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Security Teams Have 'Window Of Opportunity' On GenAI: Google Cloud Expert

Generative AI capabilities appear to be giving defenders an edge over the attackers—for now, according to Google Cloud's Nick Godfrey.

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The Impact Of AI In The Channel

AI PC's Potential Customers Will Lean On Their Trusted Solution Providers

Exploring AI and Security Trends At XChange in San Antonio

AI in Business: What MSPs Are Doing and Seeing

Seizing Opportunities: Emerging Technologies In The SLED Market

AI Toolkit: What MSPs Need to Know

Al's Future: What You Might Be Missing

AI: The New Spellcheck?

What Solution Providers Need To Know About AI And Security

B2B AI Success Depends on the Channel

Learn How Innovations And Partnerships Are Transforming The Channel

PC Refresh Ahead: AI, Windows 10 Sunset Driving Demand

Diving Deep Into AI PCs

The Two Biggest Letters In the Alphabet, A and I

Microsoft Shapes AI Delivery Through Channel Partners

CRN Coverage of AI

Google Cloud Launches AI Agent Partner Program To Drive GenAI Sales, Customer Growth

'Through this program, we're enhancing the incentives, product support and co-selling opportunities to help our services and ISV partners bring these solutions to market faster, reach more customers and grow their AI agent businesses,' says Google Cloud’s global channel chief, Kevin Ichhpurani.

Deloitte Is Planning A GenAI Agent App Bonanza Based On HPE Private Cloud AI

'The time to results, time to value on this has significantly decreased (with HPE Private Cloud AI),' says Deloitte Consulting LLP GenAI Principal Abdi Goodarzi. 'We have a full commitment with the (Deloitte-Nvidia-HPE) partnership to bring this to the enterprise as fast as possible.'

Channel Women In Security: AI And The Future of Identity Threat Detection

Black Point Cyber's vice president of security, MacKenzie Brown, sat down with Cass Cooper to discuss how challenges organizations face with managed detection and response (MDR) and identity threat detection and response (ITDR).

Accenture Launches New Suite Of GenAI-Focused Security Services

The services are geared toward securing GenAI usage as well as protecting against AI-driven attacks and utilizing the technologies for security capabilities, Accenture Security’s Paolo Dal Cin tells CRN.

The 10 Coolest GenAI Products And AI Tools Of 2024

Here are the 10 coolest GenAI products and AI Tools of 2024 that you need to know about, including Google Vertex AI Agents, Cisco Webex AI Studio, SentinelOne Purple AI, Hatz AI and Amazon Q.

Ingram Micro's Sahoo: 'Don't React To AI. Act On AI'

'AI won't be perfect. The first algorithm may not be fully accurate, but it will get better every day with human intelligence guiding it,' says Sanjib Sahoo, Ingram Micro executive vice president and chief digital officer.

Juniper Networks To Back AI Startup Recogni In $102M Funding Round

Ahead of being acquired by HPE, Juniper Networks is still heavily investing in AI. The company invested in AI upstart Recogni as part of its @dollar;102 million Series C funding round, the two companies said.

8 Recent Nvidia Updates: Nutanix AI Deal, AI Data Center Guidelines And More

The AI computing giant's recent moves include expanded partnership with hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure vendor Nutanix, new reference architectures for AI data centers and new peer-reviewed performance numbers for its upcoming Blackwell GPUs.

Gartner's Top 10 Tech Trends Of 2025: Agentic AI, Robots And Disinformation Security

From AI governance platforms and polyfunctional robots to energy-efficient and spatial computing, here are the top 10 technology trends and use cases for 2025, according to Gartner's new report.

Microsoft Licensing, Billing Changes Hit Copilot, Enterprise Agreements

'We wanted to make sure that it's very clear to our partners that we're making clear bets with them to help them deliver on customer expectations,' says Microsoft Chief Partner Officer Nicole Dezen.

Ingram Micro's Sanjib Sahoo: AI's Impact on Business 'Starts With The Right Mindset'

'AI holds significant potential, but the technology itself isn't useful unless it's applied to the right use case in business,' says Sanjib Sahoo, EVP and chief digital officer at Ingram Micro.

Here Are The Stellar Startup AI Tool Vendors To Know In 2024

AI is the hottest segment of the IT industry right now. As part of CRN's Stellar Startups for 2024, here are nine AI and machine learning technology startups, founded in 2018 or later, that solution providers should be aware of.

Intel: Partners Will Play 'Massive Role' In 2025 Gaudi 3 AI Chip Rollout

In an interview with CRN, Intel U.S. Channel Chief Michael Green admits that the rollout of the recently launched Gaudi 3 is a 'slow process' as the company scales up OEM support for the accelerator chip. 'It's a brand-new product that we're ramping. We have visions of making this a channel-available product in 2025,' he says.

GenAI Risks To Software Security On The Rise: Experts

Left unchecked, 'generative AI in the software development process is going to produce worse outcomes from a software security perspective,' says software security pioneer and Veracode Co-Founder Chris Wysopal.

AI Growth Expectations For 2025: Five Solution Provider CEOs On The Big Opportunity Ahead

Here's a look at why five of the best and brightest solution provider CEOs expect 2025 to be a breakout year for AI sales growth.

AWS CEO: How GenAI Amazon Q Is 'Transforming' Developers

'This year alone, Amazon Q has resolved over 1 million internal Amazon developer questions, reducing time spent churning on manual technical investigations by more than 450,000 hours,' says AWS CEO Matt Garman.

Pax8 Executive: AI Will Be 'The Cornerstone Of Business Operations'

'For those of us that take advantage of AI, it can be transformational. But for those who don't, it poses a significant threat. It's not decades out, it's years out,' says Robert Belgrave, chief operating officer for Pax8.

OpenText Reps Pitch Microsoft Copilot, Cybersecurity Prowess

Employees also told solution providers executives about how OpenText can help with a Microsoft incentive for $1,500 for every completed workshop conducted with customers.

WWT CTO On Driving AI Wins, Nvidia And GenAI's 'Real Secret'

WWT CTO and AI expert Mike Taylor explains how the $20 billion 'AI-first' company is winning AI deals, creating new generative AI technology, and what a successful AI strategy looks like for a solution provider.

Intel CEO Gelsinger: AI, Foundry Advances Will Foster Future Growth

'We have a lot more ahead, and we are acting with urgency to deliver on our priorities. We need to fight for every inch and execute better than ever before, and our teams are embracing this mindset as we build a leaner, more profitable Intel,' says Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger.

From Training To Use Cases, MSP CEOs Sound Off On AI

'If you're an MSP and you're not in here talking about AI, I feel sorry for you because there's somebody else knocking their door that is talking about AI, and your customers are wondering why you didn't come out and do that,' says Corey L. Kirkendoll, president and CEO of 5K Technical Services.

TD Synnex CEO: Partners That Combine Cloud, Security And AI Are 'Winning Faster And Growing Faster'

'In the past, we talked about partners born in the cloud. I'm betting on the fact that the new partners will be born in AI. And we've identified another segment of [partners] who will be more successful and impactful in the market: those who combine cloud, security and AI,' TD Synnex CEO Patrick Zammit tells CRN.

ThreatLocker CEO: Hackers Are Leveraging Voice AI In Cyberattacks

'People think this isn't common,' ThreatLocker CEO Danny Jenkins said.

XChange Best of Breed 2024: 10 CEO Thought Leadership Takeaways

Among the highlights of the XChange Best of Breed conference were a number of lessons for the AI era from the top CEOs in the business, including a massive infrastructure upgrade opportunity, a shift by more partners into the MSSP market and the continued rise of the marketplace model. Here's a look at the 10 biggest takeaways from the CEOs of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cohesity, CrowdStrike, Cisco Systems, Quantiphi and Ahead.

AMD Boosts Instinct GPU Sales Forecast Again Due To High AI Demand

AMD CEO Lisa Su says the $500 million upgrade in the company's Instinct GPU 2024 sales forecast was based on the completion of 'some important customer milestones' such as meeting reliability requirements in data centers and optimizing the chips on certain AI workloads.

IBM CEO: AI Business Grows $1 Billion With 'Good Traction' Since Last Quarter While Consulting Is Flat

'We've got very good traction in our GenAI products as well as in our automation suite and we can look at our pipelines and expect that those will be maintained,' IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna said.

ServiceNow CEO McDermott: 'Taking On The World's Biggest Challenges' With AI, New Nvidia Pact, More

'Companies are going to be able to decide, 'Do I go for growth? Invent new use cases? Solve new customer problems and grow again.' And I think we can lift the whole GDP of the world economy,' ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott tells CRN.

Optiv Exec: New AI Services Aim To Make Security An 'Accelerant' For GenAI

The cybersecurity powerhouse this week debuted its new cross-practice offering that seeks to help meet the massive need for securing the use of GenAI, Optiv's Randy Lariar says.

New AI-Powered Cisco Collaboration Products And Features Unveiled At WebexOne 2024

Here's a look at the products updates, hardware and AI-enhanced features that the tech giant launched this week during WebexOne 2024.

Lenovo ISG Leader Says 'Meet-In-The-Channel' AI Solutions Made For Partners To Deliver Value

'We think that the AI market is going to pick up over the next two years in that on-prem segment and channel partners are going to be a very important part of that as we go across those markets,' says Vlad Rozanovich, senior vice president of infrastructure solutions at Lenovo.

Kevin Mandia On GenAI Threats, Joining Up With MDR Vendor Expel

In an interview with CRN, the Mandiant founder discusses joining the board at Expel and why he believes GenAI is 'going to help the defender more.'

Climb Channel Solutions Expands Into DACH Region With AI-Focused Growth

'The DACH region, with its high GDP and untapped potential, is the next logical step. We've been successful in North America by delivering a high-touch, relationship-driven approach and we believe that will resonate in Germany as well,' says Climb CEO Dale Foster.

Solution Providers On Why Data Management Is Key To AI Success: 'Bad Data Leads To Bad Insight'

'Most organizations don't have their data in a state that's ready for AI to deliver accurate insight,' says Asher Lohman, vice president of data and analytics at Trace3.

Panelists Weigh In On AI, Security: 'They're Really Perfectly Intertwined'

'We tend to talk about cybersecurity and AI as two separate things. I don't think it's an overlapping Venn diagram. I think they are a circle together. You really can't have these conversations separate and distinct,' says David Powell, vice president of sales strategy Pax8, during a panel at the XChange Best of Breed conference.

IBM AI Updates Include Granite 3.0, Watsonx Upgrades

An expansion to IBM Consulting Advantage and greater model access across partner platforms were also part of the updates.

Google Cloud Adds New AI, ML Course Collections That Can Help Partners Differentiate

'AI is by far the channel's biggest opportunity yet,' says Google Cloud's Erin Rifkin.

Cisco CEO: Network Refreshes Offer 'Huge' Partner Opportunity, With Security, AI Top Of Mind For Customers

'They have vulnerabilities that have been announced with security notices and patches that have been released, but customers haven't updated. And the adversaries around the world are taking advantage of it—whether it's critical infrastructure or the carrier networks or whatever,' says Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins.

Ingram Micro IPO Targets $5B Valuation, Filings Tout AI Prowess

Even after the IPO, Platinum Equity will still control Ingram Micro with a stake of about 90 percent, according to regulatory filings.

Cisco CEO On Besting HPE-Juniper, Splunk Integration And AI's Future

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins talks about having a leg-up over HPE-Juniper, cross-selling Splunk opportunities, Cisco's bullish AI strategy and his thoughts on the U.S. economy in 2025 with the upcoming presidential election.

TD Synnex Exec: We're Here To Help Partners With AI, Skills-Building, Regulatory Concerns

A new TD Synnex report illustrates how the technology landscape is shifting and 'validates the need for partnership,' says Calhoun McKinney, senior director of advanced solutions, go-to-market strategy and enablement, at the distributor's Insipire 2024 conference.

Dbt Labs Targets The Analytics Development Lifecycle With New AI Capabilities

In addition to launching a new Copilot AI engine to assist with data analytic workflows, dbt Labs is expanding the capabilities of its popular dbt Cloud platform with cross-platform data mesh capabilities, support for the Apache Iceberg data table format, and new low-code visual editing tools.

Pax8 CEO Scott Chasin 'Worried' For Companies Who Aren't Leaning Into AI

'If you’re not embracing and rearchitecting your software development lifecycle around AI you'll be at a massive disadvantage over the next 12 to 18 months,' Chasin tells CRN.

Microsoft Adds AI Assistant To English-Language Partner Center

'Seamlessly integrated into your experience, the AI assistant continues your conversation as you navigate through Partner Center,' according to Microsoft.

GenAI Market Report: 10 Huge ROI, Top Use Cases, AI Costs And Benefits Results

From what enterprises are seeing around GenAI ROI and the most popular GenAI use cases today, to the majority of enterprises using ChatGPT for software development, CRN breaks down the biggest results from ISG's new 2024 State of The Generative AI Market report.

Cisco To Invest In Hot AI Startup CoreWeave: Report

The networking giant has agreed to invest in Nvidia-backed cloud AI upstart CoreWeave, a company that's currently valued at $23 billion.

Google Cloud's AI Partnership With NetApp Is A 'Home Run'

Google Cloud and NetApp continue to fuel their AI ambitions by expanding their strategic partnership, debuting a new integration of NetApp's data storage and services into the Google Distributed Cloud.

WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh: 'We Are An AI-First Company'

Jim Kavanaugh has transformed World Wide Technology into an AI global powerhouse with a groundbreaking AI lab, a host of critical vendor partnerships and his belief that the company's most valuable resource isn't technology -- it's people.

WWT CEO On Building New GenAI Apps, Nvidia Alliance And 'Dumping Gas' On The AI Boom

World Wide Technology is now an 'AI-first company,' says CEO Jim Kavanaugh, as WWT creates homegrown GenAI technology, builds state-of-the-art AI labs and crafts a bold go-to-market strategy aimed at accelerating customer AI adoption.

Google's $2.7B Character.AI Deal 'Elevates Gemini' Vs. Microsoft, AWS: Partners

N-able CEO Pagliuca On Competitive Upheavals And Leveraging AI To Make MSPs More Secure

'So we're focusing on the MSP partners: If we do what's right by them, from a product, from a community point of view, that's what we focus on. All that other stuff kind of takes care of itself.'

Cisco To Invest In Hot AI Startup CoreWeave: Report

The networking giant has agreed to invest in Nvidia-backed cloud AI upstart CoreWeave, a company that's currently valued at $23 billion.

Accenture To Train 30,000 Staff On Nvidia AI Tech In Blockbuster Deal

The global services powerhouse says its newly formed Nvidia Business Group will focus on driving enterprise adoption of what it called ‘agentic AI systems’ by taking advantage of key Nvidia software platforms that fuel consumption of GPU-accelerated data centers.

Incoming SADA CEO Berg: 'We're Only Beginning To Scratch The Surface'

Dana Berg plans 'to further embrace the brand that we have with (parent company) Insight,' he said.

Microsoft Copilot, Copilot+ PC, Windows 11 AI Updates Start Rolling Out

New Copilot+ PC and Windows 11 features will come out this month for Windows Insider Program (WIP) members.

F5 CEO On Why The Growth Of AI Apps Will 'Accelerate' API, Edge Security

In an interview, F5 CEO François Locoh-Donou tells CRN that 'securing these APIs, to secure AI, is absolutely key.'

Microsoft GM Sees 'Huge' Partner Opportunity In AI Data Security, Risk Management

'There's only so much you can learn by watching others,' Microsoft GM Herain Oberoi said.

5 Things To Know On 'Critical' Nvidia AI Vulnerability

A critical-severity flaw in Nvidia Container Toolkit and GPU Operator impacts AI applications and more than a third of cloud environments, according to Wiz researchers.

The 6 Hottest AI Networking Tools On The Market Right Now

Meet the AI networking products and services that are helping to simplify network operations for IT teams and channel partners, while increasing efficiency and reducing costs.

Nvidia And AI 'Supercharged' Microsoft, Amazon And Google Cloud Infrastructure Growth

'Over the last 10 years ODMs have continued to eat up server market share, and now we see Nvidia's explosive growth, which is largely fueled by sales to hyperscalers—either directly or indirectly,' said John Dinsdale, Synergy Research Group's chief analyst.

Top Tech CEOs Agree: The AI Race Is On

As part of CRN's CEO Outlook project earlier this year, we asked CEOs across the IT industry what impact they expected AI to have on the business they and their partners would do together in 2024. Here's what some of them said.

With AI Chips Getting Hotter, Liquid Cooling Vendors See Big Channel Play

AI chips are running much hotter than their predecessors, giving rise to a new class of channel-friendly startups focused on liquid cooling for high-power CPUs and GPUs.

Google Launches AI And Cloud Training For Veterans

An often-overlooked population is set to receive a boost toward inclusion via a new commitment from Google Cloud.

Evergreen Services Group Exec To MSPs: 'The Rise Of AI Is The New Frontier'

Craig Fulton, advisor for brand, M&A and community, took the stage at HaloPSA's Orbit conference to talk about the future of PSA and how AI and automation will play a big part.

Solution Providers Are Helping Customers Navigate Complex AI PC Landscape

AI PCs are garnering a lot of enthusiasm and support across the channel, and solution providers will be key to helping customers navigate a complex landscape.

Salesforce Eyes Zoomin Purchase To Bring AI Agents More Data

'Proprietary unstructured data is powerful fuel our customers can use for AI agents,' says Salesforce executive Rahul Auradkar.

The Biggest HP Imagine 2024 News: From EliteBook X AI PC To On-Demand GPUs

HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores says the PC and print giant is doubling down on its commercial business with new AI-enhanced products and solutions, which include the EliteBook X AI PC, AI features for printers as well as fleet management and remote remediation capabilities.

Microsoft: Buying Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Will Help 'Carbon-Free Energy' Goal

The site of America's worst nuclear disaster will soon reopen to exclusively sell power to Microsoft. Here's what you need to know.

Ahead Adds Former Google Cloud VP To Board To 'Fuel' AI, Hybrid Cloud

'June [Yang's] addition to our board will fuel Ahead's ability to deliver game-changing hybrid cloud and AI services to our clients,' says Ahead CEO Daniel Adamany.

The AI Danger Zone: 'Data Poisoning' Targets LLMs

When it comes to GenAI, the security of the AI models themselves is at risk as 'data poisoning' is increasingly taking aim at the training data that large language models rely on to generate responses and make decisions.

AlertOps CEO: 'AI Will Drive More Automation In Incident Management'

'AI and machine learning will drive more automation in incident management,' says Chellasamy Jamburajan, CEO of AlertOps. 'This means that many mundane tasks, such as closing tickets or turning off servers, will become automated reducing the need for human intervention in repetitive processes.'

A New Edge For HPE: Why The Nvidia AI-Ready ProLiant DL145 Gen11 Server Is A 'Big Breakthrough'

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is pushing the edge computing price performance envelope with a 2U Nvidia AI Ready ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server priced starting at just $2,065 for a configure to order chassis.

From AI As A Service To Managed AI, Solution Providers Explore Offers For A New Tech Era

'We're going to do ourselves a disservice … as an industry if we push people too fast into AI and we don't give real solutions,' Insight SVP Stephen Moss tells CRN.

Microsoft Names Carolina Dybeck Happe New COO, Shuffles Orgs

Microsoft seeks 'to raise the bar on our operational excellence,' CEO and Chairman Satya Nadella said in a statement.

N-able AI Strategist: 'AI Should Augment Human Decision-Making, Not Replace It'

'With our technology, AI can only access and analyze data if our customers have opted in,' says Nicole Reineke, distinguished product manager of AI strategy at N-able. 'If you haven't opted in, we're not touching it. This is our baseline for ensuring data privacy and customer trust.'

ServiceNow Channel Chief: 'I Don't Want To Leave A Dollar On The Table'

'At every turn, we're putting partners first because we cannot succeed without you,' ServiceNow Channel Chief Erica Volini said.

AWS Invests $10.5B In UK To Fuel AI Infrastructure Expansion

AWS is injecting $10.5 billion over the next five years into the U.K. to expand its data centers in the region with the goal of enabling AI solutions for British businesses.

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan: VMware Bookings 'Continued To Accelerate,' While AI Chip Sales Surge

HP will 'continue to invest in our partners so they can take advantage of this opportunity,' CEO Enrique Lores tells CRN in an interview.

Salesforce To Buy Own For $1.9B In Data Protection Push

Own Co. CEO Sam Gutmann founded Intronis in 2003 and led the company for about seven years as CEO. Barracuda Networks bought Intronis in 2015.

CEO Antonio Neri On HPE GreenLake Growth, AI Sales Momentum And Why Server Sales Were Up 27 Percent Through the Channel

HPE CEO Antonio Neri says HPE GreenLake is an “important component” of HPE’s AI strategy because it provides customers “confidence and control of their data which is the fundamental value when it comes to AI.”

Couchbase Looks To Fuel Enterprise, AI Application Development With Capella Advances

Additions to the Couchbase Capella database-as-a-service boost its ability to handle both operational and analytical workloads and leverage vector search capabilities – critical for AI applications – from anywhere.

HP Q3 Earnings: CEO Lores Calls AI PCs 'An Incredible Growth Opportunity' For Partners

HP will 'continue to invest in our partners so they can take advantage of this opportunity,' CEO Enrique Lores tells CRN in an interview.

Intel Expands AI PC Partner Benefits Amid Big Spending Cuts

While Intel moves to cut jobs and reduce spending by over $10 billion, the chipmaker unveils expanded AI PC partner benefits alongside a new AI PC contest that will award thousands of dollars in market development funds and other incentives to partners.

New IBM Chips Aim To Advance AI Adoption

'Bringing that kind of AI capability to that kind of enterprise environment – it's really only something IBM can do,' IBM VP Tina Tarquinio tells CRN.

Google Puts Character.AI Co-founder On Gemini: Reports

Google recruited Noam Shazeer in a funding and licensing deal.

15 Biggest Microsoft Executive Departures In AI, Data, Security So Far This Year

The departures do not appear to have harmed Microsoft's own recruiting efforts, as seen by some especially consequential hires by the tech giant so far this year.

Microsoft Is Doubling Down On AI, Security: Here Are Some Of Its Recent Hires

The new hires come as Microsoft continues to assert leadership in the growing AI space while furthering efforts to increase the security of its products.

Snowflake CEO Talks Cyberattack Impact, AI 'War Room' And Vision

CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy dives into Cortex AI and Iceberg customer momentum, the impact of Snowflake's recent cyberattack and how AI will 'contribute materially to revenue' in 2025.

Controversial Microsoft Copilot+ PC Feature Gets October Release Date

'Security continues to be our top priority,' according to Microsoft.

Is ChatBlackGPT The Answer To GenAI Bias?

The use cases of generative AI large language models have significantly increased. From OpenAI, Microsoft's Co-Pilot, Perplexity, and Google's Gemini – data is getting faster, more adaptive, and increasingly available. As GenAI becomes more openly accessible, what can be done to mitigate bias? Is culturally informed AI possible?

Microsoft, OpenText Execs: MSPs Can Help Take Copilot GenAI Boom To The Next Level

'We need you as the MSP community to come along with us on this journey,' Microsoft's Jason Jones told MSP executives Tuesday.

Pax8 CEO: 'AI Capabilities Are Doubling Every Four To Six Months'

'The pace of change is relentless,' says Pax8 CEO Scott Chasin. 'We're on the cusp of AI reaching human-level intelligence and beyond.'

AMD CEO: ZT Systems Buy For $4.9B Is Our 'Next Major Step' In AI

'Combining our high-performance Instinct AI accelerator, EPYC CPU, and networking product portfolios with ZT Systems' industry-leading data center systems expertise will enable AMD to deliver end-to-end data center AI infrastructure at scale with our ecosystem of OEM and ODM partners,' said AMD CEO Lisa Su.

Cisco Layoffs, AI And Security Focus: 5 Things To Know

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins cited 'several $100 million-plus transactions in the quarter.'

For Some Partners, AI Turbocharges Private Cloud Business

'There is a certain amount of cloud repatriation that is happening, and that's happening purely from a cost perspective,' Cognizant's Naveen Sharma tells CRN in an interview.

IPED Study: 40 Percent Of Solution Providers Expect 'Significant' Impact From AI In Next 12 To 24 Months

'The tidal wave is coming, and they see it. They're worried about, 'Am I going to catch the wave or am I about to get swamped?'' said Mark Williams, senior consultant with IPED, The Channel Company's channel consulting arm.

Prioritizing GenAI Use Cases Is The Path To Success: Dell Exec

Solution providers are playing a leading role in the effort to 'make AI real' for customers, according to Dell Technologies' Justin Carver.

MSPs Are Driving GenAI Adoption But Security, Data Hurdles Persist For Customers: Panel

While MSPs are showing the way forward on generative AI, many customers end up needing to step back and ensure that data readiness and security risks are addressed upfront, according to experts who spoke at XChange August 2024.

ConnectWise Exec: AI Will Evolve MSP Landscape Over Next 40 Years

'New technology is going to come into those customers that you support every single day and it's going to create new challenges for them, which is going to create those opportunities for [MSPs],' said Jeff Bishop, executive vice president and general manager at ConnectWise.

'AI Across The Board': One Expert Outlines How The Technology Will Impact The Channel

'You're going to see AI across the board in every other category,' says Mike Crosby, executive director, industry analyst of B2B technology at Circana. 'We're already seeing it in monitors and displays. You're going to see it in routers, being able to self-monitor and optimize. That's going to be a common thing across all these other categories.'

The 10 Biggest Microsoft News Stories Of 2024 (So Far)

New partner program investments, AI innovation and cloud outages are among the biggest headlines so far.

IPED Study: 40 Percent Of Solution Providers Expect 'Significant' Impact From AI In Next 12 To 24 Months

The top ten biggest Google Cloud news stories of 2024 include capturing a new cloud market share record, failure to acquire Wiz or HubSpot, cutting partner Workspace renewal margins and launching more AI innovation than ever before.

The 10 Biggest Google Cloud News Stories Of 2024 (So Far): AI, Failed Acquisitions And Historic Sales Growth

Five9 CEO: Acqueon Buy To Take AI 'Customer Engagement To A New Level'

'Together with Acqueon, we can intelligently combine the preferences of the customer with the increasing variety of outreach channels to help enterprises grow their revenue and delight customers, while aligning to compliance standards,' says Five9 CEO Mike Burkland.

Cloud Market Share In Q2: Microsoft Drops, Google Gains, AWS Remains Leader

Here's the global cloud market share results and six world leaders for Q2 2024, which include AWS, Alibaba, Google Cloud, Oracle, Microsoft and Salesforce, according to new market data.

CloudBees Buys Launchable In GenAI, DevSecOps Play

This 'separates us a little bit also from the competition,' Shawn Ahmed, CloudBees' chief product officer, tells CRN in an interview.

6 Bold Statements By Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang On AI's Future

At a fireside chat at SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver last week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks about how AI will impact jobs, why Nvidia's success happened against major odds, and why he believes GPUs and generative AI will reduce energy consumption on the Internet.

ServiceNow Exec Paul Smith On CJ Desai's Departure, Rise of Now Assist

'There's a limited amount I can say on this other than the headline facts. … I'm sure you appreciate there are some reasons why on that one. The one thing I would say though, is we're 24,500 people at ServiceNow. CJ Desai was a very senior leader in this business, and we're deeply grateful for the eight years he spent on some of the innovation he drove. He also built a phenomenal team in ServiceNow,' says ServiceNow Chief Commercial Officer Paul Smith.

Google Gets Character.AI Co-founders In New Deal

This 'agreement with Google … will allow us to accelerate our progress,' Character.AI said in a blog post.

Amazon Q2 2024 Earnings: CEO Jassy 'Very Bullish On' AI In Long Run

AWS capabilities around 'operational performance and security … and a deeper partner ecosystem' remain differentiators in the cloud race, Amazon.com CEO Andy Jassy said.

Dell Cuts Jobs, Restructures To Become 'A Leaner Company' For AI Era

'We are combining teams and prioritizing where we invest across the company. We continually evolve our business, so we're set up to deliver the best innovation, value and service to our customers and partners,' Dell Technologies said in a statement.

OpenAI Co-Founder Jumps To AI Rival Anthropic To 'Gain New Perspectives'

'This choice stems from my desire to deepen my focus on AI alignment, and to start a new chapter of my career where I can return to hands-on technical work,' said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman, regarding his decision to leave for Anthropic.

Avant Acquires CX Effect To Grow Customer Experience, AI Services

'The acquisition of CX Effect significantly expands our portfolio by incorporating over 40 new suppliers,' says Drew Lydecker, co-founder and president of Avant. 'This accelerates Avant's success as we continue to address the rapidly growing cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure and AI markets.'

Nvidia Expands AI Cloud Capabilities With Fourth Acquisition This Year

The latest startup acquired by Nvidia is Brev.dev, which helps AI developers find the most cost-effective GPU compute across cloud providers. This comes after Nvidia acquired two other startups with the explicit purpose of expanding the capabilities of its DGX Cloud service.

Google's Potential $23B Wiz Acquisition Would Be 'Monumental': Partners

The reported effort by Google to beef up its cloud and AI security offerings by potentially acquiring Wiz shows how central cybersecurity has become in the tech industry, solution provider executives tell CRN.

Ctera Chairman On New $80M Growth Funding, Plans For AI Intelligence In File Services

'You want AI to understand the conditions of the data and to act according to the data they provide. So this creates a big opportunity for connecting existing data platforms into AI systems and serving them with all the permission sets and all that. That's the premise of the data intelligence service that we are developing and about to launch soon, which will connect Ctera into AI platforms,' says Ctera founder and Chairman Liran Eshel.

Qumulo's New CEO: 'We Do Need An AI Story'

'[We're focused on] applied AI as opposed to building a training and learning cluster. And to me applied AI means inference workloads, using enterprise core data, making that data part of the answers that AI is generating for you while ensuring accuracy. This, without that data becoming part of the model, without ceding control of an enterprise's data. I'm gonna do that,' says Qumulo's new CEO, Douglas Gourlay.

AMD President, AI Strategy Leader Victor Peng To Retire

The discussions have fallen apart as Wiz seeks to remain independent, Wiz's CEO reportedly told employees Monday.

Google's $23 Billion Wiz Acquisition Deal Has Dissolved: Report

The discussions have fallen apart as Wiz seeks to remain independent, Wiz's CEO reportedly told employees Monday.

Data Center Providers: Land And Power Shortages Hampering The AI Era

'I’ve been out preaching this for well over a year now, that data center capacity is going to be an issue in this industry. ... Trying to go out and find any capacity for this, of any meaningful size right now, it’s impossible. It doesn’t exist,' Applied Digital CEO Wes Cummins tells CRN.

Dell's Arthur Lewis: The AI Revolution Requires A 'Rearchitecture Of The Data Center'

'Data centers have been built the way they have been built for the last 30 years. That isn't going to get us to the next 30 years. That is going to have to change,' Arthur Lewis, president of Dell’s Infrastructure Solutions Group, tells CRN.

AMD To Acquire AI Lab, LLM Developer Silo AI For $665 Million

As part of its efforts to challenge Nvidia, the chip designer says its $665 million acquisition of European AI lab and open-source large language model developer Silo AI will help enterprises develop and deploy AI solutions faster and more effectively.

UiPath Reveals 10 Percent Employee Cut Amid AI Investment Focus

'This workforce reduction is aimed at further driving operational efficiency and customer centricity,' according to a UiPath regulatory filing.

Microsoft 2024 Partners Of The Year: Solution Providers Advancing AI, Copilot, Security

WinWire, Valorem Reply, PwC, Accenture and EY were among the solution providers named as a 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year.

Google Cloud Vertex AI Upgrades Include Gemini 1.5 Flash General Availability, Imagen 3 Preview

Solution providers 'are building large business opportunities and businesses because of the demand that we see for this technology from lots of companies in different parts of the world,' says Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian.

OpenAI Looks To Boost Data Retrieval Capabilities Of Its GenAI Technology With Rockset Acquisition

OpenAI has acquired Rockset, developer of a high-powered data search and analytics database that will become part of the data retrieval infrastructure underlying its generative AI software products.

The 10 Most Well-Funded AI Startups Of 2024 (So Far)

Cyera, Glean and xAI are among the recently founded AI companies capturing major investor attention.

Copilot+ PCs Hit The Market, Bringing Local Processing Power To AI

'Today marks the beginning of a new era for Windows,' Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote on LinkedIn.

7 Solution Provider CEOs On the AI Opportunities Ahead

As solution providers position themselves to capture AI opportunities, here's how seven channel CEOs think they can make their mark.

The 10 Hottest AI Startups Of 2024 (So Far)

CRN highlights 10 AI startups that are leading in LLMs, cybersecurity and enabling MSPs to drive AI customer wins.

Analysis: As Nvidia Takes AI Victory Lap, AMD Doubles The Trouble For Intel

The fact that now both Nvidia and AMD have significantly sped up development and plan to release data center accelerator chips every one year instead of every two years is creating double the trouble for Intel, which is trying to catch up with its Gaudi AI chips but remains behind the performance curve.

HPE's Neil MacDonald: Running AI In Public Cloud Will 'Crush' IT Budgets

'The target customers for this [HPE Private Cloud for AI] are very firmly enterprise customers who are seeking to embrace generative AI and who recognize that running AI workloads at scale in the public cloud will crush their IT budgets,' said MacDonald, the general manager of Compute, HPC (High Performance Compute) and AI for HPE.

AWS' AI And GenAI Leader Leaves For DigitalOcean As New CTO

AWS, Nvidia and Intel veteran Bratin Saha—who helped build AWS AI products like Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q—has left to join DigitalOcean as its new chief product and technology officer.

'Nvidia AI Computing By HPE' And HPE Private Cloud AI: Details Of The Blockbuster AI Partnership

HPE has launched a comprehensive generative AI solutions portfolio co-developed and co-branded by AI kingpin Nvidia including a breakthrough HPE Private Cloud AI offering.

Databricks CEO Ghodsi: Systems Integrator Partners Are Key To Winning 'The AI Revolution'

'We both need to succeed together for Databricks to succeed,' says Databricks co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi at the company's Data+AI Summit.

Partners See Nvidia AI Computing By HPE As A GenAI Infrastructure 'Game-Changer'

HPE partners say the Nvidia AI Computing By HPE collaboration raises the bar in the battle to develop the deepest enterprise generative AI integration and go-to-market model with AI superstar Nvidia.

Microsoft-Backed Mistral AI Startup Raises $640M; Hits $6B Valuation

'This new round puts us in a unique position to push the frontier of AI and bring state-of-the-art technology to everyone's hands,' says Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch.

Top 10 AI Foundation Models Ranked: Google, Nvidia, OpenAI Lead Forrester Report

The report scores the world's top 10 AI foundation models for language, including Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Amazon Bedrock, IBM Granite and OpenAI GPT-4.

'Apple Intelligence' Revealed: 12 AI Features Coming To iPhones, Macs And iPads

Apple's much-anticipated upcoming suite of AI features for select iPhones, Macs and iPads is called Apple Intelligence, and it will include an enhanced Siri experience, systemwide Writing Tools, message and notification prioritization, call transcription and summarization, and ChatGPT integration.

Databricks Data+AI Summit 2024: The Biggest News

Upgrades to Databricks' Mosaic AI, a deeper collaboration with Nvidia and the open-sourcing of Unity Catalog are among the biggest updates from Summit 2024.

Pax8 Launches Next Generation Marketplace Giving MSPs The Keys To The Kingdom

'We have developed this marketplace with one goal in mind, your success,' says Libby McIlhany, chief product officer for Pax8. 'We're giving you the keys to the kingdom of easy-to-use tools and AI insights designed to save you time and accelerate the growth of your business.'

Dell And Nvidia Say GenAI's Data Byproducts Give Partners 'Massive' Storage Opportunity

'If I give you a paragraph of text and I convert it to embeddings that then get stored, the size of the embeddings is much bigger than the size of the original text,' Manuvir Das, vice president of enterprise computing at Nvidia, tells CRN. 'It can be 10 times bigger. This is a massive data and storage opportunity that people haven't grasped yet.'

ConnectWise CEO: 'AI Is Making Its Way Through Our Business Bloodstream'

CEO Antonio Neri On AI Systems Growth, GreenLake Momentum And HPE's '100 Percent' Liquid Cooling AI Advantage

HPE CEO Antonio Neri has promised an 'epic moment' at HPE’s Discover Conference with the first-ever keynote at the Sphere in Las Vegas, where he'll be joined by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

ConnectWise CEO: 'AI Is Making Its Way Through Our Business Bloodstream'

'In just 12 months AI has taken a leap and, naturally, there's an expectation that we'd all go from novices to experts in that short time. But unfortunately, that's not the case; it's not realistic,' says Jason Magee, ConnectWise CEO.

AI, Device Refresh Open Channel Opportunities In Education Market

Circana's Mike Crosby shares insight on channel trends in the education market, including the opportunities around AI in higher education and the potential rise of device as a service.

Cisco Beefs Up Its Security Offerings With Splunk, AI Tech

Cisco unveiled a number of security updates at its Cisco Live conference, including integrating its Splunk acquisition with Cisco security, a new firewall series, and new AI-native management for its Cisco Security Cloud.

Salesforce Q1 Earnings: CEO Benioff Calls AI Models Commodities, Data 'The New Gold'

'Customer data and metadata are the new gold for these enterprises,' Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Wednesday.

Dell Technologies And AMD Expand The Generative AI Solutions Portfolio

The escalating need for robust computing is growing. Dell Technologies and AMD are expanding the generative AI solutions portfolio, with the high-performance Dell PowerEdge XE9680 server, designed to support the AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator.

Cisco And Lenovo Agree To Engineer AI, GenAI Solutions Together

From integrating Cisco Nexus to Lenovo's infrastructure portfolio to engineering AI solutions together, here's what you need to know about Lenovo and Cisco's new agreement unveiled today.

AI, Hyperscaler Cloud To Drive Pure Storage Business: CEO Charles Giancarlo

'AI inevitably calls customers' attention to the fragmented state of their data caused by their disparate data storage infrastructure. Data stored on widely diverse platforms, with different operating and management systems, which are siloed and individually managed, are unable to feed real-time data to AI inference engines. The Pure Storage platform strategy provides a unified and integrated data storage and delivery system across customers' various data environments,' says Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo.

HP CEO: AI PCs To Make Up A Tenth Of Shipments In Fiscal Year's Second Half

'Our expectation is that three years after launch, AI PCs will represent between 40 percent and 50 percent of total PC shipments,' HP CEO Enrique Lores says ahead of its second-quarter earnings release, which reports that falling printer demand offset commercial PC growth.

Here Is Snowflake's Plan To Drive AI Sales For Partners: Channel Chief

Global channel chief Tyler Prince outlines CRN Snowflake's plans for the second half of 2024 to help partners drive cloud computing, data and generative AI sales.

Unisys CEO Peter Altabef On Cloud, AI And Quantum Computing

'When we look at what's in our pipeline, it is increasingly filled with newer technologies. That tells us that those newer offerings, whether they're around cloud, around AI, around quantum, around digital workplace, are really getting the buyers' attention,' says Unisys' Chairman and CEO Peter Altabef.

How Vendors Are Using AI To Improve The Printer Experience

Experts at HP, Xerox, Lexmark, Sharp and Brother talk to CRN about how their companies are using AI to improve the way printers are used, managed and maintained.

Microsoft Build 2024: 10 Coolest Exhibitors In AI, Cloud Computing, Security

Nvidia, Avanade and Snowflake were among the standout vendors at Microsoft Build 2024 in Seattle.

Nutanix's New Dell, Nvidia Alliances Meant To Advance AI, Multicloud

'This is materially different than the Dell model we had in the past. Previously we had a 'meet in the channel' model where Nutanix software and Dell hardware were brought together by a partner. This is different in the sense that Dell has now introduced a model that heretofore has only been reserved for [VMware] VxRail,' says Nutanix's Lee Caswell, senior vice president of product and solutions marketing.

Microsoft Build 2024: CEO Nadella Declares 'A Golden Age Of Systems'

'I still remember distinctly the first time Win32 was discussed … .Net, Azure. These are moments that I've marked my life with. And it just feels like we're, yet again, at a moment like that,' Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in his keynote at Build 2024.

IBM CEO's 5 Boldest Remarks On New Products, AI And Quantum Computing

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna's boldest statements during his keynote at IBM Think 2024 Tuesday revolved around IBM's new product launches, AI and his vision for quantum computing.

5 Big Dell Technologies World Announcements: AI Factory With Nvidia, AI Networking, Storage And PCs, PowerStore Prime

'We want to inspire you to reimagine organizations for artificial intelligence. And we want to encourage you to act fast,' Michael Dell tells the crowd at Dell Technologies World.

Google Pours $1.1B Into Finland Data Center To Boost AI And Sustainability

Google continues to invest billions across the globe to expand its data center reach, as well as its AI and sustainability technology, unveiling a $1.1 billion investment Monday in its Finland data center campus.

IBM Think 2024: Here Are IBM's Top 30 Partner Award Winners

From Kyndryl and Wipro to EY and Converge Technology Solutions, here are IBM's 2024 Partner Plus Award winners on both a global and regional basis.

Microsoft CEO Nadella: Copilot+ PC Gets Closer To 'Computers That Understand Us'

'We are bringing real joy and a sense of wonder back to creation on the PC,' Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday.

Fulcrum IT Partners Fires First Salvo In Hybrid AI-As-A-Service Charge With Manufacturing Platform

'This is intellectual property we have developed to provide actionable AI to customers,' says Fulcrum IT Partners President Kyle Lanzinger. 'We are productizing the AI-based vertical market domain services we have in our portfolio and also bringing in business leaders with deep industry expertise from our team to work with our customers.'

IBM Think: 10 Biggest AI, Red Hat, Nvidia And GenAI Launches

From its new generative AI tool IBM Concert to new offerings with AWS, Nvidia, Microsoft and more, here are the 10 biggest product launches today at IBM Think 2024 in Boston.

Kyndryl Partners With Nvidia To Up Its GenAI Game

'Nvidia is the market leader today. They have an entire ecosystem that they bring to the table from the GPU to the infrastructure stack and to the application frameworks that will help to accelerate it. We are coupling our Kyndryl services with the Nvidia hardware and software to help clients with solutions independent of the industry sector they operate in,' says Venkat Jagana, Kyndryl's vice president and distinguished engineer.

Microsoft Build 2024: The Biggest News In AI, Copilots, Data, Security

News around Microsoft Copilot in Azure, Team Copilot and Defender for Cloud are some of the most exciting updates to come out of Build 2024.

Cisco Earnings Preview: 5 Things To Know

Splunk, security and AI are likely to come up during Cisco’s latest quarterly earnings report.

Intel To Sunset First-Gen Max Series GPU To Focus On Gaudi, Falcon Shores Chips

A source confirms to CRN key details of a report stating that Intel has started to sunset its first-gen Max Series GPU so that the semiconductor giant can focus on selling its Gaudi accelerator chips and developing the next-gen Falcon Shores GPU.

Data Platform Developer WekaIO Reports A $140-Million Funding Round

With the Series E financing round the company achieves 'unicorn' status with a $1.6 billion valuation as data-intensive AI and generative AI applications boost demand for the company's software.

Palo Alto Networks To 'Change How Cybersecurity Is Done' With AI Launch: CPO Lee Klarich

In an interview with CRN, Klarich says the company's debut of new AI-powered products shows how Palo Alto Networks is combining GenAI with machine learning to make security more predictive and real time — compared to other offerings that are 'too simplistic.'

AWS' New CEO Matt Garman On Microsoft, AI, Amazon EC2: 6 Things To Know

From publicly taking shots at Microsoft to being AWS’ first-ever product manager for Amazon EC2, here are six big things partners and customers need to know about AWS' new CEO Matt Garman.

Ampere Reveals 256-Core Server CPU, AI Partnership With Qualcomm In Big Update

In an interview with CRN, Ampere Computing executive Jeff Wittich says channel partners are 'really important' to the chip designer's expanding push against rivals like Intel, which will include a 256-core server CPU and an AI partnership with Qualcomm, among other things.

Snowflake Eyes Reka AI Buy For $1B To Boost Generative AI, LLMs

Snowflake is reportedly in talks to acquire AI startup company Reka AI for over $1 billion. The news comes as Snowflake seeks to build the world's top AI ecosystem.

Michael Dell: 'Blizzard Of New' AI Announcements Coming To Dell Technology World 2024 Amid Record Partner Sign-Ups

'Never been a better time to be a Dell channel partner. We are fully committed to our channel as we have been. The record sign-ups that we have seen for Dell Tech World certainly indicate the continuing interest and passion from our channel partners and we'll have a lot to say about how we can win together,' chairman and CEO Michael Dell told CRN.

HPE Aims To 'Leapfrog' Competitors With Hybrid Cloud AI Ops Based HPE GreenLake For Block Storage: HPE VP Sanjay Jagad

The new offerings include HPE GreenLake Block Storage For AWS, which allows HPE partners to “seamlessly manage” block storage across on premise GreenLake and AWS public cloud environments, according to HPE.

HPE Has Big Lead In Hybrid Cloud With HPE GreenLake For Block Storage: Partners

'Everyone is chasing HPE as the (hybrid cloud) platform to beat,' says Curtis Dery, senior vice president of Powerland, a Canadian IT service provider and Xerox Business Solutions...

Palo Alto Networks Cloud Survey: 4 Takeaways On GenAI And Security

Despite the security trade-offs in using GenAI for code generation, all respondents to the 2024 State of Cloud-Native Security survey say they are embracing the approach.

HPE's Simon Ewington: 'There Will Be Opportunities For AI With All Of Our Partner Community'

HPE Worldwide Channel and Ecosystem Leader Simon Ewington says the company has a 'broad' AI channel strategy that will lead to opportunities for all of HPE's partners.

HPE Is The 'Fries' To The Nvidia AI 'Burger': Channel Leader Simon Ewington

The HPE-Nvidia channel charge comes with HPE CEO Antonio Neri set to share the HPE Discover stage next month with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang...

HPE Launches AI Pilot Program For Partners

'We've already gone off and started working on (this) with a certain set of partners in regards to our AI and AI offerings, and actually building out practices with them just like we did ...'

ServiceNow Exec Paul Smith: 'Massive Demand' For Partners

'We will take minority positions in smaller and midsize partners with a specific view towards giving those partners the equity, the capital, to basically bring in new skills and talent ...'

Red Hat Summit 2024: The Biggest News In AI, Containers And More

Updates on Lightspeed, OpenShift AI and Red Hat’s partnership with Nvidia are some of the major news made this week at Summit.

Snowflake Is Building World's 'No. 1 AI, Apps And Expertise' Ecosystem, Says Global Partner Leader

Tyler Prince, Snowflake's worldwide leader of Alliances and Channel, explains to CRN Snowflake's mission to create the best AI, app and expertise partner ecosystem in the world as the AI era heats up.

Amazon CEO: 5 Big Trends Fueling 'Multi-Billion-Dollar' AI AWS Sales

From Amazon Q and SageMaker to customer buying trends in 2024, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explains why AI has already generated 'a multibillion-dollar revenue run rate' for his company.

MongoDB CEO Ittycheria: AI Has Reached 'A Crucible Moment' In Its Development

In a wide-ranging interview with CRN at last week's MongoDB.local NYC event, CEO Dev Ittycheria offered his views on why AI development is about to enter a more 'transformative' phase...

10 Hot AI Cybersecurity Tools At RSAC 2024

Vendors including Palo Alto Networks, Trellix and Proofpoint debuted new AI-powered security tools and capabilities this week during the conference.

ServiceNow And GenAI: Seven Key Takeaways From CEO Bill McDermott

'Money is moving away from commodity and old tech to advanced cloud technologies and platforms and generative AI. In fact, I'm talking to many companies now that are pulling money from their R&D budget to put it into the GenAI line item ...'

ServiceNow, Microsoft To Integrate Their Now Assist, Copilot GenAI Platforms

'ServiceNow and Microsoft are integrating Now Assist and Copilot, bringing the power of two generative AI systems into one seamless experience. This has been made possible by merging the intelligence of Now Assist ...'

Red Hat CEO Hicks: Open Source 'At The Center' Of AI Innovation

'Training techniques that once ran in the hundreds of millions of dollars are now being replicated for a few thousand,' Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks said.

SoftBank In Advanced Talks To Buy AI Chip Designer Graphcore: Report

Once seen as a viable competitor to Nvidia, Graphcore's business suffered in 2022 from deteriorating macroeconomic conditions that slowed down sales of systems outfitted with its IPUs, and now it's reportedly in talks to sell itself to Japanese investment giant SoftBank.

Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora: GenAI Now Embedded In 'Every One' Of Our Products

The vendor unveiled its new 'Precision AI' capabilities across its product portfolio Tuesday, along with several tools for protecting the use of GenAI itself.

Apple Calls AI PC Rivals Laggards With M4-Based iPad Pro Reveal

The Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant claims that the new M4 system-on-chip inside the forthcoming 11- and 13-inch iPad Pro tablets has more powerful AI processing capabilities than processors powering any Windows-based AI PC on the market today.

Amazon CEO: 85 Percent Of 'IT Spend Remains On-Premises,' Gen AI Will Fuel AWS Cloud Sales

'We're at $100 billion-plus annualized revenue run rate, yet 85 percent or more of the global IT spend remains on-premises,' said Andy Jassy, Amazon's CEO and former longtime leader of AWS.

Expedient Secure AI Gateway Brings The AI Models To The Data

'We want to take the fear of adopting AI because of data leakage and data governance, compliance, we want to take that out of the equation,' Bradley Reynolds, SVP for artificial intelligence at Expedient, tells CRN.

SADA CEO On Google Workspace AI Push, Insight's Microsoft Business And AI Strategy

Tony Safoian, CEO of Google Cloud all-star partner SADA, talks about winning new Google Workspace customers, Insight's Microsoft practice and his bullish thoughts on Google's AI strategy.

5 Cool AI And HPC Servers With AMD Instinct MI300 Chips

CRN rounds up five cool AI and high-performance computing servers from Dell Technologies, Lenovo, Supermicro and Gigabyte that use AMD's Instinct MI300 chips, which launched a few months ago to challenge Nvidia's dominance in the AI computing space.

Apple CEO Tim Cook Teases GenAI Product News Coming 'Soon'

In Apple's first-quarter earnings call, the chief executive of Apple says the company will make an announcement in the 'weeks ahead' and added that he expects generative AI capabilities to come to the 'vast majority of our devices.'

CDW CEO Leahy: Customers Are 'Exploring The Art Of The Possible' With AI

'We know how to bridge the gap between the promise of technology and transformational outcomes. And since deploying AI drives a need for technology investments across the full stack, with entry points across the entire stack...'

Intel: 500 AI Models Have Been Optimized For Core Ultra Processors

The semiconductor giant says its AI model optimization work is important because 'models form the backbone of AI-enhanced software features like object removal, image super resolution or text summarization.'

MongoDB Launches 'One-Stop-Shop' Program For Building Advanced GenAI Applications

With its own MongoDB Atlas development platform at the core, the new MAAP initiative pulls together expertise and technology from cloud hyperscalers, leading GenAI tech providers such as Anthropic and LangChain, and MongoDB consulting/SI partners.

WWT CEO: 'Thrilled' About Expanding HPE Partnership To Deliver 'Transformative AI Outcomes'

'I am thrilled about our expanding partnership with HPE and the impact we can make on our customers by delivering transformative AI outcomes,' says WWT co-founder and CEO Jim Kavanaugh. 'Together, let's shape the future of AI!'

D&H Co-President Dan Schwab On The 'Rolling Thunder' AI PC Opportunity For Partners

D&H is in the process of outfitting its 800 person sales/support team with AI PCs and rolling out a road show that aims to get 5,000 partners selling the new systems.

D&H Launches Multimillion-Dollar AI PC Blitz, Expects To Train 5,000 Partners

‘D&H is making a multimillion-dollar investment to continue our history of investing ahead of the curve and looking around the corner to ensure our partners are prepared...

AI Superstar Sterling Is Setting Up AI PC Demo Center

'This is a huge opportunity,' says Sterling Senior Vice President of Partner Alliances Steve Van Ginkel. 'We feel like we’re well positioned to help our customers operationalize their AI PC strategy...'

AMD Says Ryzen Pro CPUs Enable Better AI PCs For Businesses

In an interview with CRN, AMD's Matt Unangst says channel partners have a 'really important role' to play in helping business customers understand the value of AI PCs and how its latest Ryzen Pro processors are enabling 'best-in-class' performance and battery life.

Why AWS' AI Chatbot Amazon Q Bests Google, Microsoft GenAI Tech: Ruba Borno

AWS' global partner leader, Ruba Borno, talks with CRN about the general availability of Amazon Q Tuesday and why the AI-powered assistant is better than rivals Google...

5K Technical Services CEO Kirkendoll On Becoming Customers' 'Chief AI Strategist'

‘One of the things we've been really pushing out there is becoming that chief AI strategist … just like a virtual CISO, we're that virtual person that is out there coming in to assess...'

AWS Earnings Preview: Will AI Push AWS Across $100B Mark?

Here's what to watch for during Amazon's Q1 2024 earnings report tomorrow as AWS eyes a $100 billion run rate potentially driven by AI.

Microsoft’s Earnings Results Say A Lot About Cloud And AI Growth, Google And AWS Competition

‘Azure could become the biggest and more important hyperscaler provider,’ according to one analyst report Friday.

Intel CEO Gelsinger: AI, Intel Foundry Ramp To Drive Growth

'Semiconductors are the currency that will drive the global economy for decades to come. We are one of two, maybe three, companies in the world that can continue to enable next-generation chip technologies ...'

5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

For the week ending April 26, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel including IBM, Nvidia, ThreatLocker, HPE Aruba and FlexAI.

Ingram Micro's Kirk Robinson On AI PCs, Xvantage, Partner Challenges

'What does it mean that Intel's chip is AI-enabled? What does it mean that the Dell and Lenovo and HP laptops are AI-enabled? What does that do for me? ...'

Google Cloud 'Applying AI To Our Whole Partner Incentive Portfolio:' Google Exec

'You can search incentives by product. You can search for it by country. The partners are absolutely loving that we're showing how we can make their businesses more transparent...'

Extreme Networks Leaders On Networking M&A Activity And How AI Will 'Drastically Change' The Relationship Between Vendors, Partners

Extreme President and CEO Ed Meyercord and Nabil Bukhari, chief product and technology officer, speak with CRN about how AI and GenAI are shaping Extreme's strategy...

AI Blockbuster: Nvidia Buys Run:ai For $700M

'Run:ai has been a close collaborator with Nvidia since 2020 and we share a passion for helping our customers make the most of their infrastructure,' says Run:ai CEO Omri Geller.

Extreme Networks Leaders On Networking M&A Activity And How AI Will 'Drastically Change' The Relationship Between Vendors, Partners

Extreme President and CEO Ed Meyercord and Nabil Bukhari, chief product and technology officer, speak with CRN about how AI and GenAI are shaping Extreme's strategy, recent networking M&A activity -- including the Cisco-Splunk acquisition and the pending HPE-Juniper deal -- and how Extreme's 'One Network, One Cloud' approach is helping...

Google Cloud 'Applying AI To Our Whole Partner Incentive Portfolio:' Google Exec

'You can search incentives by product. You can search for it by country. The partners are absolutely loving that we're showing how we can make their businesses more transparent, more readily to understand our profitability, by letting them use AI,' Colleen Kapase, vice president of channels and partner programs at Google Cloud, tells CRN.

AI Blockbuster: Nvidia Buys Run:ai For $700M

'Run:ai has been a close collaborator with Nvidia since 2020 and we share a passion for helping our customers make the most of their infrastructure,' says Run:ai CEO Omri Geller.

IBM Q1 2024 Earnings Preview: 5 Things To Know

GenAI, Red Hat and potential acquisitions are expected to come up on the vendor's earnings call Wednesday.

Ex-Nvidia, Apple And Intel Engineers Launch AI Startup FlexAI With $30M Backing

Artificial intelligence startup FlexAI launched out of stealth mode on Wednesday with $30 million in funding. Here's what to know about the company's AI goals.

KnowBe4 To Acquire AI-Powered Email Security Firm Egress

The planned acquisition of 17-year-old Egress will bring together AI-driven capabilities such as anti-phishing with KnowBe4's widely used security training platform, according to the company.

Google Cloud's Cybersecurity VP Leaves For Vectra AI

'I'm excited to work with a team that has built a truly differentiated approach to helping customers cut through the noise to detect hybrid cyber-attacks quickly and at scale,' said Jeff Reed, Vectra AI's new chief product officer.

HPE Aruba: Wi-Fi 7 Launch Lays 'The Foundation' To Power Advanced AI, IoT Services

'These access points have a role in not only networking for AI, but also AI for networking,' says HPE Aruba’s vice president of product and community marketing, Larry Lunetta, touching on Juniper Networks CEO Rami Rahim's own take that the industry is just scratching the surface with AI networking.

Here's How One MSP Is Using Automation, AI To 'Scale Operations'

'We have our MSP practice, our security department and we're creating a third department that's comprised of content coming out of our project department that's going to be our automation and AI division. We're going to automate and use AI internally as well as RPA to streamline our practices within the IT business,' says Timothy Guim, president and CEO of PCH Technologies.

Verizon's Fixed Wireless, AI Position Carrier For Long-Term Success: CEO

'Our network was built for AI. … As we are deploying 5G right now with the mobile edge compute and AI, this is a great long-term opportunity for us using AI. [There are] revenue opportunities with all the new technologies coming,' says Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg.

Meeting The Exploding Demand For Data: The 2024 CRN Big Data 100

AI and analytics systems need data – lots of it. CRN's annual Big Data 100 takes a look at the developers of data analysis tools, database systems, data management software and other technologies in the big data arena that solution providers should be aware of.

Why Intel Thinks 2024 Is A Big Commercial PC Refresh Year

In an interview with CRN, Intel executives discuss the new AI and security capabilities of the Core Ultra processors as well as the vPro platform’s new management features that they believe will make 2024 a standout year for commercial PC upgrades.

Cisco Hypershield For AI Data Center, Cloud Security 'The Most Consequential' Announcement In Cisco's 40-Year History: Execs

'With this innovation … we have actually been able to deliver something that's unlike anything we've done in the last 40 years at Cisco. And I will say that we're just getting started,' says Jeetu Patel, Cisco's EVP and general manager of security and collaboration on Cisco Hypershield.

Microsoft To Invest $1.5B In UAE AI Developer G42

G42 'will run its AI applications and services on Microsoft Azure' as part of the deal.

Salesforce AI Push Comes With Partner Program Investment, Says Channel Chief

'When you think about how much of [our revenue] is actually managed on a day-to-day [basis] by the partners, they're massive custodians of the brand and customer success and lifetime value,' says Salesforce channel chief Steve Corfield.

Amazon CEO Jassy’s Annual Shareholder Letter: 5 Things To Know

'The amount of societal and business benefit from the solutions that will be possible will astound us all,' Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said.

5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

For the week ending April 12, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel including Google Cloud, Intel, Wiz, Zscaler, Lumen Technologies and startup solution provider Ensemble AI.

Juniper Networks CEO: 'We're Just Scratching The Surface' With AI-Powered Networking

'There's a lot of talk about AI and it can be very confusing. It's a cluttered space. I think the best thing that customers and partners can do is to look at actual examples of deployments...'

10 Coolest Upcoming Microsoft Copilot Offerings

Previews for copilots in Microsoft Viva suite and Intune plus updates to role-based copilots are in store.

Juniper Networks CEO: HPE-Juniper Combo Will Clear 'Cluttered' AI Networking Space

'My view is that AI is going to be as big, if not even bigger than all of the previous trends combined. And I believe that the kind of moves that are necessary to capture this opportunity are the big bold moves...'

COLUMN: First Impressions Of AI PCs Will Be Shaped By The Channel

CRN's Jennifer Follett says that the vendors that work closely with channel partners to bring the early wave of AI PCs to market will stand to make the biggest gains.

10 Cool AI PCs You Can Get From HP, Dell And Others

Here are 10 AI PCs you can get now or later this year from HP Inc., Dell Technologies, Lenovo and other vendors.

NetApp, Google Cloud Partner On GenAI, Hybrid Cloud

'Today, we already offer multiple tiers of service that are publicly documented: standard, premium, and extreme. They offer different throughputs. And they're all backed by ONTAP and NetApp’s enterprise storage...'

COLUMN: Where Are The AI Channel Incentives?

CRN's Steve Burke is troubled that many vendors are not changing their channel programs to accelerate AI sales growth.

CEO Antonio Neri: Competitors Are Not 'Ahead' of HPE In AI Race

'Our supercomputing heritage gives us a unique position to run these massive AI systems at scale,' says HPE CEO Antonio Neri.

Google Cloud's New AI Launches For Channel Partners At Google Next 2024

From a new generative AI specialization to increasing incentives by 10X for partners driving GenAI customer wins, here are the new launches for channel partners unveiled at Google Cloud Next 2024.

Google Unleashes 'New Era Of Productivity' With AI Agents: Partners

Google Cloud partners break down the benefits of Google’s new GenAI agent technology and Vertex AI Agent Builder for the channel.

Ensemble AI: Two Of The Most Successful AWS Cloud Pioneers Are Starting A New AI Solution Provider

'We witnessed firsthand the transformative power of cloud computing and how it reshaped entire industries,' said the two Ensemble AI co-founders, Benjamin Wootton and Pontus Noren...

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Intel Gaudi 3 And Dell PowerEdge Servers Deliver AI 'Game-Changer,' Michael Dell Says

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The 15 Hottest AI Data And Analytics Companies: The 2024 CRN AI 100

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Cisco Channel Chief Rodney Clark On Deep AI Investments, Spurring Growth Through Partners

'This is an amazing time and for Cisco - a company who's been really, really focused on AI and our portfolio for many years - it's actually coming together at a time when the industry needs it. We've got the infrastructure to power AI...'

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10 New Google Gemini AI Launches For GCP, Security And Cloud: Google Cloud Next 2024

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Liz Centoni: Why Cisco Is On The AI Offensive And How Partners Will Benefit

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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins: Moving Fast To Win The AI Battle

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Softchoice, Microsoft Expand AI Partnership

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Microsoft Copilot For Security Is Generally Available, Adding AI To Cyber Fight

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Intel Names Top 27 Americas Partners Who Are Driving Growth, Embracing AI

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Intel Wants To Help Smaller ISVs Make Killer Apps For AI PCs

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Amazon Completes $4B Investment In AI Startup Anthropic

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TD Synnex CEO On AI, Ingram Micro's IPO And Why He's Optimistic About IT Distribution

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North America President Ryan McCurdy On How Lenovo Is Paving The 'AI Autobahn' For PCs

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HPE Aruba Networks Intros GenAI Trained On Networking Giant's Own 'Massive' Data Lake

'Good AI requires good data and good data lakes require a ton of telemetry. We're one of the big market leaders [and] we're very confident we have one of the largest specific data lakes …'

CEO Chuck Robbins On Cisco Splunk's AI Advantage And Why HPE-Juniper Misses The Security Mark

'With the Splunk acquisition, we just improved our position in the security world, so for customers who want to run platform-based secure networking infrastructure, we're going to have the right answer.'

'AI Is Google’s Birthright': Google Cloud's Partner Leader Explains AI Gameplan

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Microsoft Reveals First AI-Optimized Surface PCs

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Microsoft Updates Solutions Partner Designations With Industry AI Paths

'We have seen tremendous progress as partners seize the moment and turn the promise of AI into a reality around the world,' says Microsoft Chief Partner Officer Nicole Dezen.

Pax8 Co-Founder Says These Four Steps Will Give You The Edge With AI

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Nutanix's Goffi: 'We're Not Just Partner-First, We Are Partner-Only'

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ScalePad Exec On How MSPs Can Automate To Profitability

With nearly one-third of MSPs struggling to attain profitability, automation in the form of an integrated set of tools could help MSPs better connect with clients and grow their practices, ScalePad’s channel chief said at XChange 2024.

MSP Exec On Lessons Learned, Key To Growing The Business: 'Define Your Sales Process'

'There's a sales process for hunting and there's a sales process for account management. Those two are very different skills, similar but different, but it's important to articulate how to do it,' says Brent Morris, vice president of business development at Success Computer Consulting.

MSP Security Stack Incomplete Without Email Security: Mailprotector CEO

'What happens is, we're fighting the wrong side of asymmetric warfare. What attackers are doing right now is shooting $50 mortars over the wall, and we're shooting them down with million-dollar missiles.

XChange 2024: Infima, Puzzle Shirts And The True Meaning Of 'Partner'

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Many CIOs Looking To Solution Providers For Help Navigating GenAI, Security Challenges: Panel

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Microsoft Copilot Leader: 5 Boldest Statements On The MSP Opportunity

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MSP Marketing Expert: 7 Steps To A Better Brand Story

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Microsoft Copilot AI Frenzy Hits XChange March 2024

'This is a huge opportunity. So if we can get just a small piece of the pie, that would be big,' says one partner who attended the packed session.

Why Detection Should Never Be Plan A: ThreatLocker CEO

Zero trust security controls 'give you time' to react, with detection merely serving as a backup, according to ThreatLocker co-founder and CEO Danny Jenkins.

vCISO Services Bring Security, Compliance Together For MSPs

'vCISO services have become one of the main tools that enables you basically to address Wall Street, make money out of it, and provide those services to your end clients. vCISO services is indeed a huge opportunity,' says Royi Barnea, vice president of channel sales at Cynomi.

Research: Most Vendors Want To Sell AI Through The Channel

Of the surveyed vendors, 33 percent said they have AI offerings partners can monetize.

Latest Phishing Tactics Show Attackers Keep 'Pushing The Envelope:' Inky CEO

Phishing attacks continue to get more sophisticated—and sneakier, says Dave Baggett, co-founder of the email security vendor.

Recurring Security Assessments Can 'Elevate' MSP Programs: Galactic Advisors

Providing penetration testing and other third-party assessments can help MSPs to prove the value of advanced security services, said Bruce McCully, CEO of the cybersecurity assessment and consulting firm.

Lenovo Partner Director: Navigate The Windows 10 EOS Conversation With AI, Security Focus

'There is a different opportunity. AI is that opportunity,' Lenovo's Cassie Jeppson told solution providers.

ConnectWise Exec: 'We Are In The Period Of AI Implementation'

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Which Side Wins With GenAI: Cybercrime Or Cyberdefense?

Security experts weigh in on the potential use cases for GenAI technology and whether those cases are benefiting security teams or giving an edge to malicious actors.

These Are The 10 Hottest AI Startups To Watch For 2024

Anthropic, Cohere, Concentric AI and Robin AI are among the companies that could prove to be a force in the coming year.

Why 10 Top Tech CEOs See AI As One Of 2024's Biggest Opportunities

For CRN’s CEO Outlook 2024, we learn why AI is viewed as one of the largest opportunities by the chief executives of AMD, Intel, Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Google Cloud, HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hitachi Vantara, IBM, Lenovo and Vertiv.

AI Guru Explains 7 Hot AI Customer Use Cases In 2024: Cloudsufi CEO

From sustainability and entertainment to cutting medical costs and boosting students education, here are seven AI use cases customers are clamoring for in 2024, says Google Cloud AI partner Cloudsufi.

Microsoft And OpenAI's 5 Eye-Popping AI Security Findings: Report

Our analysis of the current use of LLM technology by threat actors revealed behaviors consistent with attackers using AI as another productivity tool on the offensive landscape,’ says Microsoft in a new AI security report in partnership with OpenAI.

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