Partners Join In Saying Goodbye To Oracle's Mark McNamara, A Champion For Oracle's Channel

by Joseph Tsidulko

Oracle's senior vice president for cloud platform sales for North America leaves four children after a tragic accident takes his life. Partners say he will be missed.

Palo Alto Networks Sales Exodus Continues With Exit Of Global Leader: Report

by Michael Novinson

EVP of Worldwide Sales Dave Peranich will be the third high-ranking sales executive to leave Palo Alto Networks following the hiring of a new CEO and a new president in 2018

VMware And Pivotal: What Would A Merger Mean For The Cloud Foundry/Kubernetes Debate

by Joseph Tsidulko

A leading Pivotal and VMware partner sees potential to bring closer together the competing platforms, and to expand market reach for both Pivotal Cloud Foundry and the Pivotal Container Service (PKS) joint project with VMware

NinjaRMM Makes Two-Factor Authentication Mandatory

by O’Ryan Johnson

‘We were weighing the pros and cons between forcing it and saying, “You have no choice” and having a backlash. ... But then, we have to consider that they’re putting us at risk. To be honest, we don’t want to be partners with people like that,’ says Rachel Spatz, vice president of marketing with NinjaRMM.

5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

by Rick Whiting

For the week ending Aug. 16, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

Review: Lenovo's ThinkBook Offers Appealing Design And Features For The Money

by Kyle Alspach

The CRN Test Center found that the affordably priced notebook for SMBs makes good use of the ThinkPad heritage, while introducing a metallic chassis and useful new capabilities.

5 Companies That Had A Rough Week

by Rick Whiting

For the week ending Aug. 16, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.

Nvidia CEO: Enterprise AI Is Driving Growth In The Data Center

by Dylan Martin

'We are building a broad base of customers across multiple industries as they adopt GPUs to harness the power of AI,' Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says of the chipmaker's growth in enterprise AI as a couple of cloud service providers drag sales for its data center business.

Oracle Sues CryptoOracle, Claims Trademark Violation

by Joseph Tsidulko

CryptoOracle, a New York City-based blockchain-focused VC startup, has nothing to do with the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based technology giant. Oracle, which also sells blockchain services, says the name is intended to create the impression it does.

Security Minute: One Partner’s Secret to Becoming a Successful MSSP

by Andrea Medeiros

Cybercrime damages could cost companies six trillion dollars each year by 2021. One solution provider is fighting back.

Cloudflare, At Center Of 8Chan Controversy, Files To Go Public

by Joseph F. Kovar

Cloudflare, which enhances website security and performance and has a growing channel program, is filing for an IPO in the midst of concerns about how it and similar companies face issues caused by the kind of customers who uses its services.

Malwarebytes Snags AlienVault's Mike LaPeters To Globalize Channel

by Michael Novinson

Malwarebytes has tasked former AlienVault channel chief Mike LaPeters with bringing more globalization, automation and programming to the company's solution provider community.