Tag: Generative AI
“I don’t think you could point to another large technology company that’s ever done something like this: 60 percent margin. And that’s not ‘up to’ 60 percent, but actually 60 percent,” Google’s Kevin Ichhpurani tells CRN. Google Cloud is taking channel margins to new heights as Kevin Ichhpurani tells CRN that Google partners who win…
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‘Our network was built for AI. … As we are deploying 5G right now with the mobile edge compute and AI, this is a great long-term opportunity for us using AI. [There are] revenue opportunities with all the new technologies coming,’ says Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg. Fixed wireless and AI are two big pieces of…
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Part 1 of CRN’s Big Data 100 takes a look at the vendors solution providers should know in the data analytics and business intelligence space. Gaining Business Insights Data analytics, business intelligence and data visualization software are critical components of the big data technology stack. They are the tools that everyone from everyday business users…
Read MoreAI and analytics systems need data – lots of it. CRN’s annual Big Data 100 takes a look at the developers of data analysis tools, database systems, data management software and other technologies in the big data arena that solution providers should be aware of. The rush to develop and implement artificial intelligence and generative…
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Salesforce’s biggest acquisition was the $28 billion purchase of Slack in 2021. Salesforce reportedly wants to buy artificial intelligence-powered cloud data management vendor Informatica, according to multiple news outlets, not long after its frequent acquisitions put Salesforce in the crosshairs of activist investors. Should Salesforce – a San Francisco-based customer relationship management software vendor –…
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“As time goes on, you’re going to see the generative AI really drag not just compute systems, but the traditional core servers as well as traditional storage, because everything is going to be optimized for AI,” Dell ISG president Arthur Lewis told Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference this week. Dell ISG President Arthur…
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For the week ending April 12, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Google Cloud, Intel, Wiz, Zscaler, Lumen Technologies and startup solution provider Ensemble AI. The Week Ending April 12 Topping this week’s Came to Win is Google Cloud which used this week’s Google Next…
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Accenture’s Suzanne Randall, TICOM’s Madonna Peltier-Yawakie and IBM’s Brendan Kinkade share stories from their tech careers and advocacy for indigenous peoples. Suzanne Randall wrote the business case 16 years ago that started Accenture’s Native American Employee Resource Group. Madonna Peltier-Yawakie and her husband help tribal entities secure funding for broadband network designs, project implementation and…
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‘When you think about how much of [our revenue] is actually managed on a day-to-day [basis] by the partners, they’re massive custodians of the brand and customer success and lifetime value,’ says Salesforce channel chief Steve Corfield. Steve Corfield, capping off his first year as Salesforce channel chief, is at work on what he calls…
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Proofpoint, Slack, Tanium, AppDynamics, Palo Alto Networks, Nvidia and Kyndryl were among the tech companies making key executive hires during November 2023. New CEOs of Proofpoint and Slack. A new channel chief at Tanium. And a new chief marketing officer for Cisco subsidiary AppDynamics. Sumit Dhawan, formerly of VMware; Denise Holland Dresser, formerly with Slack…
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