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‘Never been a better time to be a Dell channel partner. We are fully committed to our channel as we have been. The record sign-ups that we have seen for Dell Tech World certainly indicate the continuing interest and passion from our channel partners and we’ll have a lot to say about how we can…
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A distribution executive weighs in on the potential impacts of President Joe Biden’s upcoming tariff increases for Chinese semiconductors and lithium-ion batteries on channel partners: ‘There could be enough of those things inside of something to raise the price enough to be painful.’ President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Tuesday that he will raise tariffs…
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AMD’s x86 CPU share gains against Intel in the desktop and server segments were due in part to ‘surprisingly strong’ shipments of the company’s Ryzen 5000 processors as well as its 4th– Gen EPYC chips in the first quarter, according to Mercury Research. AMD’s share in the x86 CPU market share inched upward against Intel…
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Abacus Group, NexusTek, Astrica, Wipro, HP, Microsoft and Saviynt were among the tech companies making key executive hires and moves during April 2024. New CEOs at Abacus Group, NexusTek, Astrica and Wipro were some of the biggest executive moves last month. Anthony D’Ambrosi, formerly of ATSG; Hamilton Yu; Vicky Papa, formerly of NTT Data; and…
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For the week ending May 3, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Insight Enterprises, D&H Distributing, MongoDB, Intel and Sterling. The Week Ending May 3 Topping this week’s Came to Win is solution provider heavyweight Insight Enterprises for a strategic acquisition that adds ServiceNow expertise…
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In Apple’s first-quarter earnings call, the chief executive of Apple says the company will make an announcement in the ‘weeks head’ and added that he expects generative AI capabilities to come to the ‘vast majority of our devices.’ Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company plans to share details “soon” about new generative AI capabilities…
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The semiconductor giant says its AI model optimization work is important because ‘models form the backbone of AI-enhanced software features like object removal, image super resolution or text summarization.’ Intel said it has optimized more than 500 AI models for its Core Ultra processors, calling the move a “significant milestone” in its effort to position…
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In an interview with CRN, AMD’s Matt Unangst says channel partners have a ‘really important role’ to play in helping business customers understand the value of AI PCs and how its latest Ryzen Pro processors are enabling ‘best-in-class’ performance and battery life. The head of AMD’s commercial PC business said the company’s latest Ryzen processors…
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‘This is a huge opportunity,’ says Sterling Senior Vice President of Partner Alliances Steve Van Ginkel. ‘We feel like we’re well positioned to help our customers operationalize their AI PC strategy and contract and procure these systems efficiently.’ Sterling, the $1.5 billion solution provider powerhouse that has invested heavily in AI solutions, is setting up…
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‘Azure could become the biggest and more important hyperscaler provider,’ according to one analyst report Friday. Microsoft’s latest quarterly results beat a variety of expectations from Wall Street, but of importance to its services partners is the tech giant’s expectation that not only can artificial intelligence grow, but its cloud offerings have not yet plateaued—with…
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