Channel Programs

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  Lexmark Data Shows China ‘Bouncing Back,’ As The Printer Helps Partners Pivot

  by O’Ryan Johnson

  Lexmark Vice President of Worldwide Channel and OEM Sales Sammy Kinlaw outlines the ways the company is helping its partners manage sales during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

  by Rick Whiting

  For the week ending April 3, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

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  HP Shifting Reinvent 2020 Partner Conference To Virtual

  by Kyle Alspach

  The specifics are still being finalized, but the company confirmed it does not plan to host an in-person partner conference this fall.

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  Microsoft Announces Measures to Boost Flexibility For Partners

  by Kyle Alspach

  The new initiatives include extensions for competencies and advanced specializations, along with increased incentives around Teams deployments.

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  In HP-Xerox Dance, The Next Move Belongs To HP, Expert Says

  by O’Ryan Johnson

  ‘It wasn’t like Xerox was taking a massively unlevered company and levering them up. They were starting with a company that was already kind of levered on their balance sheet,’ says Ric Thomas, professor of practice with the Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University.

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  Veeam’s Kevin Rooney Wins 2020 Channel Madness Championship

  by Joseph F. Kovar

  Veeam’s Kevin Rooney outlasted a field of 32 of the industry's top channel executives to win the 2020 CRN Channel Madness Tournament of Chiefs.

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  Channel Madness Championship: Finalists Separated By Slim Margin

  by Jennifer Follett

  There’s one day left of voting in CRN Channel Madness, and it looks like it’s going to be a close one.

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  ServiceNow Gives Free Apps To Help Manage Workers During Crisis

  by O’Ryan Johnson

  “We put our heads together and said, ‘How can we help,’” says Chris Bedi, chief information officer at ServiceNow. “The need to do this was glaringly obvious, and the decision to make these free took a nano-second.”

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  Channel Madness Semifinals: HP’s Lannum, Veeam’s Rooney Advance To Championship Round

  by Jennifer Follett

  The winners of the Semifinal matchups of the 2020 CRN Channel Madness tournament are ready to face off in the final round.

• SKOUT Deploys SOC-As-A-Service, Work From Home Bundle For MSPs

  by O’Ryan Johnson

  ‘MSPs are ... holding our economy together. Period. The future of our economy, the stock market, small business jobs, it all depends on whether the IT community can take everyone remote and get everyone working effectively,’ says James Hatzell, SKOUT’s director of marketing.

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  Channel Madness Semifinals: HP’s Lannum, Check Point’s Rauch Out To Early Leads

  by Jennifer Follett

  Fierce battles are underway as the CRN Channal Madness Field of Four fight for a spot in the championship round.

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  5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

  by Rick Whiting

  For the week ending March 27, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

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  Channel Madness Quarterfinal Results: Cisco’s Tuszik, HP’s Lannum Advance

  by Jennifer Follett

  Round 3 of the CRN Channel Madness Tournament saw Cisco’s Oliver Tuszik orchestrate a huge comeback in the Infrastructure region while HP’s Lannum claimed the Hardware crown.

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  Synnex CEO: Shortages Exist, But ‘We Are Seeing Product Flow’

  by O’Ryan Johnson

  Synnex announces that for the time being, it will postpone the spin-off of its Concentrix business, which it had planned to announce was going to happen on June 1.

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  Channel Madness Quarterfinals: Check Point’s Rauch Out In Front Of McAfee’s McCray

  by Jennifer Follett

  As Round 3 rages on in the CRN Channel Madness tournament, the Enterprise 8 are fighting for a spot in the Field of Four.