April 2014 – ChannelBuzz.ca

Ralph Nimergood, vice president, worldwide partners and programs for CommVault

CommVault remakes its PartnerAdvantage program

April 28, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Predictability, consistency among top goals in CommVault’s partner program remake.

5 reasons the tablet era is ending already

April 28, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

Five years on, evidence is growing that the tablet’s days may be numbered as the handhelds get squeezed between PCs and smartphones.

Frank Vitagliano, vice president of global channel strategy and programs

Dell moving towards distribution

April 25, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Dell tasks newly-minted global channel programs and strategy veep Frank Vitagliano with expanding the vendor’s presence at distribution.

Chris Doggett, managing director of Kaspersky Lab North America

New solutions from Kaspersky driving search for new partners

April 25, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Kaspersky outlines plans for new solutions for fraud prevention and protection of critical infrastructure, and will seek new partners to go to market.

Westcon is latest distributor to bulk up services

April 25, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

Through the buy of Intact Integrated Services, Westcon is the latest distributor to add more professional services available to its solution providers.

Bob Martin, national business partner manager, Cisco Canada

How Cisco Meraki WiFi helped Lone Star Texas Grill improve customer service

April 25, 2014 Guest Poster Comments Off

Cisco Canada’s Bob Martin chats with Bob Macey of Lone Star Texas Grills about the restaurant chain’s Cisco Meraki cloud managed wireless solution.

Peter Kriparos, channel chief for Hitachi Data Systems Canada

Hitachi looks to align storage with business needs

April 24, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Hitachi Data Systems introduces Continuous Cloud Infrastructure, based on Storage Virtualization Operating System, its new virtual storage OS.

Brad Parks, senior manager of go-to-market strategy for HP Storage

HP updates XP high-end storage

April 24, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

HP’s XP7 update brings IT-as-a-service functionality introduced on 3Par into its traditional tier one storage architecture.

Sage North America channel chief Donald Deshaies

Sage levels playing field for subscription sales

April 24, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Sage North America announces plans for its channel program, including a streamlined tier system and an effort to make subscription sales more attractive.