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.
October 25, 2018Robert DuttComments Off on Veritas Canada sets a new direction with new leader, channel chief
Veritas introduced Garth Scully as new Canadian country manager and Rita Loncar as new Canadian channel chief as it sets out on a new strategy that gives the Canadian organization more autonomy.
October 25, 2018Robert DuttComments Off on Red Hat Canada chief: Partners are investing, and investments are paying off
Red Hat Canada boss Luc Villeneuve has spent the last few years investing in his partners, and now he’s seeing partners returning the favour, helping to drive significant growth for the open-source giant.
October 23, 2018Robert DuttComments Off on McAfee Canada chief: Canada ready for cloud-first Mvision strategy
Although Canadian businesses have lagged their counterparts south of the border in the move to the cloud, McAfee Canada head Bryan Rutledge says the company’s cloud-first Mvision shift is well-timed for Canadian partners.
October 22, 2018Robert DuttComments Off on Talking Cybersecurity Awareness Month with ESET’s Tony Anscombe [video]
ESET global security evangelist Tony Anscombe talks about October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, including advice for solution providers on making security a top throughout their customers’ organizations.
The security giant says the newly-discovered Oceansalt attack may be the first case of attackers from two nation-backed groups sharing code on an attack.
Jean-Ian Boutin of ESET’s Montreal research centre joins the podcast to discuss Lojax, the first UEFI-infecting malware, and what solution providers need to know about this new type of attack.
Red Hat is in the middle of a journey to change how it segments and goes to market in SME. It shared its plans, and where it needs help from partners, at this week’s North American Partner Conference.
Red Hat’s CIO says partners who approach customers’ CIOs with the dazzle of digital transformation will fail, while those who show empathy for CIOs’ challenges — and offer a path forward — will win the day.
Red Hat sees opportunity for partners as more customers come to the open source software giant seeking help with their own digital transformation strategies.