For the week ending Oct. 30, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

After the re:Invent conference and a stellar Q3 earnings call, it appears clear that AWS is unready and unwilling to even slightly relinquish its lead in the market.

As Dell moves to create one channel program after its planned acquisition of EMC closes, partners say the company in the past has done an impressive job of bringing outside programs into the fold.

In other top stories from this week, Ingram Micro numbers jumped back into the black in the second quarter. Also, IBM may have a big acquisition on the horizon.

Among fascinating aspects of a presentation sent to investors and filed with the SEC are the networking giant's philosophy of performance-based executive compensation, 'shareholder-friendly' governance and its top five focus areas going forward.

Solution providers say that if Google does merge the two operating systems, security needs to be a top priority for an OS that would reach both laptops and smartphones.

Large accounts help propel revenue and earnings for the Merrimack, N.H.-based solution provider.

After acquiring iGate and bolstering its North American business, Capgemini saw robust revenue growth in the third quarter.

Acrodex's services capabilities, technical certifications and concentration on services-based revenue piqued PCM's interest, the CEO said.

Despite steep drops in EMC and VMware shares, EMC CEO Joe Tucci says the $67 billion deal with Dell is 'good' for shareholders.

Executives at the distributor cite a surge in networking demand and payoffs from the company’s three acquisitions as drivers behind revenue and earnings growth.

Company executives see potential opportunities from HP's split into two companies and Dell's acquisition of EMC.

Through its new partnerships with Nutanix and SimpliVity, F5 Networks is extending its Software Defined Application Services to the fast-growing hyper-converged and converged infrastructure markets.

Passing on low-margin deals and poor PC market conditions in the Americas caused Avnet's quarterly technology sales to dip, the company said.

After eliminating most of its partners years ago, TNCI Operating Co. is recommitting to the channel. In an interview with CRN, the provider explained the efforts it's making to re-sign and recruit old and new partners.

What do both of these programs have to offer partners?

CACI International reports a bump in revenue and income for its first fiscal quarter, and hopes for more during the rest of the year amid the budget deal in Washington.

Market research firm IDC said third-quarter worldwide smartphone shipments were the second-highest ever for a single quarter, led by vendors like Samsung, Apple and Huawei.

As traditional smaller slate form factors fail to resuscitate the struggling tablet market, vendors are turning their focus to detachable tablets, according to market research firm IDC.

Solution providers named mobility and data center consolidation, among other booming technologies and solutions, as today's top trends in IT.