The "cloud of clouds" takes a major step toward widespread adoption of its hybrid connectivity solution.

VMware poaches Dominick Delfino, a key data center exec from Cisco with experience in virtualization systems engineering, in the latest escalation of the software-defined networking war with Cisco.

The change, the company says, reflects its evolution from a pure reseller of network hardware -- and, really, of Cisco's network hardware -- into an end-to-end infrastructure and services solution provider.

SmartNet, along with related offerings like SmartNet Total Care, represent a significant -- and very lucrative -- opportunity for Cisco's channel partners, an executive says.

As the channel embraces Curvature's NetSure, a top executive says he fully expects the service to be highly disruptive to Cisco and its SmartNet offering.

Curvature, formerly Network Hardware Resale, says NetSure will open up significant opportunities for Cisco VARs while saving customers from unnecessary costs for years to come.

Speculation over whether EMC will be acquired by or merge with a systems vendor or other IT entity, or whether it will sell its stake in VMware, has the IT industry buzzing.

Channel chiefs discuss how their partners are finding and developing new talent. IBM's partners have begun recruiting young lawyers.

Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers told the Wall Street Journal that if Cisco wanted a merger with or to buy EMC, it would have done so before now.

Channel chiefs discuss the new class of successful partners, highlighting venture capital firms, software partners, and those focused on the Internet of Things.

Solution providers have a chance to nab a piece of the $19 trillion in business the Internet of Things is expected to generate. Cisco Vice President Andrew Sage outlined five tactics he thinks partners need to succeed.

Cisco is set to buy embedded memory provider Memoir Systems and says it will use the technology to boost the performance of its switches, routers and other networking gear at the ASIC level.

VMware and Cisco are locked in a ferocious battle for the software-defined networking market. In separate interviews with an executive from each company, CRN digs into the sharply divergent paths the companies are taking in their quest for SDN supremacy.

Cisco Wednesday said it will acquire Metacloud, a provider of OpenStack-based private clouds, in a move designed to fuel its global Intercloud push.

Cisco has integrated Sourcefire's advanced malware and intrusion prevention capabilities into its ASA 5500 series to create what it says is a new breed of next-generation firewalls.

At the recent UCS Mini launch event, Cisco Systems Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior shared her thoughts on everything from UCS integration with ACI to how Cisco's Invicta storage appliance fits into the networking giant's road map.

New data from Synergy Research Group shows Cisco in the second quarter recaptured its top seat in the enterprise collaboration infrastructure market from Microsoft, after ceding it to the software giant earlier this year.

Cisco explained in a FAQ sent to partners, why it decided to temporarily stop shipping UCS Invicta and offered a glimpse of a new UCS Invicta product that's coming soon.

Cisco explained in a FAQ sent to partners, why it decided to temporarily stop shipping UCS Invicta and offered a glimpse of a new UCS Invicta product that's coming soon.

In other top stories this week, Apple shares dropped following Samsung's new product launches. Also, Cisco unveiled a new line of UCS products.