Tech Data will snap up Avnet’s Technology Solutions division in a deal that will see Tech Data grow its value-added distribution business.
Distribution
Distribution blockbuster: Tech Data to purchase Avnet Technology Solutions
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Channel Programs
Dell sets course for integrated partner program
by Robert Dutt •
Global and Canadian channel executives from Dell share the company’s plans for integrating the EMC partner program, offer guidance to partners.
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Channel Programs
Dell, EMC Canadian leadership come together for Dell Canadian Partner Summit
by Robert Dutt •
Leaders for the former Dell Canada and EMC Canada come together to bring their combined message to the channel.
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Distribution, Podcasts, Sponsored Content
Discussing Avnet’s Specialist Business Units [Podcast]
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Avnet Technology Solutions’ Sergio Farache on the distributor’s new Specialist Business Unit go-to-market focus and what it means for solution providers.
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Distribution
Brandel settling into new role leading Ingram Micro Canada
by Robert Dutt •
New Ingram Micro Canada boss Bill Brandel shares an update on his new role, and where he sees the distributor’s top opportunities heading into 2017.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Data Centre, Sponsored Content, Videos
Lenovo hyperconverged channel plans with Stefan Bockhop [video]
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Lenovo Canada director of channels Stefan Bockhop weighs in on the vendor’s plans to enable the channel and make hyperconverged a broader play for solution providers.
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Distribution, Networking, Security, Sponsored Content, Videos
Chatting about Avnet’s networking and security SBU [Video]
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Avnet Technology Solutions vice president Alex Ryals discusses the distributor’s new business unit and how the company is helping enable solution providers.
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Data Centre
Independent but accelerated: Gelsinger, Dell discuss post-merger place for VMware
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Michael Dell and Pat Gelsinger weigh in on the benefits of VMware as part of the post-merger Dell family, stress ecossytem scale and downplay conflicts.
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Channel Programs
VMware sees momentum from deal reg, incentives changes
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VMware says partners are more engaged, selling more and more often after changes to deal registration and a shift on partner incentives.
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Data Centre, Sponsored Content, Videos
Lenovo’s hyperconverged play [Video]
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Don Frame of Lenovo discusses the vendor’s hyperconverged play, the expanding number of workloads suitable for hyperconverged, and more.
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Cloud, Data Centre, Podcasts, Sponsored Content
Inside Lenovo’s data centre group [Podcast]
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Lenovo’s Don Frame and Stefan Bockhop discuss the vendor’s growing data centre business group, and Lenovo’s advantages in the cloud infrastructure market.
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Distribution
Snider promoted in Ingram Micro executive changes
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Ingram Micro promotes Mark Snider to EMEA group president, introduced Bill Brandel as new country chief executive for Canada.
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Mobility
VMware debuts AirWatch for SMB
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VMware’s new AirWatch Express aims to make its enterprise mobility management more accessible to the long tail of SMB and the partners that serve them.
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Cloud, Podcasts, Sponsored Content
Talking collaboration with Cisco Canada’s Dean LaRiviere [Podcast]
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Cisco Canada collaboration GM Dean LaRiviere chats about the increasingly cloudy nature of collaboration and what it means for Cisco and its partners.
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Distribution
Avnet regroups around technology hotspot specializations
by Robert Dutt •
Distributor Avnet introduces new global specialization areas as it seeks to help partners focus on software, subscription, and as-a-Service sales.
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Software
Microsoft makes Windows 10 Enterprise available as a service
by Robert Dutt •
Making the top edition of Windows 10 available for $7 per user per month opens the doors to small businesses and the channels with which they work.
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Cloud
Microsoft launches AppSource business cloud apps marketplace
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Microsoft’s AppSource marketplace offers users a way to quickly discover and trial business-specific cloud apps, and hands the leads over to partners.
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Distribution, Internet of Things
Tech Data launches global IoT practice
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Smart IoT Solutions by Tech Data positions the distributor as an aggregator of Internet of Things solutions as it aims to “make IoT simple” for partners.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Internet of Things
Digital transformation focus creates larger opportunity: Nadella
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Kicking off the company’s 2016 Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlines what a focus on the digital transformation of business will mean to both Microsoft and its partners.
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Distribution, Sponsored Content, Videos
Inside Avnet’s HPE business [Video]
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Greg Peterson and Ty Tobin of Avnet Technology Solutions discuss the distributor’s long-standing business with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where they see opportunities with HPE for the channel, and what they’re doing to help solution providers realize those opportunities.
