Security Management

Amid IT service provider (ITSP) layoffs & the shift toward cloud automation, some pundits including Robert X. Cringely predict the end of IT contractors. ChannelE2E disagrees.

Stratasys layoffs will impact roughly 10% of employees, the 3D printer company says. The cuts will allow Stratasys to "focus on profitable growth."

HCL acquires the majority of Symantec's enterprise consulting team from Broadcom, which retains cybersecurity software portfolio but sheds consulting assets.

Lenovo layoffs impact some data center business group employees. Lenovo is a Top 5 server vendor but data center group revenues dipped 8.7% in latest quarter.

8x8 confirms layoffs. Unified communications as a service (UCaaS) provider emphasizes automated small business sales, enterprise recurring revenues & referral partner program.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) slashes executive compensation & preps layoffs as revenues fall. Still, HPE GreenLake & Intelligent Edge solutions are bright spots for partners.

IBM layoffs arrive even as new CEO Arvind Krishna bets heavily on recent Red Hat acquisition and multi-cloud software strategy across AWS, Azure & Google.