July's Top 20 Stories: CrowdStrike Outage, Avaya CEO, VMware Rebrand

There are a number of standout themes present in our countdown of the top 20 Channel Futures stories in July.

One of the first is leadership changes. July saw a 42-year industry veteran step down, new CEOs getting appointed and a number of people shifting around the industry.

Another theme was the consequences of cybersecurity failures, from the CDK cyberattack to the flawed CrowdStrike update that impacted Microsoft Windows systems around the world.

We've once again ranked the top 20 stories in July based on how often you visited them on our website, factoring in their popularity in our daily and weekly newsletters. You can have your say by signing up for those newsletters here.

So what was No. 1? See our slideshow above to find out. If you missed last month's countdown, it's here.