Avnet CIO Steve Phillips weighs in on what CIOs are looking for in 2016, and how solution providers can work more closely with IT.
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Video: The CIO’s Viewpoint with Avnet CIO Steve Phillips
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Printing and Imaging
PageWide: HP opens a third front in printing
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Since the launch of the OfficeJet Pro X printers nearly two years ago, HP and its partners have been fighting the good fight against the old perception that inkjet isn’t a technology ready for the demands of enterprise printing. Now HP is trying to take the pressure off that fight by rebranding printers using the…
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New Year’s Podcast Series: Mark Snider of Ingram Micro Canada
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Ingram Micro Canada chief Mark Snider on a year that saw a new model for the distributor, and looking forward to the Canadian channel in 2016.
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Channel Programs
Cisco chief eyes telling a fuller story
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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins on why the company needs to connect the dots better, what his channel background brings to the CEO spot, and new partners.
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Channel Programs
Cisco aiming to streamline VIP
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Cisco is moving to make its all-important incentive program easier for partners, starting with a significant simplification of its security component.
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Data Centre
Cisco joins hyperconverged fray
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With Hyperflex, Cisco says it is aiming to plug some holes in current hyperconverged offerings, extend the territory of its UCS converged infrastructure line.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Data Centre, Security, Software
Robbins to partners: Do you wanna go faster?
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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins tells partners the company and its partners will have to move faster than ever, announces new cloud strategy and hyperconverged offering.
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Big Data, Data Centre, Distribution
IBM eyes disties for custom-build Power solutions
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IBM will turn to distributors to help it build custom bundles of its Power-based servers with Linux and top ISV offerings for the channel.
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Channel Programs
IBM goes for value with new PartnerWorld program
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IBM retools its PartnerWorld program, rebuilding it around competencies and looking to reward and drive partner expertise around key solutions sets.
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Big Data
IBM CEO Rometty: Cognitive will be biggest disruptor
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IBM CEO Gini Rometty tells partners that the era of cognitive computing, spearheaded by Big Blue’s Watson technology, will be the next big shift.
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New Year’s Podcast Series: Rick Reid of Tech Data Canada
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Tech Data Canada president Rick Reid on the year that was 2015, and what the distributor is expecting for 2016.
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Managed Services, Podcasts, Sponsored Content
New Year’s Podcast Series: Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks
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Alex Hoff on Auvik’s first year in the managed services arena and what it sees coming through 2016 in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.
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Cloud, Distribution, Unified Communications
Comstor launches video-as-a-service offering
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Westcon’s Comstor group teams with Polycom to offer cloud-based video-as-a-service that solution providers can offer under its GoldSeal services label.
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New Year’s Podcast Series: John Cammalleri of HP Canada
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HP Canada channel chief John Cammalleri on a busy 2015 that saw one HP become two, and his outlook for 2016 in the Canadian channel.
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Networking
Cisco Canada opens Toronto Innovation Centre
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Cisco Canada’s new Innovation Centre aims to create a place to work together with customers and partners on creating new solutions.
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Podcast: MSP networking best practices, and inside Avnet’s IBM business
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Auvik Networks’ Alex Hoff and Mark Martin of Avnet Technology Solutions on this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.
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Cloud, Data Centre
HPE debuts composable infrastructure lineup
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HPE shows off the first members of its Synergy family of systems that pool compute, storage, and networking for a more cloud-like data centre.
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Big Data, Cloud, Networking
HPE debuts first IoT devices
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HPE’s first IoT offerings include Edgeline devices that bring compute to the network edge, and an Aruba offering for managing location-based services.
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Cloud
Microsoft, HPE partner on cloud integration
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Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and Microsoft announce a cloud deal that will see the two “prefer” each other’s hybrid cloud offerings and more.
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Channel Communities
Trust X Alliance looks to expand public reach
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The Trust X Alliance launches a new public-facing Web site and puts increased focus on making community membership meaningful outside of the channel.
