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.
Epson’s Scott Marsic discusses the benefits of business inkjets for both customers and partners, and why partners should “take a look at Epson” in this video interview.
Extreme Networks CEO Ed Meyercorp discusses assembling the “new Extreme” culture after big purchases from Avaya, Brocade, and Zebra, plus where he sees the biggest untapped opportunities for partners in this podcast.
Extreme Networks aims to break down internal silos with the launch of its Extreme Elements approach which emphasizes the opportunity to build solutions around multiple pieces that work well together rather than a monolithic network stack.
Kicking off its Extreme Connect event in Nashville, Extreme Networks outlines its plan to drive more AI into the network in an effort to automate not just network functionality but business value from the network.
HP Canada sustainability lead Frances Edmonds discusses why more businesses need to pay attention to the sustainability of their print environment, and what solution providers can do to help in this edition of the podcast.
Pat Finerty, leader of the partner business for SAS Canada and Latin America on where partners can find opportunities around AI, and how to get themselves up to speed on an ever-changing, ever-expanding topic.
SAS COO Oliver Schanberger on how solution providers can identify customer challenges that can be solved through AI and analytics, and build confidence with quick wins.
Cisco and its partners see the emergence of the two mobile networking technologies as a transformative event that has the potential to drive broader network upgrades.
How do Canadian companies view their own progress when it comes to digital transformation? Dell EMC’s John Byrne takes us through the findings of the company’s Digital Transformation Index in this edition of the podcast.
Fortinet will launch a new global partners program next year that it says will better represent the current multi-model channel than does its current resale-centric program.
NetSuite channel chief Craig West joins the podcast at the company’s SuiteWorld event to discuss its new SuiteLife partner engagement model and all things going on in the NetSuite channel community.
Roy Rivers of D&H Canada discusses the distributor’s investments in the Quebec market, and previews this Thursday’s Technology Show in Montreal on this edition of the podcast.
Michael Hopfinger, director of Americas partner marketing at Cisco, discusses the company’s Marketing Velocity event, why and how partners should build their marketing acumen in this edition of the podcast.
Cisco’s Nirav Sheth and Long View Systems join the podcast to discuss the changing data centre market, and what Cisco is doing to help partner address customers’ shifting needs.
Mary Ann Yule, president and CEO of HP Canada, and John Cammalleri, vice president of commercial channels at HP Canada, discuss the events of this week’s ReInvent conference and the trends shaping the HP channel in this edition of the podcast.
HP Americas channel program leader Gary Simms discusses the partner program news from HP Reinvent and much more in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.
HP office printing boss Tuan Tran discusses the vendor’s new printers and why solutions providers should pay attention to them, and how predictive analytics will eventually slash managed print service call costs by two thirds.
The ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast chats with four award-wining partners from Ingram Micro Cloud Summit X: Nucleus Networks, Softchoice, SysGen Technology, and FXTI.
Ingram Micro Canada leaders Bill Brandel and Greg Onoprijenko share some of the highlights of this week’s Cloud Summit X and detail the cloud journeys for both the distributor and its partners in this edition of the podcast.