Month: January 2016

Managed Services

SmartPrint expands MPS practice with acquisition of Lasercorp’s Toronto assets

January 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SmartPrint expands MPS practice with acquisition of Lasercorp’s Toronto assets
SmartPrint strengthens its claim to being Canada’s largest independent MPS provider by acquiring the Toronto MPS business of Lasercorp, which is highly focused on legal and professional services in downtown Toronto.

Data Centre

Commvault extends Nutanix partnership with support for Acropolis hypervisor

January 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault extends Nutanix partnership with support for Acropolis hypervisor
Commvault becomes the first data protection vendor to offer support for Nutanix’s own hypervisor, improving the capabilities of their customers and partners in the Nutanix environment.

Cloud

Kaseya reaches out to MSPs with new SVP appointment

January 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya reaches out to MSPs with new SVP appointment
Kaseya has also released a new survey highlighting the practices being following by the most successful MSPs today.

Networking

Riverbed touts strong channel play in acquisition of German SD-WAN vendor Ocedo

January 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed touts strong channel play in acquisition of German SD-WAN vendor Ocedo
Riverbed looks to Ocedo to make it a more significant player in the SD-WAN market, where Riverbed has been making a major push over the last year.

Managed Services

How to break away from the break-fix model that’s killing your MSP business

January 18, 2016 Guest Poster Comments Off on How to break away from the break-fix model that’s killing your MSP business
Some new year’s advice from Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks on how to get rid of old habits that may be harmful to your MSP business.

Data Capture/Point of Sale

HP announces next-gen POS retail system

January 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP announces next-gen POS retail system
In addition to its new HP RP9 Retail System, HP is also highlighting its HP Pro Tablet 608, which provides an eight-inch screen version of a product HP has offered for years in a ten-inch form factor.

Software

AppSense looks to drive more business with revitalized Citrix

January 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on AppSense looks to drive more business with revitalized Citrix
The Windows-focused virtualization management optimization vendor provides a detailed update, including their relationship with Citrix and other co-opetitors, their channel policies, and where they see their market going.

Networking

Cisco Canada opens Toronto Innovation Centre

January 13, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco Canada opens Toronto Innovation Centre
Cisco Canada’s new Innovation Centre aims to create a place to work together with customers and partners on creating new solutions.

Michael Murphy, country manager for Citrix Canada
Channel Programs

Citrix messages of focus, steadiness resonate in Canada

January 13, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix messages of focus, steadiness resonate in Canada
While some of the channel changes announced at Citrix Summit have less relevance to Canada than in other geos, the core themes Citrix emphasized of increased focus and channel co-operation found a welcome reception.

Virtualization

Dell reaches into midmarket with new Dell Appliance for Wyse — Citrix

January 13, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell reaches into midmarket with new Dell Appliance for Wyse — Citrix
An appliance originally designed to bring Citrix into the low end of the market has had its scalability increased more than tenfold, now supporting up to 5000 users. Dell also announced its new ThinOS software, which now supports Skype for Business, and is backwards compatible into the existing install base.