ESET Canada leader reflects on a decade in country

Bob Bonneau on ESET Canada's past, future, and being an EU-based company in North America

Bob Bonneau, country manager for ESET Canada

ESET Canada recently celebrated a decade since the company formally opened up shop in this country, ten years that have been filled with growth in the channel and evolution in both the cybersecurity threatscape and how businesses defend themselves.

Bob Bonneau, country manager for ESET Canada, joins us on this edition of the podcast to take a look back at the company’s run in this country and where he sees things heading.

We discuss:

  • the theme of the first decade in Canada for ESET;
  • the evolution of the Canadian cybersecurity landscape over the last ten years;
  • the big milestones of ESET’s first decade in Canada;
  • how the organizational structure in Canada has changed over the years;
  • how ESET addresses both the under-representation of women in technology and the skills gap in cybersecurity;
  • ESET’s partnership with the Calgary Flames and its role in the company’s growth in the west;
  • the rise of managed service providers in the ESET channel;
  • being a Europe-based company and operating in North America; 
  • whether Canadian businesses are in better shape or worse when it comes to cybersecurity a decade later; and
  • what the channel can expect from ESET over the near future

All that and more in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.

About Robert Dutt 1666 Articles
Robert Dutt is the founder and head blogger at ChannelBuzz.ca. He has been covering the Canadian solution provider channel community for a variety of publications and Web sites since 1997.