7 Biggest Stories of the Week, July 20-24
Statistically, the third week in July is the slowest work week of the year (not counting the week between Christmas and New Year), according to those who measure such things. That said, we're still ready for the weekend, and have managed to pull together The VAR Guy's seven biggest stories for the week ending July 24.
July 24, 2015
Statistically, the third week in July is the slowest work week of the year (not counting the week between Christmas and New Year), according to those who measure such things. That said, we're still ready for the weekend, and have managed to pull together The VAR Guy's seven biggest stories for the week ending July 24.
Kevin Gilroy, senior vice president and general manager of SAP’s Global Small and Mid Market Segment and the company’s senior vice president of Global Channels, has stepped down from his role as channel chief.
Read the story here.
Security intelligence solution provider FireMon announced that company co-founder Jody Brazil has stepped down from his role as CEO, and has been replaced by newly minted president and COO Jim Lewandowski.
Read the story here.
ChannelCon 2015 is only a few weeks away, and CompTIA is looking to build excitement for the event with a preview of a free sales toolkit for all conference attendees.
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Mobile chip giant Qualcomm (QCOM) said it will pare $1.4 billion from its $7.3 billion annual budget by cutting up to 4,500 jobs, mull splitting its chip and patent licensing businesses, add new directors, bump up shareholder returns, tie executive compensation to performance and adhere more closely to its technological knitting.
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Microsoft (MSFT) made two mobile/cloud/security strategic purchases in the past few days, the first a $39 million deal to buy New Jersey-headquartered FieldOne Systems, which makes field service management solutions, and a second to buy Adallom, a cloud app cybersecurity provider, for some $320 million.
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Apple's (AAPL) FQ3 report did nothing to dispel the “wow” factor as it sold 47.5 million iPhones and 4.8 million Macs. Not so for iPads, however: Shipments of the iconic tablet for the period fell to 10.9 million units, an 18 percent unit sales tumble and a 23 percent revenue downturn from the same time last year.
Read the story here.
Apple's (AAPL) FQ3 report did nothing to dispel the “wow” factor as it sold 47.5 million iPhones and 4.8 million Macs. Not so for iPads, however: Shipments of the iconic tablet for the period fell to 10.9 million units, an 18 percent unit sales tumble and a 23 percent revenue downturn from the same time last year.
Read the story here.
Statistically, the third week in July is the slowest work week of the year (not counting the week between Christmas and New Year), according to those who measure such things. That said, we're still ready for the weekend, and have managed to pull together The VAR Guy's seven biggest stories for the week ending July 24.
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