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Job Title: Editor-at-Large

Jeffrey Schwartz

Jeffrey Schwartz has covered the IT industry for nearly three decades, most recently as editor-in-chief of Redmond magazine, and executive editor of Redmond Channel Partner. Prior to that, he held various editing and writing roles at CommunicationsWeek, InternetWeek and VARBusiness (now CRN) magazines, among other publications.

Recent articles by Jeffrey Schwartz

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Pile of Cash

Splunk’s Mann: CIOs Should Consider Bold, Disruptive Investments

Splunk’s Andi Mann will explain how transformational CIOs think at Channel Partners Evolution.

Smartphone at coffee shop

Samsung, Microsoft to Offer Tighter Device-Office Integration

Samsung will offer a new Galaxy Book S with the newest Qualcomm LTE chipset.

Cyber Threat Intelligence

Dell’s Secureworks Releases SaaS-Based Red Cloak TDR with Managed Services Option

The new cloud-native threat detection and response is showcased at the Black Hat USA 2019 conference.

Microsoft Partners Reach 25th Anniversary of Independent Advocacy Group

IAMCP celebrates amid controversy, growth and opportunity.

Baseball Pitch

Adobe, Microsoft Pitch Salesforce Alternative with Boost from Avanade

Avanade’s new Adobe practice lines up with 4,000 certified experts.

Cloud computing

Citrix: Cloud Subscriptions, Recurring Revenue Take Their Toll on Profit

One Citrix partner says he’s still concerned about the recent departure of longtime channel chief Craig Stilwell.

IAMCP meeting July 2019

Microsoft Channel Chief Opens Inspire Conference with Apology to Partners

Gavriella Schuster “underestimated the value” of internal use rights.

Fist Raised in Protest

Microsoft Responds to Backlash, Won’t Eliminate Internal Use Rights

Microsoft reversed its controversial decision to curtail a popular partner perk.

Empty Wallet

Microsoft Channel Chief on Internal Use Rights: ‘We Can’t Afford This’

Microsoft partners plan to give execs an earful at the Inspire conference.

Fist Raised in Protest

Microsoft Partners Protest Decision to End Internal Use Rights

Thousands of irate partners signed an online petition disapproving of the plan.

Woman Surprised at Computer

Microsoft Surprises with Office 365 ProPlus Support on Windows Server 2019

Microsoft reverses its plan to bump Office ProPlus from Windows Server 2019. Here’s why.

Goodbye

Citrix Channel Chief Leaves for Carbonite, Ex-SAP VP Named Interim Boss

His interim replacement has been with Citrix since April.

Desktop computer

Microsoft: Managed Desktop ‘Increases Profit,’ Customers for MSPs

Exec Brad Anderson says partners can help clients shift from perimeter-based defense to zero-trust security models.

Technology integration

Google Cloud Providers Deliver Extended Integration Capabilities to GCP

MongoDB, Informatica and Snowflake are among Google Cloud alliance partners broadening their reach to GCP.

Blockchain

IBM Delivers Multicloud Blockchain Interoperability with Platform 2.0 Release

The revamped IBM blockchain platform now runs on Amazon and Microsoft Azure clouds.

Horowitz, Eliot at MongoDB World 2019

MongoDB Fills Platform’s Gaps with Atlas Data Lake Preview Debuting in AWS

MongoDB Atlas Data Lake will let partners build new serverless, cloud-native solutions.

Aruba Kicks Off New SMB Unit with Low-Cost Wireless Access Points

Aruba launches new Instant On Wi-Fi gear for SMBs starting at $119.

Scope, Take Aim, Rifle, Sniper

Salesforce Takes Aim at Microsoft with $15.7 Billion Tableau Acquisition

Salesforce takes another stab at BI with the purchase of Tableau.

Data storage

NetApp Goes Down Market with Entry-Level, All-Flash Storage

The new C190 with ONTAP is priced under $25,000 and connects to the newly released Azure NetApp Files.

Software Box

Zebra’s Software Modernization Initiative for Devices Arrives with Savanna Release

The cloud-native platform includes REST APIs, web data services and a blockchain trace engine.

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