About
Dylan Martin is an associate editor at CRN, where he covers Intel Corp. and its competitors, as well as the Internet of Things. He previously wrote about startups and venture capital for BostInno, an American City Business Journals property. Prior to that, he worked for Mainebiz and The Forecaster newspapers. Dylan lives in Malden and enjoys reading books, watching TV shows and movies, playing video games and visiting Maine in his spare time.
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As 5G Nears, IoT Connectivity Remains A 'Wild West'
by Dylan Martin
'We're dealing with a very different world where choices are long-term Investments,' a Forrester analyst says of the big decisions companies need to make in the 'wild west' of IoT connectivity options, which range from LoRa and SigFox to NB-IoT and LTE-M. -
Akamai Taps Content Delivery Network For New IoT Messaging Service
by Dylan Martin
'I can see that approach working if they throw it on their CDN and it's much faster,' one solution provider says of Akamai's new IoT Edge Connect message broker service. -
Google Calendar Outage Another Blow To G Suite Users
by Dylan Martin
'The last two weeks or so haven't been great as far as service reliability for G Suite,' one G Suite partner says of the Google Calendar outage and other recent service disruptions, which he called 'uncharacteristically disruptive.' -
PTC Buys AR Services Firm, Hires McKinsey Exec For New Solutions Group
by Dylan Martin
'We're probably five years out for people to really start adopting [augmented reality], but if PTC can really invest into this and make it easy for partners to utilize it, then I think the adoption of AR will come faster,' one PTC partner says of the company's Twnkls acquisition. -
PTC CEO: U.S. Blocking Huawei As A Customer Doesn't Do Any Good
by Dylan Martin
'I don’t really think that preventing Huawei from using PTC software accomplishes anything meaningful for anybody, to be frank,' PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann says, adding that President Trump has a 'strange negotiation style.' -
How Intel Aims To Push Laptop Innovation Again With Project Athena
by Dylan Martin
'We're in it for the long term, because we believe it's going to do wonderful things for the laptop industry and ultimately the customers who buy these laptops,' Intel exec Josh Newman says of the chipmaker's new Project Athena program. -
New Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 Is Thinner, Faster With 10th-Gen Intel Core CPUs
by Dylan Martin
Dell reveals at Computex 2019 its next-generation XPS 13 2-in-1, which more than doubles the performance in a thinner form factor and provides up to 16 hours of battery life, thanks in part to Intel's new 10th-generation Core processors. -
Samsung To Use AMD Radeon Graphics For Smartphones, Other Devices
by Dylan Martin
‘If you want something that is going to drive volume, mobile devices are the place to be,’ one AMD partner says of the Samsung deal, which is expected to earn the chipmaker hundreds of millions of dollars. -
IoT Security Firm ReFirm Labs Seeks MSSPs, VARs For New Partner Program
by Dylan Martin
One MSSP says ReFirm Labs' ability to automatically analyze the security of device firmware could help address foreign policy issues in the U.S., such as concerns that devices made abroad could be compromised: 'This could be a really good story. This kind of technology could solve that.' -
Lenovo Layoffs: 500 Job Cuts Impact Data Center Group, Other Units
by Dylan Martin
'While these actions aren’t easy, they are necessary as we continue to execute our strategy for Intelligent Transformation while achieving sustainable, profitable growth,' a Lenovo spokesperson tells CRN of the layoffs, which are impacting the company's U.S. headquarters. -
Intel 10th-Gen Core CPUs Bring Big AI Boost To Ultra-Thin Laptops
by Dylan Martin
Intel's newly revealed 10th-generation Core mobile processors 'are really the next wave of how we think about performance, architecture and design for the mobile go-getter for that ultra-thin and light system,' an Intel executive says of the chipmaker's big 10-nanometer CPU launch at Computex 2019. -
New HP Envy 2-in-1s Introduce New Material: Actual Wood
by Dylan Martin
After introducing the world's first “leather convertible PC” last year, HP Inc. steps it up a notch with a new line of HP Envy 2-in-1s that are built with actual wood. -
Huawei Ban: Google, Intel Reportedly Suspend Business With Chinese Telecom Giant
by Dylan Martin
'I would be shocked if it doesn't have a major impact,' one solution provider says of Google's decision to suspend business with Huawei, which reportedly coincides with similar actions by Intel, Qualcomm and other tech companies after the Chinese telecom giant was added to a U.S. trade blacklist. -
Intel CEO Bob Swan To Investors: 'We Let You Down' But We'll Improve
by Dylan Martin
'We believe that we have an opportunity to lead one of the most successful transformations in corporate history,' Intel CEO Bob Swan tells investors during a shareholder meeting, where he shared the company's forecast for revenue growth over the next three years.
