Month: April 2018

Manal Guirguis, director of endpoint solutions at Tech Data Canada.
Distribution

Tech Data Canada launches Tech-as-a-Service financing

April 16, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data Canada launches Tech-as-a-Service financing
Tech Data Canada has brought its subscription model for endpoint devices and related sofware and services, introduced earlier this year in the U.S., north of the border.

Printing and Imaging

HP looking to grow channel business in graphics printing

April 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP looking to grow channel business in graphics printing
The channel businesses within HP’s Graphics Solutions portfolio leverages highly-specialized partners. HP, however, believes that the opportunity in this area is immense, and wants to bring more partners in, particularly from A3 printing.

Managed Services

Passportal creates Community Department to engage in MSP education and enablement

April 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Passportal creates Community Department to engage in MSP education and enablement
Mike Byrne, who has done this kind of work in the past at multiple companies, has joined Passportal as the Director of Community.

Cloud

Inside the Ingram Micro Partner Experience tour [Podcast]

April 13, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Inside the Ingram Micro Partner Experience tour [Podcast]
The ChannelBuzz.ca brings you a series of interviews with the main players from Ingram Micro Canada’s kickoff of its Partner Experience tour for 2018.

May Ann Yule, president and CEO of HP Canada
Computers

Reworked channel focus at HP Canada delivering strong results

April 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Reworked channel focus at HP Canada delivering strong results
HP isn’t just driving more business through the channel, but is also making changes in how it interacts with it, something which it is better able to do as a more focused company.

Channel Programs

Security vendor Ziften reboots partner program to better leverage strategic Microsoft relationship

April 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Security vendor Ziften reboots partner program to better leverage strategic Microsoft relationship
The program’s highlight is a fast track program to recruit high skill – not necessarily top tier – Microsoft partners by providing them with the Ziften program’s top tier benefits for a year.

Stu Bradley, vice president of fraud and security intelligence at SAS
Security

SAS rolls out fraud business unit

April 12, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on SAS rolls out fraud business unit
SAS says its new division, which brings together all of its offerings fighting fraud and money laundering, will allow it to good deeper, faster.

Computers

HP looks to channel to drive new Pavilion gamer lineup

April 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP looks to channel to drive new Pavilion gamer lineup
HP made its first announcement of a consumer product family at a channel event, as it expects the channel will sell almost all of these new rigs, and while much of it will go through etailers and retailers, there is a VAR channel play here as well.

Security

Absolute introduces GDPR readiness assessments for compliance laggards

April 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Absolute introduces GDPR readiness assessments for compliance laggards
It’s only six weeks until the GDPR is scheduled to become operative, and Absolute has found that so many organizations are still so unprepared that even at this late date, it behooves them to introduce new readiness assessments – which their partners will be able to leverage.

Computers

HP touts digital enablement to top partners as key to strategy going forward

April 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP touts digital enablement to top partners as key to strategy going forward
HP celebrated a very strong year with their top partners at the company’s Executive Forum, outlining the direction of their strategy, and the role of the channel in it.