whopping $10.6 billion which Siemens says…
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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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‘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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