The service provides dedicated connectivity to the Google Cloud Platform using only the bandwidth that businesses require, with one partner telling CRN it gives smaller and new customers 'realistic options for private connectivity.'
Bob Dutkowsky, the second major distributor CEO in 2018 to decide to step aside to make way for new leadership, says incoming CEO Rich Hume has proved he's ready for the job.
Abby Kearns, director of the foundation, tells CRN that there is a 'massive opportunity' for solution providers to attack small businesses and the midmarket with the open-source technology.
In recent years, Mitel has begun an effort to reposition itself in Unified Communications as a Service as the market shifts toward more mobile, flexible platforms delivered in the cloud as a service.
After telling CRN in 2016 that the company would use some of its $10.4 million Series A round to grow Particle's channel program "substantially," CEO Zach Supalla said that the plan hasn't worked out to the company's original expectations, though he believes it's still a "huge opportunity."
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After leading storage vendor Nimble from its startup days through to its acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise for $1.2 billion, Suresh Vasudevan is now the new president and CEO of Sysdig.
Verizon will lean on its next-generation networking technologies, including 5G and IoT, as well as its Oath media business as a way to differentiate itself in the telecommunications market. The carrier reported declining wireline, enterprise, and partner revenues for Q1 2018.
Qlik is also adopting a partner-led sales strategy for a larger segment of the business analytics market and streamlining the Qlik Partner Program structure and revenue requirements to improve channel partner engagement.
AWS Consulting Partner Reliam is acquiring Stratalux, creating an MSP that can help more businesses with migration, solution design, security and governance, and cost optimization of their AWS environments, Reliam's CEO said in an interview.