February 2022 – Page 4 – ChannelBuzz.ca

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Cloud

Extreme Networks doubles down on sports, hires Mitel vet as channel chief, in drive to become a cloud and SaaS company

February 3, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off

Extreme announced new partnerships with Manchester United and the NHL, and the appointment of Scott Peterson as their Senior Vice President of Global Channel Sales.

Benchmark amalgamates with Arctiq in all-Canadian solution provider transaction

February 2, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off

The transaction almost doubles Benchmark’s size, giving them the strength to tackle larger customer accounts, and it continues the company’s transition over the last several years to become more of a software and services provider.

2022 tech priorities & IT impacts

February 2, 2022 Eric Chong, Enterprise Client Technical Sales Specialist, Intel Corporation Comments Off

What are the priorities for IT in 2022? Here’s a round up of the key trends and technology priorities for businesses.

Salt Security unveils improved channel program, new channel chief

February 2, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off

Jon Peppler, Salt’s new Vice President of Worldwide Channels, sees extraordinary growth in the API Security market as almost certain, and that an enhanced channel program is needed to help partners meet demand.

EUC vendor Stratodesk sees great results from transition to a channel model

February 2, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off

Stratodesk began transitioning to a channel-first model last year, which saw more than half of all sales go through partners, a percentage which had never been above 5% before.

Unitrends unveils small form factor ION appliances aimed at small offices and client sites

February 2, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off

While the ION and the ION+ small tower model are mainly aimed at MSPs, Unitrends also expects some VAR business aimed at specific customer use cases.

New Year’s Podcast Series: Zack Dickson of Cisco Canada

February 1, 2022 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Cisco Canada channel discusses his first year with Cisco, the rise of the hybrid workplace, new business model priorities for Cisco and partners alike, and previews where things are headed this year in this edition of the podcast.