About
Kyle Alspach is the senior technical editor at CRN, covering the PC and mobile beats along with heading up product reviews out of the CRN Test Center. He was previously the national tech editor at Streetwise Media, and before that worked for the Boston Globe, the Boston Business Journal, and The Enterprise of Brockton, Mass. He lives in Jamaica Plain and his spare time is spent on gardening, yoga, and trips to Maine.
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Apple Takes Heat After 'Major Dent' To Sales Transparency
by Kyle Alspach
As iPhone unit sales continue to stagnate, Apple discloses it will no longer report unit sales metrics for its three major hardware businesses.
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Apple Unable To Get MacBook Keyboard Lawsuit Dismissed
by Kyle Alspach
A federal judge shot down Apple’s efforts to end a proposed class-action lawsuit over the troubled ‘butterfly’ keyboard on notebooks such as the MacBook Pro.
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HP CEO Lores: Channel Partners Driving 'Great Momentum' On Managed Print
by Kyle Alspach
Revenue for managed print services at HP is on the rise, as is the company’s commercial PC revenue.
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5 Biggest Disputes In Xerox's ‘Hostile’ Takeover Bid For HP
by Kyle Alspach
HP and Xerox have been trading barbs over issues such as who is obstructing due diligence in a possible merger of the two companies, and whether financing for the deal is truly secure.
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Xerox To Launch Direct Plea To HP Shareholders In Takeover Bid
by Kyle Alspach
CEO John Visentin says Xerox will attempt to rally support among HP shareholders for its $33 billion acquisition offer.
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HP Maintains Opposition To Xerox Takeover In New Letter, Setting Up Possible Proxy Battle
by Kyle Alspach
HP's board says that Xerox's leadership has been using "aggressive words and actions" in its takeover bid, but "without providing adequate information” to support the proposal.
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HP Partners Hoping To Avoid Xerox Proxy Fight
by Kyle Alspach
With Xerox’s CEO threatening to take his company’s takeover offer directly to HP shareholders, HP partners worry that the battle would become a distraction for both businesses.
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Microsoft 365 Suffers Outage For Several Hours
by Kyle Alspach
The company attributed the outage to a recent networking update.
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Microsoft Reports Surge In Teams Users
by Kyle Alspach
The number of daily active users of Teams has grown to 20 million, out-pacing the growth of competing collaboration platform Slack.
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HP Board Rejects Xerox Takeover, Saying Deal 'Significantly Undervalues' Company
by Kyle Alspach
HP said it is still “open to exploring whether there is value to be created for HP shareholders through a potential combination with Xerox.”
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Apple's Business Boom: 5 Takeaways From JNUC 2019
by Kyle Alspach
Jamf's annual conference highlighted business-friendly innovations in the Apple ecosystem and key growth opportunities for channel partners.
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Jamf CEO: Mac Could Match Windows In Enterprise Within 10 Years
by Kyle Alspach
At the company's JNUC 2019 conference, Dean Hager speaks with CRN about the huge growth of Apple's Mac line within the business world and the major opportunities ahead for channel partners.
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Carl Icahn's HP-Xerox Moves: 5 Big Things To Know
by Kyle Alspach
The activist investor’s stake in HP could be a signal that he’s open to HP acquiring Xerox, instead of the other way around.
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Carl Icahn Discloses Stake In HP Amid Xerox Takeover Bid: Report
by Kyle Alspach
The activist investor is pushing for a merger between the companies as opposition to the deal is building among HP channel partners.
