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In this edition, we take a look at what SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten has to say about the cause of last week's unprecedented CrowdStrike outage. Plus: - The news that ServiceNow's COO is leaving after violating a company policy - Google Cloud's push for customers to migrate their VMware workloads to Google Cloud Platform and more #cybersecurity

The CrowdStrike update incident. Details on the cost and revenue from artificial intelligence. And updates on the rollout of AI PCs. Microsoft executives have a lot to cover Tuesday during the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant’s fourth fiscal quarter earnings report. The earnings will cover the three months and year ended June 30. Bank of America expects Microsoft to estimate double-digit revenue growth for fiscal year 2025, with perhaps 20-plus percent Office growth by the first fiscal quarter of 2026. A July 15 report from Morgan Stanley, meanwhile, predicts 22 percent growth year over year to about $37 billion in revenue for Microsoft Cloud. CRN's Wade Tyler Millward takes a look at the five things partners should know ahead of Microsoft's quarterly earnings call.

Our annual Top 100 Executives list includes the Top 25 IT Innovators of the year. You can view our 2024 edition here: https://bit.ly/3LJVZNn. These 25 leaders understand that innovation is important now more than ever as the IT world experiences a wave of change spurred by businesses’ focus on digital transformation, AI, 5G and security. They’re at the helm of companies involved with cutting-edge hardware, software and programs in areas such as security, networking, storage and data protection, AI, software, MSP platforms and more. Just as important, they are dedicated to working with indirect sales channels. #CRNTop100

Microsoft acknowledged that it must “prioritize change and innovation” for Windows following the massive CrowdStrike-caused outage to the operating system. The outage, which began July 19 and had lingering impacts for much of the following week, saw 8.5 million Windows devices suffer the “blue screen of death” and become inoperable until they were fixed manually by an IT professional. The societal impacts were wide-ranging and estimates have suggested the costs to major corporations will reach into the billions of dollars. In a blog post Friday, Microsoft executive John Cable wrote that the outage “shows clearly that Windows must prioritize change and innovation in the area of end-to-end resilience.” “These improvements must go hand in hand with ongoing improvements in security and be in close cooperation with our many partners, who also care deeply about the security of the Windows ecosystem,” wrote Cable, vice president of Windows servicing and delivery at Microsoft.

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Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, CRN’s No. 1 Most Influential Executive of 2024, is earning accolades from partners as he keeps AI at the forefront of the company’s mission and steers investments and innovation around Copilot, GenAI and more. From Nadella revving Microsoft’s AI innovation engine to new heights to his decision to invest billions in AI superstar OpenAI, his vision and ability to successfully execute on that vision make him “stand out from the crowd” of IT leaders fighting for AI market share, Jim Kavanaugh, CEO of World Wide Technology, said. Here’s what else Kavanaugh and the following Microsoft partner and channel executives had to say about Nadella and his leadership in CRN’s August cover story, out now: https://bit.ly/3Yp4JQG: - Vineet Arora, CTO, WinWire - Mark Pierce, Microsoft Group general manager, ivision - Rachael L. Narel, Ph.D., CISA, employee engagement and productivity practice lead, Interlink Cloud Advisors - Nicole Dezen, chief partner officer and corporate vice president of global partner solutions, Microsoft - Dennis Perpetua, vice president and global CTO for digital workplace services and distinguished engineer, Kyndryl - Jim Little, global Microsoft alliance lead, EY - Kathy Durfee, CEO, TechHouse Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

Our annual Top 100 Executives list includes the 25 Most Influential Executives of the year. You can view our 2024 edition here: https://bit.ly/3YiBn6x. From Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang pushing to make AI accessible to every business to Cisco’s Chuck Robbins and Dell Technologies’ Michael Dell driving innovation on the infrastructure, PC and networking fronts, these 25 leaders are reshaping how companies operate. The Most Influential Executive of 2024 is none other than Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, who is turning his $62 billion software giant into an AI force to be reckoned with. Others who are shaping the world of IT include Palo Alto Networks’ Nikesh Arora, IBM’s Arvind Krishna and Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Antonio Neri, to name a few. #CRNTop100 Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program Cisco Partners Dell Technologies Partner NextWave Channel Partners HPE Partners

CrowdStrike partners say automatic updates like the one that caused last week's massive outage will be heavily scrutinized. "When it comes to security, automatic updates are crucial in terms of being able to defend people's devices and IT environments from hackers," CRN cybersecurity reporter Kyle Alspach says. Kyle discusses why partners are concerned that customers will choose to turn off automatic updates as a result in the latest episode of CRN In Depth. You can watch the entire episode here: https://bit.ly/3zUMx7d. #cybersecurity Video description: Red text on the white opening screen says, "MSSps are fielding customer concerns following the faulty CrowdStrike update that downed millions of Windows machines." CRN Senior Editor Kyle Alspach, who is wearing a white button-down shirt with a collar, speaks with CRN Senior Associate Editor Wade Tyler Millward, who is wearing a teal-colored button-down shirt with a collar and black-framed glasses, about what managed security service providers (MSSPs) have shared with him following the July 19 CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage. While Kyle talks, the video cuts to a woman's hands typing on a laptop keyboard, then to a man's hands typing on a keyboard on a desk with a dark computer monitor with green text and code, to three men sitting around a laptop, with one in the middle typing. Red text on the white closing screen says, "See the full video at CRN.com."

New- SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten weighs in on CrowdStrike's update cadence prior to the outage: https://lnkd.in/e7D7RW9H CRN

CrowdStrike partners say automatic updates like the one that caused last week's massive outage will be heavily scrutinized. "When it comes to security, automatic updates are crucial in terms of being able to defend people's devices and IT environments from hackers," CRN cybersecurity reporter Kyle Alspach says. Kyle discusses why partners are concerned that customers will choose to turn off automatic updates as a result in the latest episode of CRN In Depth. You can watch the entire episode here: https://bit.ly/4djevrL. #cybersecurity Video description: Red text on the white opening screen says, "MSSps are fielding customer concerns following the faulty CrowdStrike update that downed millions of Windows machines." CRN Senior Editor Kyle Alspach, who is wearing a white button-down shirt with a collar, speaks with CRN Senior Associate Editor Wade Tyler Millward, who is wearing a teal-colored button-down shirt with a collar and black-framed glasses, about what managed security service providers (MSSPs) have shared with him following the July 19 CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage. While Kyle talks, the video cuts to a woman's hands typing on a laptop keyboard, then to a man's hands typing on a keyboard on a desk with a dark computer monitor with green text and code, to three men sitting around a laptop, with one in the middle typing. Red text on the white closing screen says, "See the full video at CRN.com."