Articles by Chris Talbot

server sales are up, but revenues are not following
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Canadian businesses embrace big data for big decisions

July 12, 2012 Chris Talbot Comments Off on Canadian businesses embrace big data for big decisions
Avanade/Wakefield research shows that Canuck execs are turning to analytics more frequently

Simon Dudley, video evangelist at LifeSize
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LifeSize video evangelist aims to conquer culture problem

July 10, 2012 Chris Talbot Comments Off on LifeSize video evangelist aims to conquer culture problem
Technological evolution has outpaced user acceptance, Simon Dudley says

Keith Goodwin, senior vice president of Cisco’s worldwide partner group
Channel Programs

Partners reflect fondly on Cisco’s Keith Goodwin

July 9, 2012 Chris Talbot Comments Off on Partners reflect fondly on Cisco’s Keith Goodwin
Top Canadian Cisco partners Kent MacDonald and Wendy Lucas on the Goodwin era and what they want to see from new Cisco channel chief Bruce Klein

Gavin Miller, vice president of marketing, solutions and sales acceleration at Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas
Distribution

Avnet inks Polycom distribution deal

July 3, 2012 Chris Talbot Comments Off on Avnet inks Polycom distribution deal
New partnership is distributor’s first foray into the video part of the unified communications market

McAfee Canada chief Ross Allen
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Government IT security still reactive, not proactive

June 18, 2012 Chris Talbot Comments Off on Government IT security still reactive, not proactive
McAfee study shows 97.5 of respondents have been exposed to security threat in past year

Mortar Board
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Cisco updates CCNA/CCNP Security certifications

March 2, 2012 Chris Talbot 3
IPv6 and access control lists debut on networking vendor’s security curriculum

Mark Hennessy, general manager of global business partners and mid-market at IBM
Channel Programs

IBM incents partners with combined hardware/software sales

February 28, 2012 Chris Talbot 4
Big Blue also announces partner incentive around its $57 billion Smarter Cities initiative

Clouds
Channel Programs

Partners to drive transition to cloud

February 15, 2012 Chris Talbot Comments Off on Partners to drive transition to cloud
The company’s partners give VMware efforts to move towards to the cloud high grades

Carl Eschenbach, co-president of customer operations at VMware
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Liveblog: VMware Partner Exchange aims for the cloud

February 15, 2012 Chris Talbot Comments Off on Liveblog: VMware Partner Exchange aims for the cloud
Co-president Carl Eschenbach to lead partners through VMware’s go-to-market strategy

VMware Scott Aronson
Channel Programs

VMware announces new partner programs, solution competencies

February 14, 2012 Chris Talbot Comments Off on VMware announces new partner programs, solution competencies
The virtualization giant kicks off its Partner Exchange event with a slew of channel announcements