The Coolest Data Center Companies Of 2023

Hello, and welcome back to CRN's newsletter on the latest news and trends impacting the channel and technology industry this week.

In this edition, we take a look at data center companies to watch in 2023, major enterprise 5G and telecom-related announcements and partnerships made at Mobile World Congress 2023, where leading technology CEOs plan to invest this year, why Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora says 2023 is the year of the channel and more.

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The 2023 Data Center 50

From the world’s largest providers of data center hardware and software to the cloud data center giants building new centers across the globe, we take a look at 50 key data center companies in 2023 .

MWC 2023’s Biggest Telecom Announcements: Microsoft, Qualcomm, Google, AT&T

Wireless providers and IT vendors came to MWC Barcelona armed with telecom-focused offerings that are harnessing some of the most cutting-edge and exciting technologies and concepts, such as Open RAN, edge computing and 5G.

From 思科 and Google Cloud to 高通 and IBM , these companies and more shared major enterprise 5G and telecom-related announcements and partnerships at the event.

IBM, AMD, Dell, HPE, VMware, Intel CEOs: Key 2023 Investments

The CEOs from AMD , 英特尔 , Nutanix , Dell Technologies , IBM , VMware , 惠普企业服务 , NetApp , Pure Storage and 红帽 have bold investment plans in store for this year, according to the insight they provided for CRN's 2023 CEO Outlook special report .

From providing more data to channel partners and as-a-service offerings to artificial intelligence and quantum computing innovation, here's where their key IT investment dollars will be spent .

Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora: Why 2023 Is The Year Of The Channel

In recent years, Palo Alto Networks has moved aggressively to expand its product portfolio beyond its signature next-generation firewall offerings, a move that is now creating major opportunities for a wider range of partners, executives from multiple solution providers that work with the vendor told CRN.

After spending over four years transforming the security giant’s product portfolio, CEO Nikesh Arora says now it's time for him to have a more visible role with partners.

Read CRN's February cover story to learn more.

Elsewhere in CRN

Check out some of CRN's other best-read stories and CRNtv interviews from the past week:

• CRNtv Interview: One View Communications Inc. CEO Vanessa Carter On Navigating The Channel (Watch )
• Samsung Galaxy S23 Series Vs. Galaxy S22 Series: Head-To-Head (Read )
• 10 Cybersecurity Companies Making Moves: February 2023 (Read )

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