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Canalys Anticipates US PC Market Recovery After plummeting 28% in Q1 PC shipments in the United States declined 28% year-on-year to 14.0 million units in the first quarter of 2023, according to market research by Canalys. Notebook (including mobile workstations) shipments fell 31% to 11.4 million units, while desktop (including [...]

PC shipments in the United States declined 28% year-on-year to 14.0 million units in the first quarter of 2023, according to market research by Canalys. Notebook (including mobile workstations) shipments fell 31% to 11.4 million units, while desktop (including desktop workstations) shipments were down 28% to 2.7 million units. Tablets [...]

D2iQ, a San Francisco-based Kubernetes management platform provider, has rolled out its new Managed Service Provider (MSP) Program. Given the relative scarcity of Kubernetes talent, the company’s objective is to enable a production-ready, scalable, secure, and easily manageable Kubernetes management platform. Program components include engineering support, co-marketing opportunities, contracting terms [...]

Juniper Networks and ServiceNow, have announced a partnership to deliver end-to-end automation for Managed Service Providers and Enterprises. With this newly formed collaboration leveraging Juniper Mist Cloud and ServiceNow Telecom Service Management and Order Management for Telecom, joint customers can eliminate multi-layer, multivendor solutions with the intention of boosting network [...]

Gartner: 71% of CMOs Believe They Lack Resources to Fully Execute Their Strategy in 2023 Nearly three-fourths of chief marketing officers claim they lack the budget to fully execute their strategy in 2023, according to a Gartner survey of 410 CMOs and marketing leaders. The survey revealed that marketing budgets [...]

Nearly three-fourths of chief marketing officers claim they lack the budget to fully execute their strategy in 2023, according to a Gartner survey of 410 CMOs and marketing leaders. The survey revealed that marketing budgets compose 9.1% of total company revenue in 2023, remaining relatively flat but still dipping slightly [...]

Telarus, a Utah-based technology solutions brokerage, has unveiled its Cloud Quick Solution Assessment (QSA), the newest module for “SolutionVue,” the company’s sales assessment platform that matches customers’ short- and long-term priorities with technologies from certified Telarus suppliers. The Cloud QSA module provides partners with strategic discovery questions they can ask [...]

Veritas Technologies has unveiled substantial updates to its Veritas Partner Force program for the company’s fiscal year 2024. The changes are intended to increase support for five primary channel goals for the year. To drive overall revenue growth, Veritas partners will now have a single comprehensive target to achieve across [...]

Worldwide cloud infrastructure services spending increased 19% to $66.4 billion in Q1, but customer investments continue to slow in the face of persistent macroeconomic uncertainties, with recent growth falling below 20% for the first time. Enterprises are reducing cloud spend as part of overall cuts to IT budgets, with a [...]

Capterra, a Virginia-based marketplace connecting software buyers and sellers, has announced the launch of its new service provider marketplace. A complement to its software discovery offering, this new services marketplace is designed to ensure that users can find and evaluate software, as well as identify appropriate partners with whom to [...]