Tag: Desktop-Clients

After privacy and security experts voiced concerns about Recall – an exclusive, AI-driven search feature in Microsoft’s upcoming Copilot+ PCs – the Windows giant says it will turn off the feature by default, require Windows Hello authentication to use it and add ‘additional layers of data protection.’ Microsoft said it’s improving privacy and security safeguards…

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With Nvidia, Intel and AMD signaling that the semiconductor industry is entering a new era of hyperdrive, Computex 2024 was an event not to miss for channel partners who are building businesses around next-generation PCs and data centers, especially when it comes to AI. The future of AI computing was on full display at this…

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For the week ending June 7, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Cisco Systems, SAP, Workday, Intel and AMD. The Week Ending June 7 Topping this week’s Came to Win is Cisco Systems, which launched a $1 billion global AI investment fund to make strategic…

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Circana’s Mike Crosby shares insight on channel trends in the education market, including the opportunities around AI in higher education and the potential rise of device as a service. Jennifer Follett, Executive Editor, CRN: This is Jennifer Follett with CRN, and I’m here with Mike Crosby of Circana. Mike, thanks so much for joining me.…

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But the stock was being punished Friday with a sell-off after analysts called out the low margin performance around Dell’s market leading ISG products. Dell COO Jeff Clarke says new customers are expensive and margins will improve with time. Dell Technologies server sales hit a record high last quarter and the long-projected PC refresh is…

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‘I can’t get at it with our sellers alone. We need the channel as an extension of our sales force and they realize we are committed to them. It’s one plus one equals something much greater,’ Bill Scannell, Dell Technologies president of global sales and customer operations, tells CRN. Bill Scannell, Dell Technologies president of…

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‘Our expectation is that three years after launch, AI PCs will represent between 40 percent and 50 percent of total PC shipments,’ HP CEO Enrique Lores says ahead of its second-quarter earnings release, which reports that falling printer demand offset commercial PC growth. HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores said the company expects AI PCs to…

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‘Enterprise clients usually have some level of company-wide program as far as sustainability goes. Toner recycling programs have been offered to all of our clients for many years. We continue to do so. If they wish to take advantage of it, it’s quite simple for us to start up with them. All of our vendors…

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‘For those partners who are building meaningful AI capabilities, we’re giving you access to Dell-validated designs,’ Dell Technologies’ Denise Millard told partners this week. ‘We’re doing the engineering to make sure those deployments are repeatable and scalable, and you don’t have to figure it out on your own. We’re giving you access to Dell Solutions…

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“We’re going to have a big refresh moment,” Microsoft VP Mark Linton tells CRN in an interview. Copilot+ PCs, which Microsoft bills as “the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built,” carry a massive partner opportunity as Windows 10 end of support spurs customers into looking at buying new devices. “We’re going to have a…

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