Year: 2015

Networking

Future-ready capability highlights new Dell campus, enterprise networking solutions

September 24, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Future-ready capability highlights new Dell campus, enterprise networking solutions
Dell unveils its second 100 GbE S-Series switch for the data centre, as well as a new campus architecture which has 100 GbE capacity for the future.

Networking

Silver Peak reshapes partner program around SD-WAN

September 24, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Silver Peak reshapes partner program around SD-WAN
Silver Peak is reworking its channel program to better prepare partners for the SD-WAN market opportunity, which is much larger than traditional WAN optimization, and to assist them in making deployments which will be much less technical and complex than in WAN optimization.

Podcasts

Podcast: Avnet’s security, storage and networking business, and Auvik Networks

September 23, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: Avnet’s security, storage and networking business, and Auvik Networks
Avnet’s Cheryl Neal and Auvik Networks’ Alex Hoff on this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.

Cloud

HEAT sees major tech, business benefits in acquiring Absolute Manage, Service businesses

September 22, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on HEAT sees major tech, business benefits in acquiring Absolute Manage, Service businesses
The strategic acquisition of assets Absolute wanted to divest to focus on its core business continues HEAT’s transition from FrontRange’s old SMB business to an integrated endpoint management platform that increasingly appeals to enterprises

Printing and Imaging

HP stresses security with new HP LaserJets

September 22, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP stresses security with new HP LaserJets
All the new printers have built-in self-healing security features with protection down to the BIOS, secure whitelisting, and run-time intrusion detection. All these are backward compatible to the LaserJets announced in the spring, and all but the BIOS protection is compatible on HP printers made since 2010.

Virtualization

Dell Services and Support portfolio extended to Wyse VDI solutions

September 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Services and Support portfolio extended to Wyse VDI solutions
The Wyse products have had their own specific support packages since they were acquired by Dell, but the increasing visibility of the Dell ProSupport brand, and the availability of some new services not previously available to Dell Wyse has led to the change.

Mobility

New Xplore B10 rugged tablet first to show influence of Motion acquisition

September 18, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Xplore B10 rugged tablet first to show influence of Motion acquisition
xPlore’s Canadian business is benefiting from this spring’s acquisition of Motion Computing, which brings a broader portfolio, a larger partner community, and an effective distribution network

Networking

ZyXEL launches new information site as it intensifies security push

September 18, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on ZyXEL launches new information site as it intensifies security push
One Security is a free resource designed to be a ‘one stop shop’ for ZyXEL security, providing information, support and easy access to licensing. It will become increasingly important as ZyXEL deepens its security presence, which will include a new product line early next year.

Cloud

Sage sees three-way synergies with Salesforce in new Microsoft partnering deal

September 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage sees three-way synergies with Salesforce in new Microsoft partnering deal
Sage sees the tighter integration with Microsoft platform as good news for Sage partners, and for Microsoft partners looking to benefit from Sage Live’s innovation.

Channel Programs

New training initiatives highlight Salesforce partner announcements at Dreamforce

September 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New training initiatives highlight Salesforce partner announcements at Dreamforce
Salesforce introduced many exciting new solutions at Dreamforce, but for specifically partner-focused announcements, the big ones were all about training. And there were a lot of them.