Month: April 2014

Ahmed Etman, General Manager, Security and Enterprise Networking, Cisco Canada
Featured Post

Cisco ramps up security presence with Managed Threat Defense Service

April 24, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco ramps up security presence with Managed Threat Defense Service
Cisco says new managed service further evidence of the importance of security to its business.

Derek Dal Ponte, senior director of Channel marketing at Tintri
Channel Programs

Virtual and cloud storage vendor Tintri revamps partner program

April 24, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Virtual and cloud storage vendor Tintri revamps partner program
Tintri expands its channel program, introduces new mobile app for partners.

Nancy Hammervik, senior vice president of industry relations at CompTIA
Channel Communities

CompTIA wants to close IT gender gap

April 24, 2014 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on CompTIA wants to close IT gender gap
Women account for just a quarter of information technology jobs. It’s stifling the industry’s ability to grow and flourish. CompTIA wants to change that.

Synnex Canada president Mitchell Martin
Channel Communities

Synnex Canada looks for more engagement from Varnex members

April 22, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Synnex Canada looks for more engagement from Varnex members
Members of Synnex’s Canadian Varnex community need to engage, or its time for them to move on, distributor says.

backup security
Cloud

Security and cloud computing at SMB crossroads

April 22, 2014 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Security and cloud computing at SMB crossroads
Cloud may be the marquee player in IT services, but when it comes to giving business leaders the cold sweats, security still steals the show.

Yudy Vinograd, director of channel sales for Paragon Software
Channel Programs

Paragon Software rolls out aggressive new partner program

April 22, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Paragon Software rolls out aggressive new partner program
Data protection vendor Paragon Software says new program will make it an easier, more profitable partner to work with.

Susan Bailey, vice president of sales and services for the Americas at Stratus Technologies
Data Centre

Stratus signs first distie deal with Arrow

April 22, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Stratus signs first distie deal with Arrow
Stratus Technologies’ partnership with Arrow to bring fault-tolerant software to x86 servers.

Chris Doggett, managing director of Kaspersky Lab North America
Featured Post

Kaspersky names Doggett North American chief

April 22, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Kaspersky names Doggett North American chief
Kaspersky Lab elevates Chris Doggett to the new title of managing director of North America as longtime president Steve Orenberg leaves the company.

Clouds
Cloud

IBM pushes SoftLayer cloud incentives program

April 22, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on IBM pushes SoftLayer cloud incentives program
IBM is offering partners incentives, profitability enhancements and support for its SoftLayer cloud computing services.

Chuck DeLouis, vice president of product management at Intronis
Cloud

Intronis adds imaging, expands virtualization support

April 21, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Intronis adds imaging, expands virtualization support
Intronis continues its evolution from file and folder backup to full systems backup, adding physical imaging and expanding virtualization support.