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  Microsoft: Ukrainian Government Hit With Destructive Malware

  by Michael Novinson

  ‘These actions represent an elevated risk to any government agency, non-profit or enterprise located or with systems in Ukraine,’ the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warned in a blog post Saturday.

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  10 Hot Big Data Companies You Should Watch In 2022

  by Rick Whiting

  Here’s a roundup of 10 companies developing big data technologies and big data solutions to keep an eye on in 2022—some well-known, some likely to break out this year and some just starting to appear on industry observers’ radar screens.

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  Office Depot Delays Split, Considers Offer For Its Retail Business

  by Joseph F. Kovar

  ODP, the parent company of Office Depot, is delaying its planned split into two public companies, one focused on retail and one on B2B, as it evaluates offers to purchase its consumer business from both Staples and from a new undisclosed potential purchaser.

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  CES 2022: 10 Robots For Fun, Productivity

  by Wade Tyler Millward

  Sony, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Naio Technologies were some of the standout robot creators this year.

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  REvil Ransomware Hackers Arrested By Russian Authorities

  by Michael Novinson

  Russian officials say they seized more than 426 million Rubles (roughly $5.5 million), $600,000 of American currency, 500,000 Euros (roughly $570,000), and 20 luxury cars from the homes of REvil gang members.

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  AWS, TD Synnex Expand Channel Distribution Relationship

  by Donna Goodison

  AWS’ new strategic collaboration agreement with the IT distributor and solutions aggregator covers North America, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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  5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

  by Rick Whiting

  For the week ending Jan. 7, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel.

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  10 Innovative Wearable Technologies For Recreation

  by Wade Tyler Millward

  Here are 10 wearable devices that caught CRN’s attention for recreational use at CES 2022.

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  AWS Gets New CISO As Stephen Schmidt Takes Amazon.com Role

  by Donna Goodison

  CJ Moses, AWS’ deputy CISO and vice president of security engineering since 2016, will succeed Schmidt.

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  Netrix’s New CEO: More Acquisitions, Hiring On The Way

  by Joseph F. Kovar

  ‘We’ll continue to focus around cybersecurity and digital transformation, continue to offer application development, and provide IT managed services both in the traditional IT MSP space as well as the MSSP space. We’re really focusing on the recurring services we can offer mid-market to enterprise businesses,’ says Russ Reeder, CEO of Netrix.

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  Partners Cheer Paul Bay’s ‘Well Deserved’ Appointment As Ingram Micro CEO

  by Joseph F. Kovar

  “This is a well deserved recognition for a job well done by Paul,” said Ron Dupler, CEO of GreenPages, which won the Ingram Micro Cloud Partner Award for 2021. “Paul Bay is the right guy at the right time. He has been doing a great job driving Ingram Micro forward for 24 years. It’s a great move on the part of Ingram.”

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  Dell Overthrows HP As PC Market Share Leader In US: Gartner

  by Mark Haranas

  Dell became the PC shipment market leader in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2021, according to new data from Gartner. CRN breaks down the top five market share leaders.

• Thrive Acquires InCare Technologies To Expand Into Southern U.S.

  by C.J. Fairfield

  ‘The InCare acquisition signals our strategy to expand into the South where we expect to grow our employee base significantly over the next several years and create a large presence over the next three to five years,’ says Thrive CEO Rob Stephenson.

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  5 Things To Know About New Ingram Micro CEO Paul Bay

  by Joseph F. Kovar

  ‘I’m honored to be CEO of such a phenomenal team and build further on our strategic imperatives to transform and modernize the way we do business, remove complexity for our partners, and be an indispensable business behind the many brands we serve,’ Bay says.