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Microsoft Expanding Mobile Capabilities Of Dynamics CRMThe second-quarter release will support browsers beyond Microsoft's Internet Explorer, including Firefox, Safari and Chrome.
crn.com | 06-Feb-2012 22:35
Logitech: 120 New Channel Partners And Counting
Logitech has been acquiring VARs and integrators since the launch of its new B2B channel program last summer.
crn.com | 06-Feb-2012 22:09
Acquisitions Fuel ePlus Q3 Revenue Hike
Following the acquisition of three companies, the VAR500 solution provider reports impressive 3Q growth.
crn.com | 06-Feb-2012 20:35
EMC Rolls Out PCIe Flash-Based Storage Technology
EMC's new VFCache, formerly known as "Project Lightning," is a PCIe Flash-based storage solution that sits inside a server and works with external storage arrays to boost storage performance.
crn.com | 06-Feb-2012 20:13
Micron Appoints New CEO In Light Of Appleton’s Passing
Micron Technology has announced former COO and president Mark Durcan will take over as CEO, after Steve Appleton died suddenly in a plane crash last week.
crn.com | 06-Feb-2012 17:50
Networking Gear, Data Storage To Lead 2012 IT Sales
IT spending in the U.S. is expected to grow 5 percent this year and the PC industry will return to growth after 2011's slowdown, according to a research report.
crn.com | 06-Feb-2012 17:22
Nicira Goes Live: Meet Our Network Virtualization Platform
Buzz-heavy startup Nicira, which has lured top talent from Cisco, Juniper and other marquee vendors, emerges from stealth mode with details on its product, customers and go-to-market strategy.
crn.com | 06-Feb-2012 16:15
CommVault Boosts Performance, Adds Mobile Capabilities
Better performance and improved protection for iOS, Android and other users are among the highlights of the latest upgrade to CommVault's Simpana 9 data protection software.
crn.com | 06-Feb-2012 15:53
FBI Confirms Cybercrime Conference Call Hacked
Cybercriminals hacked a conference call between the FBI and British law enforcement officials and posted it on the Web. Anonymous claimed responsibility.
crn.com | 04-Feb-2012 03:16
Forecast: IT Professional Services Spending On The Rise
IT spending may be on the rise, as more IT decision-makers are feeling optimistic about the prospects of their IT budgets increasing, according to CDW's IT Monitor.
crn.com | 04-Feb-2012 01:48
Google Bouncer Tosses Malware From Android Market
Google discloses that it has been using an automated malware scanner to find and remove malicious apps from the Android Market.
crn.com | 04-Feb-2012 00:41
HP Proxy Statement: Whitman's Compensation Half That Apotheker's In 2011
HP President and CEO Meg Whitman received over $16 million in compensation in 2011, including a $1 salary, but her predecessor managed to get nearly double that while he worked at HP and after he was fired.
crn.com | 04-Feb-2012 00:38
Leaks Provide Hints Of Advances In Windows Phone 8
The mobile operating system will reportedly share many technology components with Windows 8, making it easier for developers to reuse code when building applications for both.
crn.com | 03-Feb-2012 22:47
Micron CEO Steve Appleton Dies In Small Plane Crash
Steve Appleton, CEO and chairman of Micron Technologies, passed away Friday morning in a plane accident at the age of 51.
crn.com | 03-Feb-2012 22:32
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Is All About The Cloud
The Test Center finds that cloud is just another storage medium to Symantec Backup Exec 2012.
crn.com | 03-Feb-2012 21:51
Google Apps: A $1 Billion Business?
Google's Google Apps revenue is kept secret, but a recent study by a Google cloud ISV found that Google's cloud suite could be $1 billion business.
crn.com | 03-Feb-2012 21:21
ShoreTel Makes Splash With M5; VARs Ponder The Ripple Effects
ShoreTel partners say the acquisition of hosted UC vendor M5 is a blockbuster, but the company needs to be clear about integration plans and where M5 will fit.
crn.com | 03-Feb-2012 20:05
Power, Environmental Concerns Driving Data Center Design
While data growth is behind a rash of new data center builds, power consumption and changes in cooling requirements are the top considerations when designing those new data centers.
crn.com | 03-Feb-2012 14:50
SGI Couples Server, Storage For High-Performance Workloads
SGI is tackling cloud and high-performance computing markets with its new Modular InfiniteStorage, which packs up to four Intel Sandy Bridge processors and up to 144 SSDs or hard drives into a 4U chassis.
crn.com | 03-Feb-2012 01:29
AMD Restructures Around System-On-A-Chip Roadmap
AMD unveils its two-year product roadmap, targeting ultra-thin computers and low-power processors for today's cloud-powering datacenters.
crn.com | 03-Feb-2012 01:21
NetSuite Credits Channel Partners With Driving 2011 Growth
The cloud application vendors reports 23 percent sales growth in Q4 and 22 percent growth for all of 2011.
crn.com | 03-Feb-2012 00:40
Google Docs For Android Adds Offline Access
Google Docs for Android, Google's app for Android smartphones and tablets, now has offline access to documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 23:52
VAD Jenne Gets Channel Thumbs Up For Contract Management Software
Jenne says it's solved the perennial VAR problem of managing contract and service renewals.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 22:35
Cloud Sherpas Named Google Partner Of The Year, Looks To 2012
Cloud Sherpas has been named Google's first ever enterprise partner of the year for 2011, a sign that Google is serious about the channel and the cloud.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 21:46
AT&T Blasts Former FCC Head For Dissing Spectrum Bill
AT&T fires back at former a FCC chairman who termed the bill calling for spectrum auctions the worst he's ever read.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 21:41
Qualcomm's Compliance With Foreign Business Law Called Into Question
Qualcomm reported a record quarterly earnings Wednesday, but the chip maker also said the Department of Justice is questioning its compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act .
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 21:18
CA Adds Cloud Database Support To ERwin Modeling Tool
Company also offers new concurrent licensing option for the data modeling software to offer customers more flexibility.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 21:03
LifeSize Tackles 'One-Size-Too-Big' Issue For Videoconferencing VARs
New LifeSize Universal Video Collaboration platform leverages video infrastructure in virtualized environments; features can be accessed on an as-needed basis.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 20:41
Axcient Readies New Channel Program, Expects Growth
Axcient's partner base doubled in 2011 and the company is still aggressively recruiting more VARs.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 18:18
HP Broadens OpenFlow Support With 16 Switch Models
HP is upping its support for the OpenFlow protocol by making OpenFlow-enabled switches commercially available.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 18:12
Bluewolf Study: Cloud/Mobile Salaries Rising, Talent Gap Widening
The biggest increase in demand is for mobile, data, cloud and user engagement technologists, but there is a decline in job candidates with the required skill sets.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 17:11
HP CEO Whitman Pledges Allegiance To The Channel
HP CEO Meg Whitman understands that partners are gun-shy after the events of last August, and wants the channel to know that she's got their backs.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 03:02
HP Networking Taps Veteran Exec As Americas Sales VP
A well-known HP sales executive is taking a new assignment running Americas sales for HP Networking.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 01:27
IBM Expands Endpoint Security, Operations
IBM has added iPhone, iPad and Android support to Tivoli Endpoint Manager, and plans to incorporate mobile application management in the future.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 00:06
Facebook Files IPO For $5 Billion
With eight years and $800 million users under its belt, the world's favorite social networking site is finally going public.
crn.com | 02-Feb-2012 00:02
EMC Enhances Isilon NAS With Hadoop Integration
EMC has enhanced its Isilon scale-out NAS appliance with native Hadoop support as a way to add complete data protection and scalability to meet enterprise requirements for managing big data.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 23:34
Silver Peak CEO Sees Validation In WAN Op Industry Notices
Silver Peak Systems is riding a wave of good notices following its bump-up to the Leaders category of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for WAN optimization.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 23:11
Microsoft Reorganization Cuts Central Marketing Jobs
Reports put the number of layoffs at 200 as the company focuses more marketing responsibility within individual product groups.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 23:06
ShoreTel Acquires Hosted UC Player M5 Networks
A ShoreTel pick up of M5 dramatically expands ShoreTel's cloud and hosted UC capabilities.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 22:41
SugarCRM Enlists Long-Time Sage Partner Blytheco
Blytheco forecasts rapid growth in its CRM business, predicting it will account for 50 percent of its business within a few years.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 22:03
D&H Offers Free Marketing Services To VARs
The new Partner Services program includes access to vendor logos, product images, collateral material, resource libraries, tutorials, training videos and more.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 21:32
Arrow Taps Former IBM, Insight Exec To Run S3 Networking Business
The former president of Insight North America has been appointed president of Arrow S3, CRN has learned.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 21:30
Intel Readies Ultrabook Blitz, But Questions Loom
Intel will unleash its biggest marketing campaign in nearly a decade around its new Ultrabook brand. But inconsistent pricing and specifications could pose challenges.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 21:15
Storage Surpasses Servers As Arrow's Biggest Product Category
Arrow ECS revenue in the fourth quarter was $2.0 billion, up from $1.89 billion in the year-ago quarter.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 20:43
HP's WebOS Team Shrinks Further As Chief Architect Departs
Brian Hernacki, Hewlett-Packard's chief architect for WebOS, has left the company, following close on the footsteps of former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein, who quit last week.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 00:50
Fortinet Beats Wall Street Estimates
Network security vendor Fortinet reported Tuesday a 29 percent jump in revenue, giving its stock a boost in afterhours trading.
crn.com | 01-Feb-2012 00:27