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Joe "Joe Kovar" Kovar

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Friend of the channel and @CRN reporter. Loves writing in English, speaking in Mandarin Chinese, and swearing unintelligibly when losing a wargame.

D&J Distributing is expanding its enterprise push with Dell, adding the vendor’s full storage portfolio to its offerings. This will give VARs a new option for Dell’s full enterprise portfolio as Dell winds down its Arrow ECS relationship. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/33bf726r

Exclusive: New Dell Storage Partnership Strengthens D&H Enterprise Distribution PlayD&H is adding Dell’s enterprise storage portfolio, giving partners another sourcing option after Dell ends its Arrow ECS relationship.tinyurl.com
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DXC Technology continues to expand its AI capabilities in the face of changing customer requirements, using itself as "customer zero," DXC Chairman/CEO Raul Fernandez told financial analysts. He also introduced three new top execs. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/zbaxecun

DXC’s AI Reset: CEO Fernandez Says Speed, New Leadership To Fuel ComebackDXC Chairman and CEO Raul Fernandez says the company is betting big on agentic AI to revive growth, touting internal proof points.tinyurl.com
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ServiceNow Chairman/CEO Bill McDermott said the company plans to expand its total addressable market with AI-native products. Channel partners said they look forward to working with what McDermott termed the "Fortune 500,000." Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/cyy9vmnh

ServiceNow To Target ‘Fortune 500,000’ Customers With New AI-Native PlayServiceNow plans a new AI-native offering later this year aimed at smaller customers beyond its enterprise base, says Chairman and CEO Bill McDermott.tinyurl.com
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AI work platform and project management software developer Monday.com is laying off about 20% of its workforce, and is looking to assure investors and employees that the layoffs are not stemming from its own use of AI. Details @CRN tinyurl.com/y3srxhd7

‘Painful Decision’: Monday.com Cuts 20 Percent Of Workforce As AI Transformation Reshapes BusinessMonday.com is laying off about 620 employees as it restructures itself to meet the needs of what it calls a new AI era.tinyurl.com
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ServiceNow Chair/CEO Bill McDermott said during his remarks at the company's 2Q26 financial call that it plans to expand its total addressable market with AI-native products, targeting "Fortune 500,000" businesses. This is pretty big news. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/cyy9vmnh

ServiceNow To Target ‘Fortune 500,000’ Customers With New AI-Native PlayServiceNow could be looking over its shoulder at a couple of AI-native ITSM startups with its planned push into the “Fortune 500,000” market, a channel partner said.tinyurl.com
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CEO Lip-Bu Tan said at Intel's 2Q26 earnings call the chipmaker is improving execution, manufacturing, and operations as it looks to capitalize on demand for x86 processors, AI infrastructure, advanced packaging, & foundry services. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mus4taae

Intel CEO: Strong AI, x86 Demand Driving Growth As Foundry, Manufacturing Execution ImproveIntel is improving execution, manufacturing and operations to capitalize on demand for its processor, AI infrastructure and foundry services, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said.tinyurl.com
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NetApp bought AI infrastructure startup DataPelago to add GPU/CPU-accelerated data processing to its storage portfolio. One top NetApp channel partner said this could help human and machine users more easily find and use data for AI workloads. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3nfh4f6k

NetApp’s DataPelago Buy Targets The Next Big AI Storage BottleneckNetApp’s DataPelago acquisition aims to accelerate data search in AI workloads by both human end users and machines focused on AI.tinyurl.com
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‘CDW recently made organizational changes—which included coworker reductions—to sharpen our operating discipline and reinvest in the highest-return, highest-growth opportunities, including focusing our resources ...,’ CDW confirmed. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdz5cvmn

CDW Cuts Jobs As AI Cost-Cutting Drive Takes HoldCDW has initiated a new round of layoffs, a move that comes after the solution provider said it is using AI to increase efficiency.tinyurl.com
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Arrow Electronics CEO William “Bill” Austen said the end of the distribution agreement between @Dell and the Arrow ECS distribution unit will not have a material impact on the 2026 or 2027 financial results of the $30.9B company. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mvpcayty

Arrow Interim CEO: End Of Dell Partnership With Arrow ECS Will Have No Material Impact On Financial ResultsArrow still maintains a healthy relationship with Dell despite Dell no longer working with Arrow ECS, which is not interested in carrying Dell’s non-infrastructure product lines, according to Arrow In...tinyurl.com
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Mission Cloud’s Ted Stuart tells @crndotcom.bsky.social that the CDW-owned AWS practice is expanding AI offerings that help clients move beyond failed POCs toward production-ready projects, business alignment and deeper agentic AI-powered migration assessments. tinyurl.com/y2xy4nst

CDW’s AWS-Focused Mission Wants To Get Customers Out Of ‘POC Land’ Into Real AIMission Cloud, the AWS-focused cloud services provider now leading CDW’s AWS practice, is introducing new ways to more quickly move customers into production AI.tinyurl.com
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TCS' recently-introduced SAP-focused Crystallus services aim to speed digital transformation and AI-enabled enterprise software deployments by leveraging preconfigured industry solutions, SAP expertise, and multi-vendor integration. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/pc8868z9

TCS Bets Big On SAP AI Push With Crystallus ExpansionTCS Crystallus services help TCS build AI environments by working with technology partners like ServiceNow, Oracle, AWS, Salesforce, and SAP.tinyurl.com
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Accenture has confirmed an isolated data breach after reports that a hacker called “888” claimed to be selling 35 GB of source code and credentials, but said it remediated the source with no operational or service-delivery impact. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/7m3bxx5w

Accenture Confirms Security Incident After Hacker Claims Data HaulAccenture acknowledged that it suffered a data breach, but said it has remediated it with no impact on operations or service delivery.tinyurl.com
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Accenture worked w/ ServiceNow to launch AI-powered managed security services to help clients migrate from legacy tools, manage third-party and operational tech risks, accelerate compliance, and deliver cybersecurity services. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/jcdpsv7k

Accenture, ServiceNow Take On Legacy Applications, Security With Agentic AI PushAccenture and ServiceNow AI agents communicate to look at a customer’s legacy applications and what’s needed to move them to a managed service with full security.tinyurl.com
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AI startup EvoChip says its new AltiCore software cuts power requirements and costs while boosting performance of AI inferencing by orders of magnitude to enable lower-cost, GPU-free AI deployments on laptops, servers, and microcontrollers. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/cncamsh8

EvoChip Targets Lower-Cost, GPU-Free AI Inference With Its AltiCore SoftwareEvoChip promises to significantly cut the cost of AI inferencing with its new AltiCore software that it claims works on any server, laptop, or even microcontroller.tinyurl.com
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Just a month after disclosing a significant restructuring that would eliminate thousands of jobs, Cisco detailed plans to lay off nearly 500 employees in California, a large concentration of which are involved in software engineering. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/49czkb7x

Cisco To Lay Off 471 Workers In California, Software Engineers Hit HardestCisco, which in May unveiled planned layoffs of nearly 4,000 employees this year, will next month lay off nearly 500 employees including nearly 100 in software engineering.tinyurl.com
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TD Synnex CEO Patrick Zammit says strong channel and Hyve demand, AI-driven infrastructure spending, and recent vendor moves helped fuel the distributor's 31% revenue growth and create new opportunities for its HPE and Dell partners. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/32dj3bcd

TD Synnex CEO Sees Growth Opportunity As Vendors Favor Global, End-To-End DistributorsPatrick Zammit, CEO of TD Synnex, told CRN that his company has focused on building inventory to help counteract impacts from the growing component shortage.tinyurl.com
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Dell Technologies is ending its distribution relationship w/ Arrow Electronics' ECS as it re-evaluates its N. America go-to-market strategy, threatening a profitable biz for Arrow which was Dell’s 2025 North America Distributor of the Year. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/urwmfe5v

Dell Technologies Terminates Enterprise Computing Distribution Deal With Arrow: SourcesSources say Dell Technologies is ending its relationship with Arrow ECS in part because the distributor does not carry Dell’s full line and does not target the full market opportunity.tinyurl.com
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Centre Technologies' new investment from LightBay Capital is expected to accelerate growth for the Texas MSP, which has already made eight acquisitions since 2013 and has at least three more deals ready to close this year. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/8fyf56m5

MSP Powerhouse Centre Technologies Closes New Funding, Targets More AcquisitionsLightBay Capital’s new investment in Centre Technologies is slated to help the MSP continue both its organic growth and its growth by acquisitions.tinyurl.com
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CGI is standardizing on NetApp as it replaces about 10 PBs of multi-vendor U.S. data center storage. CGI is also expanding its services partnership with NetApp for joint enterprise data/storage customers including NetApp Keystone. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4twrf8pw

CGI Standardizes On NetApp In Major US Data Center OverhaulCGI had the NetApp hardware in place before the current memory and storage component shortage hit, ensuring the migration to NetApp storage is smooth.tinyurl.com
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Cisco's planned WideField Security acquisition could give channel partners a stronger AI security story as customers grapple with securing agentic AI by expanding visibility, risk detection, and response across human and IT agents. Details @crndotcom.bsky.social tinyurl.com/54bcuuru

Cisco Bets On WideField Security Acquisition To Tackle Agentic AI Security GapCisco’s planned acquisition of WideField Security comes on the heels of its acquisitions of Galileo and Astrix Security to expand its networking, security, and AI capabilities.tinyurl.com
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