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.
As it celebrates its 25th birthday, NetSuite is promoting opportunities for customers to grow by using more of its offerings, and for partners to grow by going deeper into “micro-verticals.”
The distributor’s new 253,000-square-foot facility gives it a home for the next decade or more and adds in-house configuration services to the company’s list of services for the first time in Canada.
ESET global security evangelist Tony Anscombe joins us on the podcast to discuss the company’s research into cybercrime trends for the first half of 2023.
Ingram Micro Canada’s Bill Brandel and Lori Scarlett discuss being recognized as a Great Place to Work, forging an identity as a Canadian subsidiary of a multinational, and transforming the distributor in this edition of the podcast.
The new group brings together networking hardware and software vendors and service providers to find ways to reduce the threat surface from unpatched systems.
ESET’s Tony Anscombe joins us on this edition of the podcast to discuss the company’s new Threat Intelligence Services and how partners can use them to expand their security practices and improve their customers’ security stances.
The networking giant is going deeper into platforms, interconnected products and AI to make life easier for the people who design, deploy, and architect their offerings.
Avaya Canada channel leader Ian Purdell-Lewis joins us on the podcast to discuss the company’s hybrid mantra, what it means for partners, and what parts of their CC/UC environments customers are choosing to keep on-prem.
At its annual VeeamOn conference, Veeam announces the latest version of its Kasten K10 offering for backup and recovery of Kubernetes containers, just as it says the popular test-and-dev environment is starting to find its way into the mainstream.
Ingram’s Xvantage digital platform will help free up time for the distributor and its solution provider customers to do the high-value human parts of the business, Paul Bay says.
As it brings its market for cloud offerings into its new digital twin platform, Ingram Micro boasts solution providers will be able to use one cart to provision customers with hardware, software and subscriptions.
Intel Canada channel chief Phil Vokins joins us on the podcast to talk about what’s new in Intel’s workstation Xeon processors and partner opportunity in the workstation space.
Epson’s Kaila Murphy explains the decision to reduce the number of printers in its WorkForce lineup and what it means for partners in this edition of the podcast.
Ingram Micro’s digital platform gets its third pillar as the distributor invites its first vendors into Xvantage, promising greater business insights and a streamlined way of onboarding new offerings.
Cisco Canada’s Erin Smirle returns to the podcast to share her thoughts on the momentum of managed services in the channel and how Cisco supports partners in furthering their own managed services journeys.
AWS global channel chief Ruba Borno chats women-in-tech events, why channel partners can grow by embracing DEI, and much more in this edition of the podcast.
Cisco’s first Global Cybersecurity Readiness Index finds Canadian businesses less mature than global averages in many key metrics, pointing to the need for education and more security services.
Cisco’s Alex Pujols joins us on the podcast to discuss the Partner Innovation Challenge, how he sees partners adding value, and how Cisco is supporting those efforts.