Hell Freezes Over; CRN Praises Dell
In part, it read...
"Clearly, something's changed. The winds no longer blow so cold across the Texas prairie. Dell is winning over the channel."
For the first time in recent history, The VAR Guy was left speechless today. The rare event occurred when our resident blogger read a big feature story over on CRN, in which the trade pub made the following watershed statement:
In part, it read…
“Clearly, something’s changed. The winds no longer blow so cold across the Texas prairie. Dell is winning over the channel.”
What? Did somebody spike CRN’s coffee? Has channel enemy number 1 — Dell Inc. — finally won over the highly skeptical editorial team over at CRN? Apparently, yes.
Kidding aside, CRN has worked overtime to cover Dell in the last year. Some stories had a negative slant, some were positive. But today’s piece marks a watershed event for Dell. And a watershed event for CRN.