Month: March 2019

Partnerships

Plantronics rebrands as Poly, unveils new product and strategic initiatives

March 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Plantronics rebrands as Poly, unveils new product and strategic initiatives
Poly is designed to provide a new joint identity for the Plantronics-Polycom combination. In addition to new pipeline product announced at Enterprise Connect this week, the company also emphasized new and expanded strategic partnerships which have more joint offerings on the way.

Gary Simms, vice president of Americas commercial channel programs at HP.
Channel Programs

HP’s Gary Simms on building partner programs for the as-a-service era

March 21, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP’s Gary Simms on building partner programs for the as-a-service era
HP Americas channel program leader Gary Simms discusses the partner program news from HP Reinvent and much more in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.

Backup

Canadian businesses doing more with their data: Dell EMC study

March 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canadian businesses doing more with their data: Dell EMC study
Since the last time this study was done in 2016, data has grown globally by 569 per cent – but this pales besides the Canadian data growth rate of 941 per cent over the same period.

Storage

Formulus Black launches software stack to vastly increase power of In-Memory compute

March 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Formulus Black launches software stack to vastly increase power of In-Memory compute
Formulus Black is a software rethinking of technoloigy originally developed by its predecessor company, Symbolic IO, designed to make DRAM non-volatile, inexpensive and usable for storage.

Tuan Tran, head of global office printing at HP
Podcasts

How HP is thinking about the office printing business

March 19, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on How HP is thinking about the office printing business
HP office printing boss Tuan Tran discusses the vendor’s new printers and why solutions providers should pay attention to them, and how predictive analytics will eventually slash managed print service call costs by two thirds.

Christoph Schell, president of HP 3D printing and digital manufacturing
Printing and Imaging

Want to sell HP 3D printers? Here’s what you need to do

March 19, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Want to sell HP 3D printers? Here’s what you need to do
New HP global 3D printing boss Christoph Schell on what skills he’s looking for from partners

Cloud

VMware, channel, see big benefits in VMware Cloud on AWS Canadian availability

March 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware, channel, see big benefits in VMware Cloud on AWS Canadian availability
VMware thinks that their now being available on the AWS cloud in Canada will make it much easier for customers to migrate some applications which have been problematic move candidates to date.

Printing and Imaging

How inexpensive clone supplies make printing more expensive

March 19, 2019 HP Sponsored Content Comments Off on How inexpensive clone supplies make printing more expensive
HP takes a look at some of the hidden costs of replacing original HP supplies with third-party clone ink and toner.

Distribution

Silver Peak looking to grow partner base with new Synnex relationship for North American distribution

March 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Silver Peak looking to grow partner base with new Synnex relationship for North American distribution
Synnex is particularly strong in Canada, a market where Silver Peak is not as strong as it would like, and recruitment of strong partners in the Canadian market is a priority.

Distribution

Next-gen security vendor Votiro signs global deal with Ingram Micro

March 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Next-gen security vendor Votiro signs global deal with Ingram Micro
The agreement is a North American one, but it’s expected to be about eight to ten months before Votiro’s content disarm and reconstruction [CDR] technology finds its way to Ingram Micro partners in Canada.