Year: 2016

Channel Programs

SugarCRM seeing success in shift to enterprise market

February 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SugarCRM seeing success in shift to enterprise market
SugarCRM has essentially restructured its whole business model, shifting from an open source model with a freemium component and an SMB focus, to a clearly enterprise-focused strategy. While they have recruited new partners for that space, most of their Elite Partners are long-time partners who have made the transition with them.

Tech Data Canada president Rick Reid
Distribution

New Year’s Podcast Series: Rick Reid of Tech Data Canada

February 12, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Rick Reid of Tech Data Canada
Tech Data Canada president Rick Reid on the year that was 2015, and what the distributor is expecting for 2016.

Distribution

Six ways you can profit from the digitalization of healthcare

February 12, 2016 Guest Poster Comments Off on Six ways you can profit from the digitalization of healthcare
Avnet Technology Solutions’ Michael Stephens weighs in with ways solution providers can be successful in the growing market for digitalization in the healthcare field.

Big Data

Microsoft touts innovative nature of new Dynamics AX, native to Azure

February 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Microsoft touts innovative nature of new Dynamics AX, native to Azure
Microsoft Dynamics AX went into the cloud in its last release, but the newest one is completely native to Azure, designed to fully leverage the hyperscale cloud for the first time.

Cloud

Tech Data Cloud division VP Nethercoat talks cloud in Canada

February 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tech Data Cloud division VP Nethercoat talks cloud in Canada
Stacy Nethercoat, vice president of Tech Data’s TDCloud division, was in the Toronto area on Wednesday to visit Tech Data Canada’s offices, and took some time to speak with ChannelBuzz about the distributor’s cloud strategy, cloud progress, and how it all rolls out in the Canadian market.

Uncategorized

Intermedia adds backup to SecuriSync file sharing for converged offering

February 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intermedia adds backup to SecuriSync file sharing for converged offering
SecuriSync had backup technology before that Intermedia considered to be better than their standalone backup offering. Now the backup has been further rounded out, and SecuriSync has been upgraded to a formally converged offering, at the same price as the old file sharing service.

Cloud

Toronto solution provider TechBlocks chosen for Microsoft IoT Red Carpet program

February 10, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Toronto solution provider TechBlocks chosen for Microsoft IoT Red Carpet program
TechBlocks’ experience with the Azure platform and their having established a presence in IoT solutions leads Microsoft to pick them as a go-to IoT partner in Canada.

Cloud

Artisan Infrastructure unveils Neverfail HybriStor Data Protection Virtual Appliance

February 10, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Artisan Infrastructure unveils Neverfail HybriStor Data Protection Virtual Appliance
Using patent-pending data optimization and dedupe technology from an acquisition, HybriStor brings enormous scalability and performance to object-based storage.

Cloud

Avaya enhances two midmarket hybrid cloud solutions, and broadens availability

February 9, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya enhances two midmarket hybrid cloud solutions, and broadens availability
Both Powered by Avaya IP Office and OnAvaya – Google Cloud Platform have already been available to customers through the channel. Now however, their availability has been opened up to more partners, and both solutions have also been enhanced from their initial versions.

Small Business

HPE enhances entry level MSA 1040 and StoreEasy storage

February 9, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE enhances entry level MSA 1040 and StoreEasy storage
The addition of SSD support to the HPE MSA 1040 also enables software enhancements which have been available on the flagship MSA 2040, and removes much of the feature gap between the two models.