Cloud
SAP pledges commitment to smaller firms at SME Summit
Mississauga-based Lynch Fluid Controls was one of the SMEs selected by SAP to talk about their business and use of SAP solutions at the SAP event.
Month: November 2014
Channel Programs
SAP announces new, extended SME initiatives
SAP makes an SME financing pilot permanent, makes HANA cheaper by enabling it to run on E5 servers, and lets SMEs list on SAP Ariba for free.
Sponsored Content
Selling disaster recovery
Shawn Massey of Storagecraft on how solution providers can position disaster recovery and differentiate their offering in a crowded marketplace.
Distribution
D&H Canada brings Partner Services Marketing library to Canada
D&H’s Canadian partners had been asking for this service, available in the U.S since 2012, to come north. It assembles marketing collateral and customizable templates from both D&H and participating vendors in one library, and is free to use.
Networking
D-Link boosts IP surveillance business with suite of tools and resources for partners
With this new package of tools and resources, D-Link is looking to encourage traditional networking partners who have not yet got into surveillance to stop leaving money on the table, as well as encourage traditional physical security specialists to look at D-Link more broadly for their IP needs.
Networking
Cisco targets SMB, lower midmarket for collaboration with Cisco Business Edition 6000S
The BE6000S supports four virtual machines, is targeted at 25-150 user organizations, and costs 22 per cent less than the BE6000, which has the same software, at the lowest configuration.
Sponsored Content
Flash Storage – Just what the doctor ordered
In this sponsored blog, Avnet Technology Solutions’ Jim Bindon shares why flash storage is a hot topic for solution providers in the healthcare vertical.
Small Business
Fourth gen HP MSA Storage adds data tiering, SSD read caching
The enhanced horsepower in the Gen 4 MSA facilitates needed upgrades like Archive Tiering and Performance Tier options, a new SSD Read Cache feature to better utilize flash, and thin provisioning.
Mobility
Canadian SMBs bullish on economy, mobility
An annual study from Sage finds Canadian SMBs are more bullish about the economy, and about how mobility can help their businesses, even though that comes at a cost of being contacted outside of traditional working hours.
Cloud
Cisco announces Project Squared free SaaS collaboration app
Project Squared, a SaaS business collaboration app for chat, audio, video, multi-party meetings and content sharing, will initially be a free download, but Cisco expects to monetize it as they add more features, and they see it as a strong channel opportunity.