Quotes Of The Week From The Channel

What were solution providers talking about with CRN? During a week in which security was at the forefront, here's what some said about the WannaCry ransomware attack and the opening of a cloud operations security center, along with a Nutanix-IBM partnership, plus unveilings of new products by Google, and services by an Amazon Web Services partner.

Michelle Drolet (pictured), CEO of managed service provider Towerwall, of Framingham, Mass., on the key to battling ransomware attacks after the recent WannaCry attack.

"Our whole stance is around proactive security. When you have proactive [security], WannaCry is not going to have an impact. … That's how we approach everything with information security with our customers: Let's be proactive."