October 2014 – Page 3 – ChannelBuzz.ca

Connected Data introduces Transporter channel play with private business cloud device

October 21, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Transporter Genesis becomes the company’s first non-Drobo product to be a strong channel offering, and will heavily leverage the Drobo channel to go to market.

Extreme Networks adds new switch, wireless access point to Unified Edge portfolio

October 21, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

The new switch becomes Extreme’s highest performance Gigabit edge model, while the new AP is aimed at more cost-conscious buyers.

Avnet now authorized as Lenovo distributor for x86 servers

October 20, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

The agreement, which went into effect October 1, covers only the server products acquired from IBM, but Avnet is assessing whether to carry the rest of the Lenovo server portfolio as well.

Roy Purtill, vice president of cloud computing at Cisco Canada

Podcast: Cisco on Intercloud and Citrix on Mobility

October 20, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Cisco’s Roy Purtill and Citrix’s Michael Murphy join the podcast to discuss their companies’ latest
moves in the cloud and mobility spaces respectively.

Nitin Kawale will head up Rogers' enterprise business unit.

Cisco’s Kawale heading to Rogers

October 17, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Cisco Canada chief Nitin Kawale will lead the Rogers’ enterprise business, while Cisco Russia GM Bernadette Wightman takes over as Cisco Canada president.

SAP shifting Business ByDesign model to be more partner driven

October 17, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Last year rumours surfaced that SAP was shutting Business ByDesign down, but instead it has moved it to the HANA platform, given it its own general manager, and changed its go-to-market model to better leverage partners.

Anthony Ricco, vice president of worldwide demand marketing at Citrix, at Citrix Mobility Toronto.

Citrix introduces partners to the software-defined workplace

October 15, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Taking mobility to a strategic level creates a CEO-level conversation about “business and human outcomes” of IT projects, Citrix exec says at Toronto event.