While there is speculation that the 32-bit and 64-bit Alpine ARM platforms unveiled this week at CES by Annapurna, which is owned by Amazon, could move into the data center, the focus for now is squarely on the digital home market.
SimpliVity CEO Doron Kempel tells CRN he's not concerned about Cisco's potentially acquiring rival vendor Springpath, says the Cisco UCS partnership is going like gangbusters.
Presidio makes its purchase of $300 million Netech official, acquiring one of Cisco's top Midwest partners with expertise in cloud, security and collaboration.
Sources tell CRN Cisco is preparing an OEM agreement with hyper-converged startup Springpath, but channel partners are campaigning for the networking giant to make an acquisition instead.
Cisco Gold partners weigh in on where the networking giant will invest and focus its efforts in 2016, including hyper-converged infrastructure, EMC and OpenStack initiatives.
Cisco Systems is preparing to unveil a UCS-based hyper-converged infrastructure appliance using technology from an OEM agreement with startup Springpath, which may also include rewritten Invicta storage code, sources tell CRN.
Juniper partners tell CRN that more calls are coming in questioning the networking vendor's recent disclosure about its firewall operating system, while Cisco took a swipe its rival.
Black Box Network Services CEO Michael McAndrew plans to resign after a rocky sales force restructuring and 62 percent drop in the company’s stock price during 2015.
Presidio is expected to make its second acquisition in less than a month by purchasing Netech Corp., a fast-growing networking VAR with SMB and education expertise.
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As Juniper Networks stock took a hit Monday, channel partners are optimistic their Juniper sales won't be affected after the company revealed a major security vulnerability in some of its products last week.
There are still plenty of questions to be answered by F5 Networks, partners say, as its new President and CEO Manny Rivelo resigned less than six months after taking the helm.
Verizon rolled out UCCaaS Mobile First, an offering based on Cisco's collaboration technology. Backed by two large brands, it will give partners a powerful, cloud-based UC product and recurring revenue opportunity.
ConvergeOne, a 10-year-old solution provider owned by Clearlake Capital, continues its recent acquisition spree by picking up California-based Sigmanet, according to sources familiar with the deal.
