Steven Burke

HPE CEO Antonio Neri Sees Accelerated Revenue Growth Ahead

by Steven Burke

“We expect the demand environment to remain healthy and our differentiated software defined solutions to continue to gain traction with customers driving accelerated revenue growth starting in Q2.”

New Apple Smart Home Business Leader Jadallah Has Channel Cred

by Steven Burke

Apple has hired Sam Jadallah, formerly the longtime channel chief at Microsoft, to head up its smart home efforts.

HIMMS Spotlight: VersatileHealth Is Taking Pain Out of IT For Healthcare Providers

by Steven Burke

“ What we are doing is taking all of the technology issues out of the hands of the physicians so they can concentrate on patient care,” says John Barker, the CEO of VersatileHealth, which is making its debut at the mega HIMMS (Healthcare Information Management Systems) 2019 conference this week in Orlando, Fla. with an East Coast roll out of its end to end healthcare managed service.

Former HPE CEO Meg Whitman To Leave Board Of Directors

by Steven Burke

‘With the significant change and transformation of the past few years behind it, HPE is in a very strong position today, with a clear strategy, focused portfolio and experienced leadership team,’ says Whitman.

Antonio Neri: HPE Memory- Driven Computing Is A Big Data 'Deluge' Game-Changer

by Steven Burke

‘We need a new paradigm that reinvents the most basic functions of a computing system from the ground up. Memory-driven computing is one approach that delivers an entirely new way of computing specifically designed for the big data era,” says HPE CEO Antonio Neri.

Fast Growing IGEL Set To Shake Up Endpoint Market With NVIDIA, AWS Integration And New MSP/SI Program

by Steven Burke

“For the endpoint market, this is the equivalent of putting a man on the moon. This brings NVIDIA which is recognized for its compute power in the AI market together with IGEL for the endpoint OS and management platform. This deal really shows the euphoria we are seeing in the industry for IGEL software.”

Pinnacle Is Raising Cloud Governance Bar With Elite AWS Advanced Consulting Partner Certification

by Steven Burke

‘This is a big deal for customers looking at who is raising the bar in terms of security and governance consulting. AWS has really upped the bar on the partner program. This lets customers know we have the right talent in place to serve enterprise customers,’ Pinnacle’s Ethan Simmons tells CRN.

Channel Sage David Powell Is Taking Job To Build Next- Generation Managed Service Provider

by Steven Burke

‘Most MSPs have failed miserably at casting a vision for customers trying to understand where the market is going and what they need to do to be successful in a world where digital disruption is changing the face of every business. What I want to do is put us in a position where we as technologists are educating and guiding our customers with a consultative focus tied to business outcomes,’ Powell tells CRN.

VMware VP Frank Rauch Takes Top Channel Job At Check Point

by Steven Burke

“This is a great pick up for Check Point. I'm willing to bet that Frank will put a compelling story together for partners to take a deeper look at the Check Point's portfolio and solution offerings.”

Entisys360 Wins Citrix Partner of Year For 5th Time

by Steven Burke

‘It feels awesome,’ says Entisys360 CEO Mike Strohl . ‘This is a validation of our team who are passionate about the partnership and work so hard everyday to deliver game changing Citrix solutions for customers.’

HPE VP Chuck Smith Named CEO Of Apeiron Data Systems

by Steven Burke

‘What Apeiron is doing is groundbreaking. The company has created a fabric that allows off the shelf solid state or all flash to connect into big data/analytics applications like Splunk and other SIEM (security information and event management) platforms for high speed analytics.’

IGEL Is Seeing A VMware Workspace ONE Sales Lift

by Steven Burke

"VMware is growing their $1 billion plus End User Compute business at a double digit rate and it is fueling triple digit growth for IGEL," said IGEL North America CEO Jed Ayres.

HPE's Eagle Supercomputer Is Pushing The Renewable Energy Envelope

by Steven Burke

‘HPE is the king of high performance compute,’ says Michael Goldstein, CEO of LAN Infotech, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., solution provider. ‘This Eagle system is a mind blower.’

10th Magnitude Hires Cloud Guru Ira Bell As CTO

by Steven Burke

‘The future of the channel is well beyond cloud migration,’ said new 10th Magnitude CTO Ira Bell in an interview with CRN. ‘It is about digital transformation. It is about helping companies drive business innovation.’

The Channel Company CEO Skelley: Partners Need To Evolve To Become Hybrid Solution Providers

by Steven Burke

"Customers are driving partners to a deeper level of engagement and insight into their business," said Skelley. "This is about evolving and adapting so partners remain relevant to their customers to continue to realize great growth opportunities."