ObserveIT CEO Mike McKee talks to CRNtv about his pivot from NHL athlete to tech superstar.

Veritas, under new channel chief Barbara Spicek, has moved past its traditionally complex channel program, replacing it with one that offers clear channel incentives and removes the cost barriers to getting certifications.

Apple this week is launching a special edition of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus to extend the company's spring smartphone lineup.

Three decades of channel experience and an eye for disruptive technologies gave Metz the foresight to spin out a new company, Relus Cloud, which focuses solely on AWS and the value of consulting.

Intel's FPGA chips, which are programmable after manufacture, provide the right balance for boosting both performance and power efficiency at levels that modern data centers require, the company says.

CRN reviewed Dell Technologies' annual 10-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Here are five potential risk factors the company outlined.

Talkdesk is aggressively expanding its engineering team, and wants to rely on the channel as its main sales engine, CEO Tiago Paiva, told CRN.

Rackspace's new partner program will give partners better access to the provider's managed cloud and IT services through one unified partner agreement, and new resources for solution providers dedicated to building their business with Rackspace, said channel chief Lisa McLin.

Company executives also see the Internet of Things as a major play for analytics software developers and for its reseller and service provider partners.

CyberArk channel chief Scott Whitehouse said the expansion of capabilities for MSSPs will streamline onboarding and provide channel partners and end users with greater flexibility and lower prices.

HP announced an array of new multifunction printers and Pavilion PCs in connection with its Executive Forum 2018 event. Here are five product launches unveiled at the event.

Artificial intelligence automation of data preparation and modeling tasks will help customers – and the solution providers that serve them – devote more time to data analysis.

'As we've realized that we want to be a software and subscription-based company and expand this opportunity, we want to decouple our software pieces from our hardware pieces,' says Yogesh Kaushik, senior director and Tetration product manager.

No company experienced a leadership shake-up at a higher magnitude in March than Microsoft, but there were several other big personnel changes in the channel, including the departure of Dell Technologies' chief marketing officer and Insight's hiring of a Microsoft veteran.

'We think we've got the best platform that we want to release, but we're not first and we've got to run fast, and we've got to convince the customers in the market in what we believe, which is that our platform's the best,' Sakac tells CRN.

HPE Pointnext General Manager Ana Pinczuk said the deal strengthens HPE's hybrid IT consulting capabilities in a $6 billion market that is growing at 18 percent.

Top companies in IoT software and services for 2018 include AWS, IGEL, Oracle and PTC.

Once integrated with Palo Alto Networks' Traps advanced endpoint protection, the data from Secdo will give applications in the vendor's framework more ability to visualize, detect and stop cyberattacks.

The new Splunk Industrial Asset Intelligence software creates new market and services opportunities for the company's channel partners.

Mimecast's first global partner program will replace separate efforts in each of the company's geographies and double discounts for Mimecast's roughly 400 North American partners.