Lenovo is doubling down on VMware. HPE is a hit with healthcare. And IBM spinoff Kyndryl has a new partner in Microsoft.

Those are among the top 5 IT new stories reported this week by CRN. Here’s your tech provider’s roundup:

Lenovo ‘Absolutely Doubling Down’ with VMware

Now that VMware has spun off from Dell, Lenovo is tightening its technology partnership with VMware. Lenovo is also searching for joint customer opportunities to drive growth for both the companies and their channel partners.

5 Reasons HPE is a Hit with Healthcare Providers

As Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s healthcare chief technologist Steve Cotham explains, public-cloud data egress charges and security concerns are driving healthcare providers to adopt HPE GreenLake.

Microsoft & Kyndryl Ink Global Partnership

Kyndryl, a recent IBM spinoff that offers managed infrastructure services, calls Microsoft its only premier global alliance partner. It’s part of Kyndryl’s new ability to deepen relationships with companies that are not IBM.

Nvidia’s 8 Big Announcements

Nvidia introduced new hardware and software technologies at its fall GTC 2021 conference, giving enterprises everything from low-power inference GPUs and tiny supercomputers to high-speed networking platforms and collaboration platforms for 3-D design.

30 Notable IT Exec Moves of October

Amazon Web Services, Citrix, Google Cloud, McAfee and SAP are among the tech companies making recent executive hires as companies invest in resources for sales, technology and partners.

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