Year: 2015

Hardware

Heckler Design releases dual-screen iPad stand for interactive PoS

July 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Heckler Design releases dual-screen iPad stand for interactive PoS
Available to the Canadian channel through BlueStar, the new WindFall Duo provides hardware support for the new dual display checkouts which have begun to hit the market.

Cloud

New IndependenceIT release makes it easy for partners to deploy RemoteApp

July 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New IndependenceIT release makes it easy for partners to deploy RemoteApp
Cloud Workspace Suite v 4.1 also includes enhancements to their API to make it easier for partners to integrate their own API on top.

Distribution

Ingram Micro Canada looks to enhance customer choice with flash storage vendor Tegile

July 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ingram Micro Canada looks to enhance customer choice with flash storage vendor Tegile
Ingram sees Tegile’s Zebi hybrid storage arrays as being a particularly strong play in Canada, and looks to replicate the success Ingram has had with Tegile in the U.S. through this Canadian deal.

Distribution

Guidance Software sees Westcon distribution deal showing new channel commitment

July 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Guidance Software sees Westcon distribution deal showing new channel commitment
Westcon says Guidance’s endpoint security solutions are best-of-breed, and that they are already allied with some of Westcon’s other security vendor partners.

Big Data

MaintenanceNet acquisition means non-Cisco vendors likely leave

July 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on MaintenanceNet acquisition means non-Cisco vendors likely leave
Cisco acknowledges it acquired MaintenanceNet because it was uncomfortable with its longtime partner’s drive to sign on more OEM clients, and indicates that while Cisco doesn’t plan to fire those clients, it won’t have to.

VMware Canada country manager Sean Forkan
Cloud

NetBackup 7.7 highlights broad refresh of Veritas portfolio

July 9, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetBackup 7.7 highlights broad refresh of Veritas portfolio
New products include Veritas Information Map, which is built on the company’s new Information Fabric, and Veritas Resiliency Platform, an IT service continuity solution. Veritas InfoScale is an enhancement and rebranding of the old Symantec Storage Foundations.

Cloud

New Kaseya CEO Voccola pledges new customer commitment initiative

July 8, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Kaseya CEO Voccola pledges new customer commitment initiative
Fred Voccola who has an extensive background in software and IT infrastructure companies, is the new CEO, and he pledges commitment to both customers and channel partners, which will make Kaseya well-loved in the industry.

Managed Services

Acronis unveils their next-gen data protection platform

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Acronis beefs up their data protection platform by enhancing its disaster recovery capability and file sync and share capabilities.

Cloud

Scalar Decisions acquires Mainland Information Systems to create Canadian integration giant

July 7, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scalar Decisions acquires Mainland Information Systems to create Canadian integration giant
Scalar becomes a $300 million dollar company through the deal, strengthens its presence in western Canada, and increases its scalability with the assets acquired. The Mainland brand will remain for the foreseeable future.

John Corley, president of Xerox’s channel partner organization
Managed Services

Xerox channel MPS push continues with new tools, programs

July 7, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Xerox channel MPS push continues with new tools, programs
Xerox is looking to make partners more productive as it sees a boom coming in demand for managed print services in the SMB space.