Year: 2014

Cloud

Dimension Data launches Canadian cloud data centre

September 3, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dimension Data launches Canadian cloud data centre
In certain sectors, a Canadian cloud data centre is now a de facto requirement, especially in the public sector, health care and financial services, because while it may not be a regulatory requirement, it has become mandatory in many RFPs.

Avnet CIO Steve Phillips
Opinion/Editorial

Secrets of selling to the CIO

September 3, 2014 Guest Poster Comments Off on Secrets of selling to the CIO
Five things to do — and five things to avoid — when trying to sell to the CIO, direct from Avnet CIO Steve Phillips.

Greg Smith, senior director of product and technical marketing at Nutanix.
Cloud

Nutanix welcomes VMware to hyper-converged fray

September 3, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Nutanix welcomes VMware to hyper-converged fray
With new funding and new markets to tap, Nutanix sees the debut of VMware’s Evo family of products as evidence for further convergence of infrastructure.

Terry Buchanan, vice president of technology at Zycom.
Marketing

Use your trade show attendance to boost marketing

September 3, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Use your trade show attendance to boost marketing
How one Ontario solution provider is using its attendance at last week’s VMworld to educate and engage key customers and prospects.

Software

Embarcadero expands channel opportunities with RAD Studio XE7

September 2, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Embarcadero expands channel opportunities with RAD Studio XE7
Enterprise Mobility Services, a new back-end turnkey middleware service that hosts loadable custom API and data access modules to provide secure access from mobile and desktop apps to enterprise databases, will provide partners with new revenue from end-users.

Data Centre

HP announces its ProLiant Gen9 servers

August 28, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP announces its ProLiant Gen9 servers
Feeds and speeds of individual servers await later rollouts, but HP is promising three times the compute power of Gen8 servers, and a focus server strategy for the modern data centre.

Channel Programs

TrapX Security targets MSSPs with new global partner program

August 28, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on TrapX Security targets MSSPs with new global partner program
Trap-X has placed its TrapX Security Operation Center on the Google Cloud Platform, which allows partners to deploy entire secure SOCs and sensors quickly and inexpensively.

VMware channel chief Dave O'Callaghan (left) and president and COO Carl Eschenbach (right).
Channel Programs

VMware cuts partners in on ELAs, services

August 27, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware cuts partners in on ELAs, services
VMware says the company and its partners have to build closer customer relationships, outlines upcoming program changes to help partners make it happen.

Channel Programs

Nextivity opens Canadian channel to program to sell digital smart signal boosters

August 27, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nextivity opens Canadian channel to program to sell digital smart signal boosters
The company began working with resellers in the U.S. a year and a half ago, and in March 2014 a partner program was formalized in the U.S. That program has now been extended to Canada.

Cloud

Avaya, HP take huge step forward in partnership

August 26, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya, HP take huge step forward in partnership
The big gain for Avaya is that HP ES will greatly amplify the reach of Avaya Private Cloud Services, and they say the channel will have a significant role to play.