Chuck Robbins On Cisco Splunk's AI Advantage And Why HPE-Juniper Misses The Security Mark

Hello, and welcome back. In this edition, we take a look at Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins' plan for a combined Cisco-Splunk and how it compares to its competition, Nvidia's 13 2024 Americas Partner Network awards recipients announced at GTC 2024, the solution providers recognized on our annual Tech Elite 250 list and more.

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CEO Chuck Robbins On Cisco Splunk's AI Advantage And Why HPE-Juniper Misses The Security Mark

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says now that Cisco has closed its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, it has a big data AI advantage that no competitor can match.

As competition in the AI space looms with Hewlett Packard Enterprise's acquisition of Juniper Networks on the horizon, Cisco finds itself competing on both the networking and security fronts.

In an exclusive interview with CRN Senior Editor Gina Narcisi , Robbins discussed the acquisition and integration plans, his vision for the creation of an AI platform, and how a combined Cisco-Splunk stacks up against HPE-Juniper. You can read that interview here.

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• Cisco Closes $28B Splunk Deal: 5 Big AI, Security And Partner Things To Know
• Partners: Cisco-Splunk Deal Is An Enterprise AI Security Game Changer
• CRN In Depth With Gina Narcisi and Wade Tyler Millward: Cisco Completes $28B Acquisition Of Splunk

These Are Nvidia's Top 13 Americas Partners With Fast-Growing AI Businesses

In an exclusive interview with CRN Senior Editor Dylan Martin , Nvidia Americas Channel Chief Craig Weinstein said the 13 recipients of this year's Nvidia Partner Network awards in the Americas represent fast-growing AI businesses that "deeply understand" Nvidia's full-stack platform, which includes GPUs, CPUs and data processing units, as well as servers like its DGX systems and software and services like Nvidia AI Enterprise.

You can learn about those Nvidia partners, who received their awards at Nvidia's GTC AI conference this week in San Jose, here.

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• The 21 Hottest Products At Nvidia GTC 2024
• Nvidia Reveals Next-Gen Blackwell GPUs, Promised To 'Unlock Breakthroughs' In GenAI
• Nvidia's 10 New Cloud AI Products For AWS, Microsoft And Google
• 11 Big Nvidia Announcements At GTC 2024: Blackwell GPUs, AI Microservices And More

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Channel Standouts: CRN's 2024 Tech Elite 250

The pace of IT change and evolution continues to accelerate, especially as AI technology continues to become more prevalent. And businesses and organizations are increasingly relying on their IT service and solution providers to help them navigate today's rapidly shifting IT landscape.

CRN's annual Tech Elite 250 list recognizes solution providers in the United States and Canada that have achieved the highest partner program levels and won the most technology certifications from Adobe , Amazon Web Services (AWS) , 思科 , Dell Technologies , 谷歌 , 惠普企业服务 , IBM , 英特尔 , Nutanix , 甲骨文 , Palo Alto Networks , Sophos and VMware . You can view the complete 2024 list here.

Additionally, here's a look at a sampling of 25 solution providers on this year's list, with highlights of their vendor partner program level achievements.

Elsewhere In CRN

Check out some of CRN's other best-read stories on channel-related news, insights and analysis over the past week:

• 'Too Nefarious To Ignore': Nutanix Sues Rival Tessell For Patent Infringement
• Dell's Cheryl Cook, A Channel Stalwart, To Retire In May
• 'AI Is Google's Birthright': Google Cloud's Partner Leader Explains AI Gameplan

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