Partners Stunned By Cisco Password Snafu
Partners are shocked that Cisco shipped servers with wrong default passwords to customers for nearly two months.
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DJI Launches Professional-Grade Drone For Inexperienced Drone Operators
DJI's new Phantom 3 Quadcopter with 4K camera is a perfect fit for those trying to dive right into the world of aerial technology.
10 Massive M&A Deals Reshaping The Channel: December 2015
Solution provider behemoths carried out most of December's 10 channel acquisitions, with cloud, security and vertical specialties in highest demand. Here's who drove partner consolidation last month.
Sources: Two Top Intel Security Channel Execs Take New Roles At Company
Top Intel Security channel executives Lisa Matherly and Fernando Quintero have taken on new roles at the security vendor outside its partner ecosystem, CRN has learned.
12 Top Cisco Execs Who Left In 2015 (And Where They Landed)
Cisco lost a dozen key executives in 2015 as the networking giant underwent its biggest leadership change in more than two decades.
Demo: Lenovo X1 ThinkPad Tablet
Lenovo brand ambassador Stephen Miller shows off the brand-new 2-in-1.
CRN Exclusive: Illusive Networks Names Former Extreme Networks, Palo Alto Networks Channel Exec As New Channel Chief
Diving headfirst into the channel, the security startup appoints longtime channel executive Tracy Pallas as its first channel chief and aims for a partner-first approach.
CRN Exclusive: Lifesize Appoints New Channel Leader To Revamp Programs As It Splits From Logitech
Lifesize's new vice president of worldwide channels, Matt Collier, says the videoconferencing specialist is planning to drive new incentives, sales and marketing programs into its channel.
StorageCraft Gets $187M Investment, New CEO Plans To Make It A $500M Data Protection Powerhouse
With the investment, private equity firm TA Associates becomes the largest shareholder with a mandate to invest in StorageCraft's data protection and cloud technology and grow the business fivefold.
AWS Entering Canada, Launching Montreal Region Later This Year
The clean-energy facility, part of a global expansion, is welcome news to Canada's partners.
The Weirdest Trends From CES
The Consumer Electronics Show is always full of strange sights, and 2016 was no exception.
Report: Check Point Software Technologies In Talks To Acquire CyberArk
A report from Israeli publication The Market says security vendor Check Point is in the initial stages of talks to buy fellow security vendor CyberArk -- a move that would make a lot of sense for both, according to an analyst and a partner.
Q&A: Pure Storage CEO Dietzen Talks About NetApp/SolidFire, Flash Storage Future
NetApp's surprise acquisition bid for SolidFire is a chance to take a reality check on the future of flash storage, but Pure Storage, the only flash startup to IPO, continues to look forward.
Dell Software Channel Chief Blough Leaves Company
Dell Software Group Channel Chief Marvin Blough has left the vendor, the Round Rock, Texas-based company confirms to CRN Wednesday.
Channel Veteran Jones Named President Of Sales Consulting Company
Adrian Jones, the former sales chief for Symantec, Oracle and Hewlett Packard, is now helping drive cultural transformation at a wide range of companies as president and COO of SLAP Company.
Lenovo Yoga Home 900: A Giant Tablet For Work And Play
Lenovo demos its giant all-in-one built for productivity and entertainment.
CES 2016: 10 Gadgets That Will Make Your Home Even Smarter
With the rise of the Internet of Things and connected devices, home automation tools and platforms were huge at CES this year. These 10 platforms stood out from the rest.
CES 2016: 15 Strange Sights That Made Us Scratch Our Heads
The Consumer Electronics Show show floor revealed some of the coolest new technology of 2016 -- and some of the weirdest. CRN takes a look at the 15 strangest sights from CES.
Cisco Pushes Partners To Become Strategic Service Providers With New Cloud Consumption Service
Cisco is pushing its 70,000 channel partners to become strategic service providers though the global launch of a new Cloud Consumption-as-a-Service software tool aimed at capturing recurring revenues.
Acxiom IT Picks New Name -- Encono -- To Underscore Massive Cloud Investment
The infrastructure management partner renames itself to cement its identity as a standalone company capable of supporting clients beyond the mainframe.
