Google To Invest Millions In AI Chatbot Star Character.AI: Report

Google is reportedly investing hundreds of millions of dollars in AI chatbot standout Character.AI just weeks after the world’s third largest cloud company agreed to pour $2 billion…

Broadcom-VMware Deal Hinges On Whether Chinese President Xi Is Happy With APEC Summit: Analysts

Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware now hinges on whether Chinese President Xi Jinping is happy with the results of his high stakes meeting this week with…

It’s Becoming A Distraction:’ Top VMware Partners Weigh In On Broadcom Deal Delay

Some of VMware’s biggest channel partners have told CRN that their biggest customers are “paying more attention” to the delay of the $61 billion deal…

NTT Data To Buy SAP, ServiceNow Standout Sapphire

NTT Data is looking to boost its SAP and ServiceNow sales and global customer reach with the planned acquisition of midmarket specialist Sapphire. The deal is part of NTT Data’s goal…

Cisco Partner Experience Platform Reaches ‘Next Level’ With Growth, Profitability Feature Adds

The Partner Experience Platform (PXP), the place in which partners manage their relationship with Cisco Systems, is gaining a handful of new features to help…

Edge AI Has Solution Providers Eyeing New Frontiers, Even Outer Space

One of Mark III Systems’ latest forays in the world of edge computing and artificial intelligence might take the solution provider to outer space, a…

HPE VP Simon Ewington On ‘Super Revolutionary’ GreenLake IaaS And SaaS Model And What Differentiates HPE From Dell

Building On The HPE ‘Head Start’ In As-A-Service Solutions Hewlett Packard Enterprise Vice President of Worldwide Channels and Partner Ecosystem Simon Ewington said the shift to…

Lumen Technologies Laying Off 4 Percent Of Workforce Amid $7B Debt Restructuring

Lumen Technologies, formerly CenturyLink, said Tuesday that it will cut 4 percent of its workforce at the same time as the telecom giant announced it…

SolarWinds May Be Looking To Go Private Again: Report

Observability and IT service management platform developer SolarWinds may be looking to go private in a deal next year. Bloomberg reported Friday that publicly-traded SolarWinds…

AllCloud Says AWS ‘Knocking Down Walls’ To Boost AI And Data Via Partnerships

Amazon Web Services partner AllCloud is pumped about the customer opportunities ahead as AWS elevates its partnerships with former competitors, such as Snowflake, in a move to provide true business…