Year: 2014

Manal Guirguis, director of product management at Tech Data Canada.
Distribution

Tech Data Canada to educate channel on Promethean

June 4, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data Canada to educate channel on Promethean
Tech Data signs on classroom interactive technology vendor Promethean, and will serve as an evangelist in the Canadian channel.

Chendra Pulimaritsa, CEO of Sanovi
Channel Programs

Sanovi targets FlexPod resellers, MSPs with new program

June 4, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sanovi targets FlexPod resellers, MSPs with new program
Sanovi, an Indian-based maker of disaster recovery software, launches a partner program to deepen its penetration of the North American market.

server share pie chart
Data Centre

Server market poised for a shakeup

June 4, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Server market poised for a shakeup
New server market share numbers show HP remains in the front position, and will likely stay there after the transition of IBM’s x86 server unit to Lenovo.

Kaseya CEO Yogesh Gupta
Managed Services

Kaseya ends ‘Alt-Shift-Tab’ motion in VSA 7.0

June 4, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Kaseya ends ‘Alt-Shift-Tab’ motion in VSA 7.0
In placing all of its managed services function in a single dashboard, Kaseya says it’s ending the toggling between screens.

Kevin Gilroy, senior vice president and general manager of Global Small & Midmarket Segment at SAP
Channel Programs

SAP channel chief on board with simplicity push

June 4, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on SAP channel chief on board with simplicity push
SAP’s move towards simplification will play well for its channel and SME business, Kevin Gilroy says

NetSuite channel chief Craig West
Channel Programs

NetSuite looks to improve coverage outside Toronto

June 3, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on NetSuite looks to improve coverage outside Toronto
NetSuite channel chief Craig West looking to add partners across Canada, and particularly in western Canada.

SAP CEO Bill McDermott
Featured Post

SAP targets simplicity

June 3, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on SAP targets simplicity
SAP, once known for the complexity of deploying its ERP products, seeks to make things easier in its products and its processes.

Microsoft Windows 8.1 screenshot
Software

Windows 8 sales grow, but still woeful

June 3, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Windows 8 sales grow, but still woeful
Microsoft struggles to get legacy Windows XP users to convert to Windows 8 mostly because there’s a better option still available: Windows 7.

David Burton, vice president of global marketing at NComputing
Virtualization

NComputing enters desktop-as-a-service market

June 3, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on NComputing enters desktop-as-a-service market
Thin-client vendor NComputing sees opportunity for service providers to add desktop-as-a-service capabilities

webOS
Mobility

After much abuse, WebOS finds a home on TV

June 3, 2014 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on After much abuse, WebOS finds a home on TV
If you’ve been wondering what happened to webOS, the operating system that became a symbol of HP’s flailing mobile strategy, take a look around your living room.