Alistair Sims, GM of LogicNow, plus Cisco Canada, Scalar Decisions, and AmpThink on their experience with this summer’s PanAm Games on this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.
LogicNow introduces LogicCards, bringing predictive analytics, and soon automated analytics, into its managed services console.
Channel consultant Ryan Morris outlines the three trends that could disrupt managed services delivery, and what MSPs can do to counter them.
SAP announces a “major revamp” of its partner efforts, simplifying its partner programs down to one common umbrella, and introducing new opportunities for smaller partners.
VMware’s new Evo SDDC spec takes its converged architecture play into the high end, aiming to simply create software-defined data centres.
The new credential provides partners access to deploy the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud, part of a push to create channel program alignment amongst Federation members.
New Certified Partner Architectures under the VMware Validated Design program provide partners a route to building their own data centre stacks.
VMware’s new North American structure will mean access to new resources to help Canadian partners evolve their services play, Donna Wittmann says.
New Intel Security channel chief doesn’t see massive changes ahead, but will continue to fine-tune programs for a more network-centric security model.
D&H Canada adds Chrome Device Management console, says it will focus on SMB opportunities as new platform comes of age.
With its inaugural partner program, active breach detection vendor aims to educate partners on a new, but novel, approach to security.
New Adtran channel chief Meggin Sawyer is changing the company’s focus from recruiting partners to working more closely with the existing partner base.
Service providers will need to embrace software defined networking and network function virtualization to remain competitive, Adtran says.
HP shipments may “go dark” this week, but the combination of careful planning and a quiet week should mean no big deal for partners, distributors say.
Microsoft offers partners tips on increasing their valuation in a cloud world, and a tool to measure their success in the transformation.
Microsoft fires back at rivals who say its eye is off its enterprise content platform as it turns it eyes to full engaging Office 365 customers.
With more products, more partners, and more distribution, Microsoft is making its popular CSP program the main way partners sell its cloud services.
Microsoft announced long-awaited plans to put its Surface tablets into the hands and onto the linecards of more of its partners.
Microsoft announces its Worldwide Partner Conference will come to Toronto next summer, the third time WPC has come to the Canadian city.
Xerox is looking to make partners more productive as it sees a boom coming in demand for managed print services in the SMB space.
