HP CEO Dion Weisler speaks with CRN about the company's growing security investments, the Equifax breach, the 3-D printing market, and the megatrends that will take hold in the future.
The Kansas-based solution provider, which recently moved to a new headquarters in nearby Overland Park, is aiming to reinvent and expand its technology portfolio under parent company Twin Valley.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise President Antonio Neri said the Next restructuring - which includes dramatic changes in internal sales compensation and the launch of a channel-only sales strategy in a number of global markets - will translate into better returns for partners.
Dan Molina, Nth's chief technology officer, took the stage at the solution provider's annual Nth Symposium to make it clear that businesses will have to accelerate their adoption of new technologies in order thrive during times of great change.
HPE CEO Meg Whitman and President Antonio Neri rolled out a number of changes as part of the company's Next restructuring designed to make the company simpler to do business with, including the reduction of internal sales compensation plans, the rollout of a channel-only sales model in a number of global markets and large cuts to the number of product configurations in its volume and value business.
Mark Bernardo, speaking at IoTConnex, issues a call to action to partners to figure out where they and GE Digital can complement each other in the industrial IoT space.
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.
With a rise in the number of IoT devices, customers are more and more looking for partners who can help close the gap around security, Fortinet Vice President of Strategic Programs Jonathan Nguyen-Duy said.
McAfee and Cisco announced a partnership at McAfee MPOWER in Las Vegas, which brings together McAfee's Data Exchange Layer with Cisco's Platform Exchange Grid for sharing or threat event context and automation.
Here are six new products and partnerships McAfee announced at its MPOWER event in Las Vegas this week – the first major announcements the company has made since its spinout from Intel six months ago.
Intel's Steen Graham, speaking at IoTConnex, said the company's offerings around retail, manufacturing and safety will help partners deploy IoT more quickly and easily.
'We are dealing with a very interesting opportunity that has really never presented itself to Cisco and its partner community ever before,' said Cisco IoT executive Bryan Bedford during the IoTConnex virtual conference.
Vertically driven Intel offerings include an outdoor, solar-fueled portable power system and a building management system, said Arrow's Wayne Dragon during the IoTConnex virtual conference.
The potential acquisition of the $500 million solution provider would instantly give PCM more scale and global muscle with top vendors including HP, Dell EMC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
The cloud-focused distributor, which is targeting large MSP communities, also has expanded its sales force from 11 to 65 employees over the past year, says Nick Heddy, senior vice president of sales and marketing.
At the IoTConnex virtual conference, three solution providers shared their stories about how they transformed their business to meet the new demands of a red-hot market.