From natural-sounding Google Assistant technology placing phone calls on your behalf to StreetView showing you exactly where to walk on Google Maps, CRN rounds up 10 of the biggest product and services moves from Google I/O.
The enhancements aim to make it easier for partners to manage and automate customers' Hitachi and non-Hitachi storage infrastructures with predictive analytics that provide advance notice of issues or capacity limits.
Atrion Communications tasked former New York Life security executive Rich Moore with helping Atrion build out a lab ecosystem where clients can see simulations of security products in action.
AWS CEO Andy Jassy pledged an aggressive bid for the soon-to-be-released JEDI cloud contract, saying that the "old guard" is worried about losing business.
Office Depot CEO Gerry Smith said his company's $1 billion acquisiton of Compucom is paying off with additional benefits expected this year from the continued roll out of tech services into retail stores.
Intel turned heads in April when it hired not one but two former executives from archrival AMD. Then another major vendor, VMware, saw the departure of an executive who left to become CEO of a fast-growing Silicon Valley startup.
In an eight page letter to shareholders, the company said it "refused to be pressured" into terminating the Fuji deal without "careful deliberation and analysis."
Matthew Zielinski, who started in the role in mid-February, says Lenovo has a huge opportunity to grab share from competitors in the North American market.
"Nutanix is coming out with some really game-changing, groundbreaking technologies. They're making their customers rethink how they buy, procure and utilize IT," said Clive Anthony, a top executive at solution provider Connection.
D&H's Mary Campbell has made it her -- and her company's -- mission to help SMB-focused solution providers take advantage of marketing to put themselves front and center with potential customers.
The distributor said during its third fiscal quarter 2018 financial analyst call that its Intelisys and POS Portal acquisitions have given it new channels to reach customers, especially in the fast-growing cloud services market.
It was all about AI as Google I/O kicked off on Tuesday. The internet giant revealed how AI and machine learning will be improving some of its most popular apps and products, including Google Assistant, Android P, and Google Maps and Google News.
Intel's investment in Syntiant comes as the Santa Clara, Calif.-based semiconductor giant faces growing competition from large companies and upstarts alike that are building chips specifically suited for AI applications.
With cloud transformation at businesses of all sizes in full swing, Tech Data puts the opportunities for Microsoft Cloud Solution Providers into high gear.
