Cutting through the noise for Canadian VARs and MSPs
Robert Dutt
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.
Geoff Thompson joined Barracuda as vice president of the company’s managed services strategy and development in 2024, and is setting the course for the security vendor in the rapidly growing field of managed security services.
To take a look back at some of the biggest security trends that shaped 2024, and a preview of what to expect the rest of this year, we’re joined on the podcast by Santiago Pontiroli, lead security researcher with Acronis’ Threat Research Unit (TRU) on this edition of the podcast.
HP promises partners up to 40 percent more if they sell across the company’s portfolio and details how AI is changing the company’s partner tools at its Amplify conference.
With more AI applications moving towards the edge, Intel aims to make sure the systems and applications needed will run optimally with new industry-specific design suites and deployment and management tools.
In his Amplify Conference keynote, HP CEO Enrique Lores details a new go-to-market approach for HP that will focus on a “better together” message, and details how the company is changing for more regional manufacturing and eventually local design.
Intel expects its new SaaS model to boost the acceptance of its vPro management and security technology, and also introduces new integrations and a program to ensure a guaranteed “path” for the building of select PCs.
Stephen Nichols will lead the vendor’s Canadian operations and build the in-country team, a signal that Acronis sees the Canadian market as a growth opportunity.
The chipmaker is calling attention to the Xeon 6 SOC’s ability to help carriers consolidate infrastructure and add new services as it continues to make the case for relying on the CPU at the edge of the carrier network.
This week, the security vendor, returning a longstanding tradition, brought together more than 400 partner technical staff from Canada and Latin America in Punta Cana, DR.
Partners can add a Buy with AWS Button to their website, as AWS continues its push to make Marketplace a more important part of how its partners reach customers.
The Waterloo, Ont.-based company is adding MDR, cyber warranty, and a new platform to improve the business experience for its managed service provider customers.
Steve Brining of Acronis joins us on the podcast to discuss the finding of its semi-annual study of the attacks that MSPs are facing off against in the battle to protect themsleves and their customers.
Michelle Biase will return to HP Canada as its new president next month, while US-based executive Peter DiMarco takes over her role as interim general manager of distributor D&H Canada.
At its Partner Summit, Cisco outlines plans for a major revamp of its partner program, one it says will capture more of the value partners provide for customers beyond transacting products.
In order to reach its goal of completely eliminating identity-based attacks, the seucrity vendor will champion a new standard that it hopes will define how devices, applications, and systems authenticate and manage digital identity.
Barracuda Networks looks to connect and reward partner sales SEs and open up the “greenfield” SOC-as-a-Service market to more partners as it continues to incentivize partners to go deeper and work more across its lineup of solutions.