Channel Futures

2 days ago | channelfutures.com | Kelly Teal

The global data center landscape is undergoing a tectonic shift, with hyperscale operators now commanding nearly half of the world’s total capacity — a figure that’s only set to grow. That assessment comes this week from Synergy Research Group. The analyst firm tracks data center capacity every quarter, looking at growth across regions, countries and metropolitan areas.

3 days ago | channelfutures.com | Kelly Teal

Check out notable developments across the cloud and IT channel landscape already this week. This week already is bringing some notable developments across the cloud computing and IT channel landscape. First up, there’s a new boss in town over at Amazon Web Services partner ClearScale. Next, indie cloud vendor Vultr has some big funding news. The infusion comes as organizations experience growing concern over hyperscaler lock-in.

4 days ago | channelfutures.com | James Anderson

Unified communications and collaboration provider Mitel has financially restructured its business, as the company and its creditors emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Mitel executives said the company has cut about $1.15 billion in debt and knocked off $135 million from what it spends on interest payments each year. The Mitel bankruptcy process, which started March 10, has wrapped, according to an FAQ by the company.

4 days ago | channelfutures.com | Kelly Teal

IBM is making a high-stakes play to cement its leadership in the convergence of SaaS and AI, while keeping partners at the heart of its strategy. Recall that, earlier this year, Big Blue finalized the $6.4 billion acquisition of HashiCorp. That deal combined IBM’s automation software with HashiCorp’s infrastructure automation. IBM is counting on HashiCorp’s tools, including Terraform and Vault, to automate and secure hybrid cloud infrastructure across multiple environments.

1 week ago | channelfutures.com | James Anderson

Minnesota-based channel partner C1 is conducting layoffs. A steady trickle of C1 employees have reported the elimination of their jobs on social media in the last two weeks. The impacted positions range from sales to operations to IT to the alliances team. That includes the head of strategic alliances Danny DeLozier, who said on LinkedIn that C1 had undergone a "broader organizational shift affecting hundreds of talented individuals."C1 confirmed layoffs in a statement to Channel Futures.