2017 – Page 44 – ChannelBuzz.ca

D&H Canada focuses on western Canada in 2017 initiatives

May 23, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

D&H is opening a new distribution centre in western Canada in a few weeks, and is also adding staff based in the region, and establishing a western Canada event.

Flexxible IT launches new SMB-focused hybrid cloud virtual workspace appliance

May 23, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

UK-based Flexxible IT has been focused on Europe, but has opened a US office with ex-Appsense channel chief Jim Airdo running the North American business.

Australia’s BackupAssist formally launches in North American market

May 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

BackupAssist has timed a new channel initiative in North America with Version 10 of its software, which adds several enterprise grade features to its SMB-focused solution.

Changes in sales strategy bearing fruit for Veeam

May 19, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Veeam is also close to announcing the appointment of a new Canadian channel leader, which they think will help enlist some major new partners.

Vena announces Office 365 integration, best practices library at first user event

May 19, 2017 Mark Cox 1

Toronto-based SaaS CPM vendor Vena used its first ever user event to extend its support to Office 365, and establish their Vena Exchange, a vetted library for customers to share Excel best practices templates.

Veeam announcements around Microsoft Azure highlight Cloud Day at VeeamON

May 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

The final day of VeeamON saw Veeam announce a new DR tool for Azure, management pack enhancements for better visibility, and improvements to Backup for Office 365.

DataGravity announces DataGravity for Availability to enhance Veeam

May 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

DataGravity for Availability is a separate product that sits on top of Veeam, and provides it with a behavior-driven security capability. For now, it only works with Veeam, but the plan is to ultimately extend it to other vendors.

Enhanced focus driving Veeam growth in Canada towards lofty objectives

May 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Jeff Goldstein, Veeam’s VP of Sales in Canada, has overseen significant changes in Veeam’s Canadian operations, on a strategy to meet an extremely high objective of 62 per cent growth in 2017.