Year: 2015

Cloud

Cisco’s cloud strategy hits the mainstream

October 8, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco’s cloud strategy hits the mainstream
Now moved from incubation status to a regular business unit, Cisco’s cloud business is being counted on to deliver strong results.

Channel Programs

HP puts final touches on post-split partner programs

October 8, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP puts final touches on post-split partner programs
With less than a month to go before the split is finalized, HP and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise announce last details of their soon-to-be-separate partner programs.

Greg Myers, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Tech Data Canada.
Data Centre

SimpliVity signs on Tech Data Canada as exclusive distributor

October 7, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on SimpliVity signs on Tech Data Canada as exclusive distributor
Hyper-converged vendor SimpliVity will seek to grow its market in Canada with an exclusive distribution pact with Tech Data Canada.

Software

Cisco extends developer initiatives with new DevNet Labs

October 6, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco extends developer initiatives with new DevNet Labs
Cisco sees its developer community as even more critical as it pushes well beyond its traditional hardware core, and to this end has launched a new collaborative lab environment for their use.

Big Data

Moving Cisco forward from its core

October 6, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Moving Cisco forward from its core
Five months into the job, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins laid out his vision of where the IT economy is headed and what Cisco needs to do to lead the changes. It’s a vision that will fundamentally change Cisco from a hardware-focused maker of networking gear.

Stephen Thomas, vice president of Americas channel sales at Symantec
Channel Programs

Symantec rolls out Secure One program

October 5, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Symantec rolls out Secure One program
Symantec debuts its post-split partner program, boasting efforts to pay partners faster and to smooth the path to upper program echelons.

Security

The lingua franca of cybersecurity and business

October 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on The lingua franca of cybersecurity and business
Organizations that accept and foster alignment of cybersecurity and business, in language and in practice, will be better positioned to adapt to change and achieve their objectives.

Computers

HP touts collaboration, security innovations in new, mainly AMD Elite products

October 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP touts collaboration, security innovations in new, mainly AMD Elite products
Several new desktops, all-in-ones and notebooks were announced, with HP emphasizing new design, security and collaboration features, some of which are unique to them.

Managed Services

EiQ Networks opens SOC centre in Vancouver for SMB hybrid SaaS offering

October 1, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on EiQ Networks opens SOC centre in Vancouver for SMB hybrid SaaS offering
EiQ Networks, which built its business in the large enterprise and U.S. federal government space, has added a SaaS SMB focused component to it, and is opening a SOC in Vancouver to support this managed security service.

Managed Services

Networking-focused RMM Auvik Networks announces ConnectWise integration

October 1, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Networking-focused RMM Auvik Networks announces ConnectWise integration
Waterloo-based Auvik, which entered the RMM space this year from a background in network management software, has chosen their first PSA integration partner, with others soon to follow.