Hume To Succeed Dutkowsky As Tech Data's New CEO
Dutkowsky, who has been CEO of Tech Data since 2006 and was elected chairman last year, will become executive chairman.
IBM News From CRN
IBM Credits Cloud, AI And Industry Expertise For Second Consecutive Quarter Of Growth
Storage sales were the big disappointment in the first quarter, keeping Big Blue from an expected upward revision of its full-year forecast.
HPE, Cisco Object Storage Tech Partner Scality Unveils Huge New $60M Funding Round
The new funding, slated to be its last round, is expected to carry the object storage developer through the next two years before it becomes cash-flow-positive.
Microsoft, IBM Team With Oracle To Lobby Against AWS Winning Entirety Of Pentagon Cloud Contract: Report
Microsoft, IBM, Dell and HPE all are urging the Pentagon to abandon a presumed winner-take-all, multi-billion contract for AWS. Oracle launched the effort after REAN Cloud, an AWS partner, won a lucrative cloud modernization project.
9 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used To Bring IoT, Edge Computing To Life
Tech executives dish on how they're training their AI models for edge computing, the role that data collection plays in IoT strategy, and why having a robust backend is key to supporting it.
Vendors Dispel Biggest AI Myths: Emerging Tech Will Automate More Routine Work, Create New Jobs
Much of what AI technology can accomplish today revolves around automation, but the world has "a long way to go" before machines can behave like humans do.
Amid Artificial Intelligence Boom, Do Solution Providers Need Data Science Skills To Stay Ahead?
As machine learning and deep learning capabilities become more accessible than ever before, industry executives believe gifted graduates will eventually fill the skills gap that exists around data science and smart machines.
Tech Vendors: Solution Providers Looking To Jump Into Artificial Intelligence Should Start In The Midmarket
Artificial intelligence wasn't a viable opportunity for midmarket organizations as recently as five years ago, but it's a totally different situation now, industry experts said.
Converge Technology Partners Continues On Solution Provider Acquisition Trail With Buy Of Key Information Systems
Converge Technology Partners, making its fourth solution provider purchase since October 2017, gains a large boost to its cloud business, a closer relationship with IBM and a huge West Coast presence.
IBM Channel Sales Exec Jumps Ship To Flashpoint
Channel sales veteran Jeff Seifert is now the global channel chief at business risk intelligence vendor Flashpoint.
Innovation Leaders: Cisco, Samsung, Intel Lead In IoT Patent Filings
A new research report finds that the number of Internet of Things-related patent filings has soared in the past few years, reaching 3,234 in 2016.
5 Companies That Had A Rough Week
For the week ending March 23, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.
Partners Attending IBM's Think Conference Prepping For Big Channel Changes Coming Next Month
At the PartnerWorld Summit, partners have been strategizing around the imminent program changes in meetings with Big Blue's channel leaders, and each other.
IBM Introduces First of Several Watson Data Kits To Jumpstart AI Projects
Curated data sets and pre-trained algorithms are meant to launch enterprises over the initial, and often most-burdensome, obstacle in deploying intelligent apps.
IBM Brings Kubernetes Service To Bare Metal
IBM expects the first managed Kubernetes service that can be provisioned on dedicated servers to be a popular infrastructure for AI and other data-intensive application.
Infinidat Hires Former Arrow ECS Exec As New Channel Chief
Mitch Diodato brings petabyte-scale storage developer Infinidat years of IT and storage experience, as well as years of working with channel partners at Arrow ECS.
Storage Startup Vexata Hires First Chief Sales Officer
Charlie Leeming brings IBM, Toshiba, and Brocade experience to the developer of flash storage technology aimed at high-performance applications.
IBM Looks To Cultivate Diverse Ecosystem With New Channel Strategy While Driving Next-Gen Solutions
One large partner tells CRN Big Blue inadvertently made some channel missteps in 2017, but a new incentive structure looks to have the old problems successfully sorted.
IBM Looks To Cultivate Diverse Ecosystem With New Channel Strategy While Driving Next-Gen Solutions
One large partner tells CRN Big Blue inadvertently made some channel missteps in 2017, but a new incentive structure looks to have the old problems successfully sorted.
IBM Breaks Revenue Slump With Growth In Cloud Services, New Mainframes And Power Architecture Systems
After 22 quarters of uninterrupted decline, IBM's fourth quarter finally delivered growth. Cloud and security were strong performers among the company's "strategic imperatives."
