Channel Madness: Who Will Make It To Round 2 Of The 10th Annual Tournament?
Hello, and welcome back. In this edition, we take a look at the contestants in CRN's 2024 Channel Madness Tournament of Chiefs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Antonio Neri's praise from former Cisco CEO John Chambers for HPE's planned acquisition of Juniper Networks and AI networking strategy and CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz's stance on Palo Alto Networks' growth strategy and more.
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Choose Your Chief: Round 1 Of The 2024 Channel Madness Tournament Of Chiefs Is Open
CRN's 10th Annual Channel Madness Tournament of Chiefs officially kicked off yesterday, pitting 32 of the industry's most prominent executives against each other in head-to-head matches determined by our readers.
Could 2x defending champion Scale Computing's Scott Mann dominate in the polls to secure a Channel Madness dynasty? Or will his reign be trampled by fan favorites like 2023 semifinalists Nutanix's Christian Goffi or Palo Alto Networks' Tom Evans?
Learn more about this year's contestants here, and vote for your chief of choice at CRN.com/madness.
Plus: Here's why these 2024 Channel Madness contestants say they deserve your vote.
Former Cisco CEO John Chambers: 'I Believe HPE Will Become A Top AI Leader'
Former Cisco CEO John Chambers is giving the thumbs up to Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Antonio Neri's bid to make HPE-Juniper Networks a force to be reckoned with in the AI era.
Chambers' blessing couldn't come at a worse time for Cisco, which announced last month that it was cutting five percent of its workforce, or about 4,250 employees, as it works to realign its organization to focus on "key priority" areas.
Learn more about Chambers' take on Neri's strategy.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz On Microsoft's 'Murky' Breach Details, Palo Alto Networks Platform Debate
In an interview with CRN, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz discusses Palo Alto Networks' change in strategy and Microsoft's latest update on the hack of accounts belonging to its senior executives by a Russia-aligned threat actor.
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1 年Junioter on the rize! Top three pint shooters from the top of the key. (Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Antonio Neri's praise from former Cisco CEO John Chambers for HPE's planned acquisition of Juniper Networks and AI networking strategy and CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz's stance on Palo Alto Networks' growth strategy and more.)
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1 年This is always FUN to watch! Make your vote(s) count!
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1 年I already know who I'm voting for within the "Acceleration" ??