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Channel Madness Round 2: Kinlaw Beating His Lenovo Successor; Defending Champ McCray Trails

by Jennifer Follett
Round 2 of the 2019 CRN Channel Madness Tournament is under way with Lexmark’s Sammy Kinlaw currently out in front of his successor at Lenovo, Rob Cato.
5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

by Rick Whiting
For the week ending March 22, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.
WATCH: All The Action You Missed From HP Reinvent 2019

by Diana Blass
HP held its annual partner conference in Houston, where CRNtv got a look at the new VR Reverb Headset, Premium PCs and much more.
Channel Madness: Round 1 Ends With Come-From-Behind Win For Rae; Dismore Fends Off Kritzer

by Jennifer Follett
A last-minute lead swap and a few down-to-the-wire matchups marked the conclusion of Round 1 of CRN’s Channel Madness Tournament of Chiefs.
CRN Channel Madness Round 1: Dismore, Kritzer In Close Match; Kinlaw Pulls Ahead

by Jennifer Follett
There are less than 24 hours of voting left in Round 1 of CRN Channel Madness. Here’s a look at where the contests stand.
Synnex Deal With Circular Computing Makes Partners, Planet Greener

by O’Ryan Johnson
Circular Computing sells remanufactured laptops through Synnex and plants five trees for every device sold in order to make the product as carbon-neutral as possible.
CRN Channel Madness Round 1 (So Far): Cisco’s Tuszik In Tight Race With Datto’s Rae

by Jennifer Follett
We’re one day into voting for the 2019 CRN Channel Madness Tournament of Chiefs and the players are already showing their teeth.
HP Targets Partner Friendliness With Merging Of Online Portals

by Kyle Alspach
The company will begin gradually consolidating its Partner First and Sales Central portals to reduce the number of sites that partners need to access.
5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

by Rick Whiting
For the week ending March 15, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.
Accenture Set To Acquire Netherlands-Based Digital Marketing Agency Storm Digital

by O’Ryan Johnson
‘With the addition of Storm Digital, we can move faster and further in terms of scale and expertise, and help to drive strong results for our clients,’ says Anatoly Roytman, head of Accenture Interactive Europe, Africa and Latin America.
Choose Your Chief: 2019 CRN Channel Madness Voting Is Now Open!

by Jennifer Follett
CRN's fifth annual Channel Madness Tournament of Chiefs begins with 32 of the industry's most prominent channel executives and ends with one. Prepare to choose your chief.
Now Open: The CRN 2019 Channel Madness Bracket Contest

by Jennifer Follett
Think you can predict the outcome of the 2019 CRN Channel Madness Tournament of Chiefs? Voting opens later this week but you can pick your bracket winners now.
ID Agent Releases New Marketing Tools To Empower MSPs

by Donna Goodison
‘A big push this year is really focusing our educational presentation,’ says Matt Solomon, ID Agent’s vice president of business development. ‘We’re telling partners when we present to them, ‘Take what we’re saying and repeat it -- use it for your lunch and learns.’ And we’re also providing them with the marketing materials to do that.’
Tech Data Eyes High Growth In Cloud, IoT, Security

by O’Ryan Johnson
Tech Data CEO Rich Hume wants the distribution powerhouse to focus on high-growth areas and may consider divesting ‘some segments of our business.’
SAP Taps Partner Organization COO Fahrbach As Its New Channel Chief

by Rick Whiting
Fahrbach, who replaces previous channel chief Rodolpho Cardenuto, leads the channel organization as SAP transitions to cloud sales and manages its evolving partner ecosystem.