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.
Ransomware had a banner year, AI became the going concern, and patches still aren’t being applied. Find out more about the cyber security scene in 2023 and 2024 in this edition of the podcast.
The cloud giant continues to stress AWS Marketplace as a growing route to market for ISVs and solution providers, adding new features and reducing the cut it takes of Marketplace deals through partners.
Sustainability is a major driving factor for customers, Cisco tells partners, outlining the tools and programs available to help partners build a practice around it.
Cisco chief executive Chuck Robbins explains the Splunk acquisition and focuses on opportunities in AI, security and sustainability in Partner Summit keynote.
At its Partner Summit event, Cisco has previewed changes that will see longstanding partner program elements like architectural specializations and VIP give way to newer programs over the next few years.
Cisco announced that former Microsoft global channel chief Rodney Clark will take over as its global partner leader as Oliver Tuszik looks back at a tumultuous half-decade.
HP has announced further steps towards making its Amplify partner program all-encompassing, inviting distributors into the fold for the first time, simplifying how partners get paid for MDF activities, and finally bringing its distribution partners into the Amplify umbrella.
ESET Canada’s Cam Leetham and D&H Canada’s Michelle Biase join us on the podcast to discuss the companies’ new partnership and how they’re working to help smaller resellers build up their security business.
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.