Storage

5 Ways Cisco, Dell, Lenovo, HP And HPE Are Incenting Partners Around As-A-Service

by Mark Haranas

‘You have to move out from that transactional approach where it is largely commodity-based and a very low margin to now where they start to layer in the services as part of it, it really changes that dynamic of the margin that partners make,’ says Gary Simms, vice president, Head of Americas Channel Programs & Enablement for Hewlett Packard.

The 5 Best-Selling Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Vendors Of Q2 2019

by Mark Haranas

Cohesity, Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp and Nutanix battle it out for hyper-converged market share leadership for distributors and resellers sales in the U.S.

HPE Steals Major Storage Market Share, Dell EMC Still On Top: IDC

by Joseph F. Kovar

The enterprise storage market contracted in the second quarter of 2019, but HPE leapt over NetApp to grab the number-two position in the sales of enterprise external OEM enterprise storage systems.

The Best And Worst Channel Company Stocks In The First Half Of 2019

by Rick Whiting

Twenty of the 27 publicly held channel companies on our watch list saw the price of their stock increase in the first half of 2019 – many by hefty double-digit amounts and one that nearly doubled its stock price. Take a look at which company's stock increased the most.

Nutanix’s New Channel Chief On Investing Where ‘We’ve Fallen Short’

by Mark Haranas

‘Where we’ve fallen short, and part of change is being honest with ourselves, is around doing a better job listening to our partners. Even more importantly, once we get that feedback, what do we do about it?’ says Christian Alvarez, Nutanix’s new channel leader for the Americas.

19 Hot Storage Products That Bring Power And Performance To The Cloud

by Joseph F. Kovar

VMworld is not only one of the top conferences for finding the latest on cloud and virtualization platforms, but also for showcasing the latest in storage products as this sample of 19 new hardware, software and cloud offerings shows.

30 Notable IT Executive Moves: August 2019

by Dylan Martin

The resignation of HP Inc. CEO Dion Weisler was among the largest IT executive moves that changed the technology landscape in August.

HPE Gains Server Market Share In Heated Battle With Dell

by Mark Haranas

‘The second quarter saw the server market's first contraction in nine quarters,’ says Sebastian Lagana, IDC research manager for Infrastructure Platforms and Technologies.

10 Cool Startups That Raised Venture Capital In August 2019

by Kyle Alspach

Big data and cybersecurity technology companies were among the startups that hauled in venture capital rounds last month.

Pure Storage CEO: ‘We Outdistanced, We Believe, All The Competitors’

by Joseph F. Kovar

Giancarlo told CRN that his company's Pure Accelerate conference, coming up in mid-September in Austin, Texas, will see Amazon on-stage to talk about the Pure Storage Cloud Block Store for AWS offering.

HPE CEO Antonio Neri: Why VMware Cloud On Dell EMC Is ‘Irrelevant’

by Steven Burke

HPE CEO Antonio Neri says VMware Cloud on Dell EMC lacks the DevOps and pay-per-use public cloud-like capabilities of HPE GreenLake.

10 New VMware Cloud Services And Products Launched At VMWorld

by Mark Haranas

From new capabilities for VMware Cloud on AWS and vRealize to the VMware Hybrid Cloud Platform, here are 10 new services and products launched at VMWorld 2019 that you need to know about.

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger’s 5 Boldest Statements At VMWorld

by Mark Haranas

‘With Project Pacific, we are bringing the largest infrastructure community, the largest set of operators, the largest set of customers directly to the Kubernetes. We will be the leading enabler of Kubernetes,’ says VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger.

The Best And Worst Technology Company Stocks In The First Half Of 2019

by Rick Whiting

Of the 44 technology companies on our watch list, 34 recorded gains in the price of their publicly traded shares during the first six months of 2019 and only 10 recorded price declines. Take a look at who were the winners and who were the losers.