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6 Things To Know About The Latest Salesforce Outage

by Joseph Tsidulko
Salesforce customers and partners still have questions about the worst service disruption in Salesforce’s history late last week. Here’s what we know and what we would still like to find out.
Global Cloud Infrastructure Sales Surpass $21B In Q1 2019: 5 Things To Know

by Joseph Tsidulko
Synergy Research reports the global cloud infrastructure market has eclipsed $21 billion in the first quarter of 2019 and despite ‘the law of large numbers’ continues to grow at an impressive clip.
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty’s 5 Biggest Statements At The Red Hat Summit

by Donna Goodison
‘Working together is the right word. Coming together is not necessarily the way I would describe this,’ IBM CEO Ginni Rometty said about the acquisition during a keynote with Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst at the Red Hat Summit. ‘Jim and I have both agreed—Red Hat should stay an independent unit.’
Satya Nadella's 5 Biggest Statements At Microsoft Build 2019

by Kyle Alspach
The Microsoft CEO lays out how his company is seeking to create new opportunities for developers using cloud, AI and mixed reality.
Microsoft Build 2019: The 10 Biggest Announcements In Azure And Microsoft 365

by Donna Goodison
During the Build developers conference, Microsoft unveiled a wide array of developer-focused updates for Azure and Microsoft 365.
Mark Hurd's 10 Most Provocative Statements At Oracle Media Day

by Joseph Tsidulko
Oracle CEO Mark Hurd spoke with reporters about his company's plans for leveraging its SaaS business to seize B2B market share in an imminent wave of massive business software consolidation.
Leslie Maher On The ‘Phenomenal’ HPE ProLiant Security Advantage

by Steven Burke
Hewlett Packard Enterprise North America Hybrid IT Compute Vice President Leslie Maher says HPE’s ProLiant servers have a ‘breadth’ of security features anchored by the ‘silicon root of trust’ that sets the portfolio apart from any and all competitors.
Deloitte: Google Will Be Its ‘Fastest Growing Billion-Dollar Business’

by Donna Goodison
‘It's really a category of one in terms of what it is as a company, and all the different things that they're involved in,’ said Tom Galizia, Deloitte Consulting’s San Francisco-based senior technology partner and lead commercial partner for its Alphabet/Google alliance.
CRN Distribution Roundtable: Public Cloud Repatriation Is On The Rise

by Joseph F. Kovar
Top distribution executives say some customers have realized that they are over-leveraged into public cloud and are pulling some workloads back.
6 Big Google Cloud Product Announcements At Cloud Next 2019

by Donna Goodison
‘To bring you this technology, we at Google are committed to expanding our go-to-market teams, our work with partners and deepening our industry and product focus,’ Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says.
Fastly S-1 Reveals Competitive Predicament With AWS And Google

by Donna Goodison
‘Some of these third-party hosting services offer competing products to ours and therefore may not continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all,’ Fastly said in its regulatory filing. ‘These providers may be unwilling to do business with us if they view our platform as a threat.’
Palo Alto Networks, Atos Take Top Google Cloud Partner of the Year Awards

by Donna Goodison
‘Atos’ customers are interested in working with Google because of its open-source strategy, the ability to develop new cloud-native-built applications using data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities, and security,’ said Wim Los, senior vice president of the Google alliance at Atos, Google Cloud’s Global Breakthrough Partner of the Year.
Top 6 Channel Partner News Stories From Google Cloud Next '19

by Donna Goodison
‘We recognize partners are very, very important to Google, and we’re broadening our partner reach and introducing a number of new enhancements in our partner program,” Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said. “We’re very grateful to all of you -- our partners who have done so much to help us further our mission to be successful as a digital transformation provider.’
Uber S-1 Reveals Millions Paid For Google Maps, Its Multi-Cloud Bet

by Donna Goodison
‘We do not believe that an alternative mapping solution exists that can provide the global functionality that we require to offer our platform in all of the markets in which we operate,’ Uber’s IPO prospectus states.
Here Are 10 AWS Partners That Gained New Cloud Competencies

by Donna Goodison
Decisyon, ParkMyCloud, HyperGrid and Acquia are among companies that add new AWS designations in the past month.