For the week ending Sept. 18, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.

Which five vendors led the pack when it came to worldwide security appliance sales in the second quarter? Take a look at the IDC ranking.

Dominick Delfino, one of VMware's top software-defined networking executives, says NSX runs great on rival Cisco's networking gear, and most customers are using it this way today.

Juniper Networks and Aerohive Networks are targeting the enterprise market with the unveiling of a new partnership, while eying a combined technology solution in the future.

Lloyd, who left networking giant Cisco after the appointment of new CEO Chuck Robbins, is now chief executive of L.A.-based transportation startup Hyperloop.

Brar -- who said 'it was the right time' to depart -- helped design and evolve the networking giant's channel programs over the past 15 years.

Partners are hailing Cisco's push in the SMB market with the launch of its Mobility Express solution, giving the channel new managed service opportunities.

OEMs increasingly are taking a modular server approach to data center architecture -- a mix of software-defined and traditional architecture.

The real battle is shaping in the cloud, and that arena is wide-open, according to Synergy Research Group.

For the week ending Sept. 11, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

New CEO Chuck Robbins continues to shake things up by restructuring Cisco's Internet-of-Everything software and cloud businesses, appointing two new leaders to run the organizations.

HP pulled ahead in the second quarter of 2015, reaching 13 percent market share, compared with Cisco's 12.5 percent, according to Synergy Research Group.

Partners see Cisco's recently forged partnerships as a glimpse of the networking giant's strategy going forward.

Verizon and Cisco have teamed up to bring a joint software-defined WAN service to market. The offering includes Cisco's IWAN technology with Verizon's network management expertise.

In other top stories from this week, Cisco and Apple team up. Plus, HP shops around its TippingPoint business before the company splits.

Two of Canada's biggest solution providers are joining forces, with Compugen bolstering its cloud and managed services capabilities by purchasing 800-employee Metafore Technologies.

Hewlett-Packard, following the playbook of rivals Dell and SimpliVity, is in talks with Nutanix about a possible relationship under which HP may sell hyper-converged infrastructure appliances based on the Nutanix software stack, multiple sources said this week.

Apple and Cisco on Monday announced they are partnering for tighter integration between Apple's mobile offerings and Cisco enterprise collaboration products. But the channel still has questions about what the partnership means.

Solution providers Monday cheered a blockbuster Cisco-Apple partnership that they said could lead to tighter integration between iPhones and iPads, and Cisco enterprise collaboration products.

CRN gets to the bottom of the channel opportunity around Internet of Things with exclusive research that shows just how big a piece of the IoT pie solution providers think they can grab.