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IBM Exec: Watson IoT Platform Lets Partners Use Advanced Analytics To Differentiate Themselves

October 18, 2017, 4:30 pm EDT

IBM business development leader Raghbir Kern, speaking at the IoTConnex virtual conference Wednesday, said partners need the technology to effectively take action on the data from connected devices.

IBM Joins Docker's Legacy App Modernization Program

October 18, 2017, 4:00 am EDT

Big Blue and Docker also delivered a joint solution at the DockerCon Europe Conference called Docker Enterprise Edition on IBM Cloud

IBM's New z14 Almost Halted Big Blue's Revenue Slump

October 17, 2017, 8:00 pm EDT

Sales of the recently released mainframe, as well as growth in cloud and other "strategic imperatives," resulted in a near flatline in growth after 21 quarters of decline.

IBM Reports Storage Revenue Growth In Q3

October 17, 2017, 8:00 pm EDT

IBM showed it can grow its storage business even without an x86-based server business to pull sales.

CSRA To Buy Application Development Firm For $235M To Strengthen Intelligence Capabilities

October 17, 2017, 7:35 pm EDT

Praxis Engineering Technologies is an IBM Tier 1 service provider and holds more than 50 technical certifications around IBM's Rational Software Platform, which govern best practices for software development.

Hitachi Vantara Looks To Widen IoT Appeal With New Exec Team, Channel-Friendly Appliance

October 11, 2017, 9:38 am EDT

New executives from GE Digital, IBM Watson and Ixia are bringing their experience to help Hitachi Vantara deliver IT and industrial expertise to market via its new Lumada IoT appliance.

NetApp Expands Cloud Capabilities With NFS On Azure, Adds IBM Watson To Support Services

October 3, 2017, 1:00 pm EDT

NetApp is continuing to expand its reach beyond traditional storage to further embrace the cloud in conjunction with Microsoft, which has added NetApp's NFS file technology to the Azure cloud.

Sirius Inks Blockbuster Deal To Acquire Forsythe, Creating $3.26B Solution Provider Behemoth

September 28, 2017, 3:42 pm EDT

The deal will create a 3,000-employee, $3.26 billion channel giant with a $510 million combined security practice as well as enormous infrastructure capabilities around both IBM and Oracle.

Q&A: IBM Channel Marketing Exec On Driving Business To Big Blue's Partners

September 27, 2017, 10:33 am EDT

Jacqueline Woods, IBM's new channel marketing wizard, is ready to help partners take their practices to the next level.

Veritas CEO Bill Coleman: Digital Transformation Requires A Platform For Information Management

September 20, 2017, 7:15 pm EDT

In his Veritas Vision keynote, company CEO Bill Coleman said finding and managing information is key to helping customers complete their digital transformation.

NetApp Shows Storage Sales Growth, But The Big Gains In Q2 2017 Came From ODM, IDC Reports

September 15, 2017, 7:15 pm EDT

NetApp's impressive gains over HPE and Dell EMC were overshadowed by the ODM vendor sales to hyperscalers powering the public cloud.

IDC: Public Cloud Giants Push Server Business Recovery; Legacy Vendors See Mixed Results

September 13, 2017, 6:15 pm EDT

Dell EMC and Supermicro solid good growth; HPE led all vendors with $3.3 billion worth of servers sold in the quarter for a 21.3 percent share of the total market.

CRN Exclusive: IBM To Appeal $39 Million Lawsuit Verdict From 2010 Sterling Commerce Acquisition

September 7, 2017, 7:00 pm EDT

Big Blue is nursing a black eye after Jewelry Television, a Sterling Commerce customer, successfully convinced a jury that the software developer committed fraud by over-promising an integrated business management solution.

Tech Data Misses Profitability Mark Due To Rebate Woes

August 31, 2017, 8:15 pm EDT

Weaker-than-expected sales around high-profitability data center products caused Tech Data to miss out on back-end rebates from a few very large vendors, according to Tech Data CEO Bob Dutkowsky.

Sources: Data Center Goliath Sirius In Negotiations To Acquire $1B Security Powerhouse Forsythe

August 18, 2017, 9:36 am EDT

Sirius's acquisition of Forsythe would create a 3,000-employee, $3.2 billion solution provider giant with expertise in everything from data center, hosting and security to lines of business, cloud and connectivity.

Channel Legend Vitagliano Thanks Mentors, Family In Heartfelt IT Hall Of Fame Induction Speech

August 16, 2017, 4:50 pm EDT

With his peers and family in attendance for the ceremony at The Channel Company's XChange 2017 conference in Orlando, Fla., Vitagliano recounted a prosperous career in the IT channel.

Docker Delivers Brand New Enterprise Edition

August 16, 2017, 9:00 am EDT

The latest release of the subscription container platform extends orchestration to IBM mainframes while adding governance and automation features.

Cloud Infrastructure Wars: Top 4 Vendors Grab Bigger Slice Of Growing Pie

August 8, 2017, 12:02 pm EDT

As the market for cloud infrastructure services continues to grow at a brisk pace, the top four providers are increasing their hold on the business but still leaving room for their smaller peers to compete.

IBM Sues To Stop Former CIO From Taking Leadership Position At AWS

August 7, 2017, 7:40 pm EDT

Jeff Smith would reveal to Big Blue's rival closely guarded secrets about IBM's "faster, more secure and less expensive" next-generation cloud technologies, IBM alleges in its lawsuit.

Ghilardi Is Out As Lenovo North America President

August 2, 2017, 11:29 am EDT

Lenovo did not disclose the reason for the executive's sudden departure; Enterprise Business Segment general manager Christian Teismann named interim head of the North America business.

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