IBM and Apple release first wave of MobileFirst iOS apps targeting enterprise. Will partners be shut out from new, lucrative Big Blue opportunities?

Lenovo, fresh off the heels of its acquisition of IBM's x86-based server business, is planning to capitalize on its growing infrastructure presence to change how it deals with managed services and cloud partners, including adding new financing and pay-as-you-grow options.

IBM will offer a version of Docker's container technology for developing portable applications that aid hybrid computing environments.

IBM used The Channel Company's NexGen Cloud Conference & Expo to push partners to transform their businesses to meet customers' cloud and mobility requirements, or risk getting lost while the IT world evolves without them.

The container-tech platform massively disrupting DevOps previews new open-source and commercial products for its ecosystem partners gathered in Amsterdam.

Executives from four of the largest cloud providers told NexGen attendees if they rethink their business model, there are profits to be reaped.

Hewlett-Packard is adding more storage capacity and boosting the power of its correlation engine in the latest version of ArcSight ESM to stave off continued pressure from competitors attempting to unseat its market-leading position.

Logicalis has agreed to acquire a 160-person German IT services and solution provider, bolstering its database and storage offerings.

BlackBerry is offering up to $550 to iPhone users who trade in their device for the new BlackBerry Passport, with partners saying it could put a wrench in Apple's mobile enterprise push.

Integration Systems President Derek Keene says partnering with MSPs is helping the company better service the financial vertical.

A new keylogger mechanism in the Citadel malware can capture keystrokes to gain access to password management software.

IBM Verse is the latest attempt to reinvent the enterprise inbox, but channel partners are skeptical Big Blue will be able to make a dent in the mature market.

EMC's Tucci tells investors that VMware could quickly be spun out as a separate company if investors so desire, but made the case that EMC has a much better potential future the way it is organized now.

The winners and honorable mentions for the CRN 2014 Tech Innovator Awards

IBM won a massive supercomputer contract in a deal with the U.S. government, marking a huge win for its OpenPower Foundation.

Avnet has rolled out a new cloud toolset aimed at helping channel partners optimize end users' Amazon Web Services and IBM SoftLayer spending.

In other top stories this week, Microsoft teams up with Dropbox. Also, Sprint expects another round of layoffs.

An IBM survey of 150 chief information security officers finds the continued adoption of Web-based security services and public and private cloud environments has shifted IT budget funds to managed security services.

'There is a lot of turmoil in the industry and not all of it is intended to help you,' the Dell CEO tells an audience of channel partners at Dell World.

SparkCognition is still an early-stage company but sees channel partners as key to growth amid what its CEO anticipates will be a ramp-up in demand for next-generation security technology.