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.
Acquisition by Apollo Global Management will allow the distributor to think longer-term and invest more in high-growth opportunities, the company’s North American sales chief says.
The Phoenix-area facility is dedicated to honing cybersecurity skills and building security awareness, as well as bringing new security-related services to market, the distributor says.
Cisco cites interoperability with rival Microsoft and a new contact centre option as key elements to growing partner opportunities around its collaboration portfolio.
Cisco introduces a trio of managed services that it will sell through partners as it aims to make that part of its business more like the rest of its business when it comes to working with the channel.
New ESET Canada channels and alliances leader Cam Leetham discusses his plans for his new role — including a push to build the security vendor’s presence in Western Canada, in this edition of the podcast.
Cisco’s second business specialization for partners will highlight the growing importance of coding and automation in the company’s lineup of services.
Cisco says it will expand its Global Problem Solver program to include partners over the next year, and invites partners to help it fund young organizations looking to change the world with technology.
New Ingram Micro Canada sales chief Bill Steed discusses his role, the opportunity he sees at Ingram, and how he plans to realize those opportunities in this edition of the podcast.
Even if the economy turns sour, the strength of the potential for digital transformation will power IT investment that will keep the channel successful, says Synnex North America chief Peter Larocque.
Tech Data’s Linda Rendleman and Mana Guirguis discuss the revolution in the distributor’s endpoint business focusing on solutions rather than transactions, in this edition of the podcast.
The new Elite Dragonfly is HP’s first notebook to include recycled plastics, part of an HP-wide pledge to use recycled goods for 30 percent of its plastic by 2025.
Acronis Americas boss Patrick Hurley discusses how MSPs should think about the company in its cyber-protection era, why the company is looking to build in Canada, and much more in this edition of the podcast.
Acronis aims to make its MSP partners both developers themselves and a conduit for new developers to its data protection platform as it transforms from its backup history.
The veteran MSSP says there’s a tremendous amount of opportunity to be found in data protection for solution providers who can learn to speak the risk language of the C-suite.
In this edition of the podcast, we take a deeper look into Ingram Micro’s currently-running Comet Competition that’s looking for the next big thing in cloud ISVs