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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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Sales

Nerdio to Ramp Global Sales Amid Demand for Managed Microsoft AVD

The DaaS provider also plans to gather MSPs to focus on Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 services.

Metaverse

Will Activision Blizzard Punch Microsoft’s Ticket to the Metaverse?

Microsoft could face an uphill battle convincing regulators to approve its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision.

HP Pro Classroom

New HP Fortis PC Laptops and Chromebooks Support ‘Blended Learning’

HP designed the new Fortis brand for students who use PCs both at home and in the classroom.

data center

Nvidia Buys Bright Computing for HPC Cluster Management

The addition of Bright Cluster Manager fills gap in Nvidia’s DGX cloud data center infrastructure platform.

Zebra Viva Connections

Microsoft Expands Teams Viva Connections Ecosystem for Front-Line Workers

Microsoft Teams features for front-line workers are added to Zebra devices and integrations planned for Expressive, Workdays and others.

Goodbye

Intel Client Computing Group Leader Leaving After 30 Years, Replacement Named

Find out who will replace Bryant, also known as “GB,” as executive VP of Intel’s client computing group.

Dell XPS 13 Plus

Dell Gives Popular Laptop Complete Redesign with Launch of XPS 13 Plus

The redesigned XPS will have more power, an improved keyboard and slightly wider display.

HP Portfolio from CES 2022

HP Presence Will Be Present on New Commercial PCs, Workstations, Monitors

HP is optimizing its CES 2022 lineup of commercial products with its new Presence video conferencing technology.

Lenovo Remote Work

Lenovo ThinkPads Primed as First with AMD’s New Microsoft Pluton Secure CPU

Microsoft Pluton promises to add enhanced hardware-based security to Windows 11 PCs.

Virtual Reality metaverse

Meeting in the Metaverse in 2022 with Mesh for Teams, Cisco Hologram

Will avatars and holograms have a place in your customers meetings?

Chief Executive Officer_CEO

Veeam Taps Former RingCentral President Anand Eswaran as CEO, Eyes IPO

Before RingCentral, Eswaran held key executive leadership roles at Microsoft, SAP and HPE.

Data Protection

Cohesity Expands Threat Defense Architecture with Security Advisor

Security Advisor scans global Helios clusters, provides a risk score and suggest remediations.

Framework spelled out in blocks

Lenovo 360 Framework Will Offer Partners New Accelerators in 2022

Lenovo revealed how it will reward partners who offer services with products bundled from its devices and data center groups.

Exit sign

Boomi CEO Chris McNabb to Exit, Veteran Exec David Meredith to Take Reins

Meredith’s unexpected resignation last week was a mystery but the former CenturyLink and Rackspace exec will become Boomi’s new CEO.

Milestone

Hitachi Vantara Channel Chief Reviews Key Milestones, Shares Goals

Kimberly King says the storage vendor has become more responsive to partners.

Lawsuit

FTC Lawsuit Fuels Doubt That Nvidia-Arm Merger Will Win Regulatory Approval

The uphill battle facing the two companies of the $40 billion deal passing muster has become steeper.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Releases Teams Essentials Aimed at Small Businesses

A step up from the free version of Teams, the Essentials release is optimized for Microsoft Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).

Speech bubbles

John ‘JG’ Chirapurath Explains Why He Left Microsoft to Join SAP

Chirapurath also shares how partners can benefit from the latest enhancements to SAP’s Business Technology Platform.

Consultants

Cisco Partner Program Expands with Launch of Developer, Adviser Roles

The developer role launches with 1,600 solutions already on the Cisco price list.

Desktop PC

Despite Supply Chain Shortages, Dell, HP Commercial PC Revenues Surge

Dell commercial PC revenues rose 40%, while HP saw a 25% increase.

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