Rick Whiting is a Features/Special Projects Editor at CRN. He covers various segments of the IT industry, focusing on themes such as big data management, analytics, cloud computing, and cybersecurity, while also exploring the intersection of technology and business. Rick's insights and expertise have been featured in CRN Australia and The Channel Company.
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Rick Whiting's articles predominantly cover technology, startups, big data, and business innovation. His focus on press releases and private sector announcements suggests that he is likely to be responsive to pitches related to new product launches, acquisitions within the tech industry, or innovative developments in the field of data analytics and software/SaaS.
If you have a relevant product launch or acquisition announcement within the technology space or if your company has made significant strides in data analysis or software development, Rick may be interested in covering it. Additionally, offering insightful data that supports trends within these areas could also pique his interest.
While no specific geographic focus was mentioned for Rick Whiting's coverage area, given the nature of his topics covered and themes addressed being more industry-specific rather than regionally focused.
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By: Rick Whiting
Anaconda has acquired Outerbounds and its AI-native development framework.
Five Companies That Came To Win This Week includes Meter, Cisco Systems, Innovative Solutions, SAP and IBM.
By: Rick Whiting
At its Think 2026 event IBM debuted its AI Operating Model framework for AI agent adoption and the role sell, build and service partners will play.
By: Rick Whiting
At its Think 2026 conference this week IBM not only debuted its blueprint for how AI can become the core of a business's operations and transformation efforts, the company also detailed the critical role its legions of sell, build and service partners will play in this vision.
By: Rick Whiting
David La Rose, IBM General Manager of the Partner Ecosystem and Sales, spoke with CRN at IBM Think 2026 about IBM channel partners and AI.
By: Rick Whiting
SAP launched a wave of new AI and agent products and technologies that the software giant said will speed customer AI adoption and help them transform into “autonomous enterprises.”
On Tuesday, the global systems integrator and IT service provider named COO Tim Hurlebaus as the company's new CEO, effective immediately, while former CEO Francois Boulanger is retiring after less than two years in the position.
By: Rick Whiting
Cloud database developer ClickHouse launched its House Mates channel program at its Open House conference.
By: Rick Whiting
Snowflake, which reported its fiscal 2027 first quarter financial results, signed an expanded Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with AWS, including use of AWS Graviton processors, and said it is acquiring Natoma.
5 Companies That Came To Win This Week includes Anthropic, Snowflake, ClickHouse, Dell Technologies and Amazon Web Services.
