Joe "Joe Kovar" Kovar
LightNews LightNews
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Joe "Joe Kovar" Kovar
@channelwritrguy.bsky.social
84 followers 51 following 220 posts
Friend of the channel and @CRN reporter. Loves writing in English, speaking in Mandarin Chinese, and swearing unintelligibly when losing a wargame.
Posts Replies Media Videos
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Veeam acquired Object First, co-founded by the same duo who co-founded Veeam, which develops a line of appliances known as Ootbi, or Out Of The Box Immutability, which provide immutable storage to data protected in Veeam environments.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/52kse7hj
Veeam Acquires Object First In Move To Expand Data Resiliency
Veeam has acquired technology partner Object First, a company founded by Veeam co-founders.
tinyurl.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 AM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Salil Parekh, CEO and managing director of digital services and consulting giant Infosys, said AI is quickly becoming a key focus in the growth of his company, which has also deepened relationships with its largest global customers.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/35k79yyz
Infosys CEO: AI Driving Business Growth
An increasing focus on addressing customers’ AI requirement along with signing of new large customer deals are driving growth for Infosys.
tinyurl.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Wasabi, the self-proclaimed “hot storage cloud" company, Tuesday said it closed a $70M funding round, making a total of $600M+ invested in the company. This round is has as investor flash storage tech developer Pure Storage.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/2kry7dze
Storage Firm Wasabi Closes New $70M Funding, Prepares For AI Future: ‘The Market Opportunity Is Just So Big’
Wasabi’s new funding round, which includes investment from Pure Storage, brings total investment in the company to over $600 million.
tinyurl.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Snowflake's planned Observe acquisition will add native observability to its fast-growing AI data platform, closing a long-standing tech partnership that has been in place since Observe’s founding, Observe CEO Jeremy Burton told me.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/2kksrr9w
‘The Stars Aligned’: Observe CEO Spills The Tea On Snowflake’s Deal To Buy The Observability Company
Observe CEO Jeremy Burton talked with CRN about how Snowflake came to acquire his company and what is in store for observability at Snowflake going forward.
tinyurl.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:12 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Nvidia's Vera Rubin GPU platform, unveiled at CES, drew strong interest from enterprises and tech partners eager to build next-gen AI infrastructure. @crndotcom.bsky.social looks at nine strategic Nvidia vendor partners looking to build out the Rubin ecosystem.

tinyurl.com/j5p3wma6
Nvidia Vera Rubin: 9 Hardware, Cloud Companies Building Out Ecosystem
CRN highlights nine strategic Nvidia partners who used CES 2026 to unveil plans to help build the Nvidia Vera Rubin ecosystem.
tinyurl.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
TD Synnex's Hyve custom server/storage biz delivered standout performance in the IT distributor’s fiscal 4Q25 with over 50% growth in gross billings driven largely by hyperscaler data center investments, company CEO Patrick Zammit told @crndotcom.bsky.social.

tinyurl.com/mrmm8479
TD Synnex CEO On Hyve Momentum As AI-Linked Data Center Demand Accelerates
TD Synnex CEO Patrick Zammit told CRN that the distributor’s Hyve custom server, storage, and networking business is booming with the current data center buildout.
tinyurl.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
A booming growth in the Hyve custom server, storage and networking tech for building hyperscale data centers business of TD Synnex lifted the IT distribution powerhouse to record fourth fiscal quarter revenue and earnings.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/uaty7c5s
Data Center Infrastructure Buildouts Lift TD Synnex To New Heights On Hyve
TD Synnex’s Hyve business, which focuses on custom technology for hyperscaler data center buildouts, lead the distributor to record revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter 2025.
tinyurl.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Humble pie? Following its move last year to rebrand nearly all its PC lines, Dell is bringing back its #XPS brand for consumer PCs and reviving its #Precision brand for commercial PCs. The company also talked about AI PC challenges.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/cz223jct
Dell Revives XPS Brand, Says Dell Pro Is ‘Here To Stay’ With Some Changes
Following its move last year to rebrand nearly all its PC lines, Dell is bringing back its XPS brand for consumer PCs and reviving its Precision brand for commercial PCs.
tinyurl.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:16 AM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Global cybersecurity distributor and services aggregator Exclusive Networks @EXN_Networks is taking direct aim at the persistent cybersecurity talent shortage with its CyberFarm program for training Cal Poly SLO students for jobs in this field.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/2wkf5bc4
Exclusive Networks Looking To Address Cybersecurity Talent Shortage With CyberFarm
Exclusive Networks just onboarded its 100th student to work in cybersecurity via its CyberFarm program on the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus for jobs in the channel.
tinyurl.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
MicroAge is leaning hard into its identity as a solutions provider rather than a traditional VAR, a distinction new CEO Larry Gentry says is critical as customers grapple with AI, cybersecurity and cloud complexity.

Read the full Q&A @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/yrcv2fhr
MicroAge’s New CEO On AI, Cybersecurity, Cloud, And What It Means To Be A Solution Provider
Larry Gentry, who on Dec. 1 took over as CEO of MicroAge, talked with CRN about the importance of integrating AI, cybersecurity, and cloud into client solutions.
tinyurl.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
SK hynix and Nvidia are jointly developing next-gen SSDs for AI inference. A prototype for the new SSDs with promised performance of 100M IOPS for AI inference workloads on Nvidia Rubin CPX GPUs is slated to be available in 2H 2026.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/mn3n5uh8
SK hynix, Nvidia Jointly Developing SDDs For AI Inference: Report
The new SSDs jointly developed by SK hynix and Nvidia are aimed at high-performance AI workloads enabled by Nvidia’s new Rubin CPX GPUs.
tinyurl.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
An acquisition of DataloopAI, if it happens, would boost Dell's AI infrastructure capabilities with that company’s AI development platform that gives AI applications access to large amounts of relevant data from diverse sources.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/mr2mm376
Dell Looking To Acquire AI Data Infrastructure-Focused Dataloop: Report
Dell is reportedly looking to acquire Israel-based Dataloop for its enterprise-grade data engine for bringing diverse data to AI applications.
tinyurl.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
A focus on AI components including XPUs, plus the signing of huge deals like the new $11 billion sale to Anthropic on top of a massive and growing backlog spike optimism on the future of Broadcom, President and CEO Hock Tan said.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/yskaf6ww
Broadcom Q4 2025 Earnings: 8 Things To Know From AI Strength, VMware Growth To Anthropic Deal Reveal
Broadcom President and CEO Hock Tan disclosed that Anthropic signed a $10 billion custom chip deal this fall with Anthropic, followed by a new $11 billion deal.
tinyurl.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by Joe "Joe Kovar" Kovar
dylanonchips.bsky.social
Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Wednesday that the company sold its stake in chip designer Ampere Computing “because we no longer think it is strategic for us to continue design, manufacturing and using our own chips in our cloud data centers.” www.crn.com/news/compone...
Why Oracle Sold Its Stake In Chip Designer Ampere, According to Larry Ellison
Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Wednesday that the company sold its stake in chip designer Ampere Computing “because we no longer think it is strategic for us to continue design, manufacturing and ...
www.crn.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Global technology services provider DXC Technology unveiled AdvisoryX, a new global advisory group targeting enterprises’ complex strategic, operational, and technology challenges, particularly around AI.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/4cza3wr2
DXC Launches AdvisoryX, Leverages All DXC Capabilities To Help Clients Adopt AI
DXC has reorganized its Consulting and Engineering Services to bring its advisory services into a new business called AdvisoryX to better serve clients’ AI needs.
tinyurl.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Global enterprise tech services provider Kyndryl unveiled a new assessment service aimed to ensure enterprises' IT infrastructures are prepared for the security issues they will likely see as quantum computing starts to impact security.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/356apkvt
Kyndryl Aims New Quantum Safe Assessment At Future Security Risks
Kyndryl’s Quantum Safe Assessment service aims to help businesses understand their vulnerabilities as quantum computers start to be used in security attacks.
tinyurl.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Peak:AIO, long self-funded and profitable, recently secured its first funding round to scale globally and expand its channel reach with its software-defined storage technology aimed at to deliver AI-grade performance.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/4x2n4k2d
Peak:AIO CEO Says Software-Defined Storage Firm ‘Really Focused On The AI Space’
Peak:AIO is targeting its software-defined technology towards AI workloads, including GPU-heavy and GPU-as-a-service scenarios, CEO Roger Cummings told CRN.
tinyurl.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Platform MSP Harbor IT Monday said it acquired Zag, an agriculture-focused MSP. This follows a similar move last month to acquire New England Network Solutions (NENS) in a bid to expand its healthcare regulatory & compliance capabilities.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/5n6tjnws
Harbor IT Acquires New England Network Solutions And Zag In Big Regulatory, Compliance Push
Harbor IT’s acquisition of fellow MSPs New England Network Solutions and Zag will help boost its regulatory and compliance capabilities in healthcare, agriculture, and other industries.
tinyurl.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Jenni Flinders stepped down as SVP of NetApp’s global partner organization after four years. No replacement yet. The move comes 2 months after NetApp brought on Kristine Wedum from rival @PureStorage to handle U.S. channels.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/yfsztx37
NetApp Channel Chief Jenni Flinders Departs: Exclusive
Jenni Flinders has left NetApp four years after joining the company from VMware where she spearheaded the channel business there.
tinyurl.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Reposted by Joe "Joe Kovar" Kovar
altnps.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by Joe "Joe Kovar" Kovar
rbreich.bsky.social
What happened to this RFK Jr.?
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
Brian Harmison, CEO of Corsica Technologies, told me that one reason the MSP acquired its peer, AccountabilIT, last month was the MSP’s focus on the Microsoft security environment to significantly enhance its own capabilities.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/2frvts6x
Corsica Gains Microsoft Security Expertise Via AccountabilIT Acquisition
Corsica Technologies acquired AccountabilIT for its Microsoft security focus and to expand its market reach to the West Coast.
tinyurl.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
‘While software may have been “eating the world” in the last decade, it appears that data will be “eating the world” and potentially even “eat software” in the next,’ says Pure Storage
CEO/Chair Charles Giancarlo during the 3Q26 financial call.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3xuxzpy2
AI, Modern Virtualization Driving Explosive Focus On Data: Pure Storage CEO Giancarlo
Pure Storage is using its supply chain expertise to mitigate issues related to rising memory prices.
tinyurl.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
After Nutanix reported its 1Q26 financials, Pres/CEO Rajiv Ramaswami looked beyond the numbers with a handful of media including CRN. Despite revenue below expectations and a cut in outlook, Nutanix is innovating for the future, he said.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/3vezcv4k
Nutanix CEO: ‘We Have An Opportunity To Scale Faster Through The Channel’
Nutanix doesn’t expect to take all of VMware’s business from Broadcom, but it does see a lot of opportunities there, said CEO Rajiv Ramaswami.
tinyurl.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
channelwritrguy.bsky.social
India-based global IT services, consulting, & business solutions provider TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) introduced 2 new solutions for AI aimed at leveraging agentic interventions to help ease software engineering and IT operations.

Details @crndotcom.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/eexvbpsv
TCS Introduces New Agentic AI Solutions For Microsoft Azure
TCS is looking to help businesses more easily take advantage of agentic AI to do more in Azure AI environments.
tinyurl.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM