A “small percentage” of Microsoft direct market cloud Enterprise Agreements that won’t be eligible for renewal under the tech giant’s EA framework––potentially opening an opportunity…
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MinIO CEO: For AI Data ‘It’s Us Versus AWS’
MinIO is known for its Amazon Web Services S3-compatible object storage technology, and its CEO and co-founder, Anand Babu “AB” Periasamy, even goes so far…
Microsoft Partners On New Billing Premium: ‘The Price Increase Definitely Hurts’
Microsoft partners are speaking out against the 5 percent premium the vendor has planned for various annual subscriptions if customers want to pay the bill…
Bob Stegner To Retire From TD Synnex: ‘There’s Not Another One Like Bob’
Bob Stegner, who solution providers laud for the work he has done building up partner communities at the IT industry’s top two distributors, is planning…
Cisco Channel Chief Exclusive: New Partner Program The ‘First Material Shift’ In Evaluating Partners On Value, Not Transactions
Rodney Clark, senior vice president of partnerships and small and medium business for Cisco Systems, has officially been in the channel chief seat for about…
Rapid7 Revives Possible Sale To Private Equity: Report
Cybersecurity vendor Rapid7 is reportedly exploring its options for being acquired by private equity investors for the second time in two years. According to a…
Fake QR Codes, Venmo Memos Part Of Today’s Hacker Toolset
A recent case of a hacker exploiting Venmo’s memo field in an effort to trick an email user into calling a fake help line showed…
Outrun By Nvidia, Intel Pitches Gaudi 3 Chips For Cost-Effective AI Systems
Intel said its strategy for Gaudi 3 accelerator chips will not focus on chasing the market for training massive AI models that has created seemingly…
Zeta Global Completes Acquisition of LiveIntent
The addition of LiveIntent’s assets, publisher network, and channel capabilities will bolster the Zeta Marketing Platform, strengthen the Zeta Data Cloud, and advance Zeta’s position…
Dbt Labs Targets The Analytics Development Lifecycle With New AI Capabilities
Dbt Labs is expanding its dbt Cloud data management and transformation platform with a range of new features and capabilities that the company says will…