Articles by Robert Dutt

About 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.
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Hurd: Oracle will empower NetSuite, but must be careful not to crush its spirit

April 24, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Hurd: Oracle will empower NetSuite, but must be careful not to crush its spirit
Oracle CEO Mark Hurd on what Oracle can do (and must not do) for its NetSuite business unit, and NetSuite’s Jim McGeever on how NetSuite has changed Oracle.

Incoming Tech Data CEO Rich Hume
Distribution

Getting to know Rich Hume, Tech Data’s soon-to-be CEO [Podcast]

April 24, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Getting to know Rich Hume, Tech Data’s soon-to-be CEO [Podcast]
Rich Hume, who will take over as Tech Data’s CEO in June, on the distribution market, what he brings to the table, what partners can expect, and much more.

Rowan Trollope, senior vice president and general manager for applications at Cisco
Communications

Five things partners should know about Cisco’s WebEx transition

April 23, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Five things partners should know about Cisco’s WebEx transition
Some things for partners to think about in their collaboration business, as Cisco aligns its lineup under the WebEx brand.

Nirav Sheth, vice president of global sales in Cisco’s Global Partner Organization
Communications

Cisco unifies collaboration line under WebEx brand

April 18, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco unifies collaboration line under WebEx brand
Cisco will bring its collaboration lineup into one package, with a common backend and under the WebEx brand.

David West, vice president of enterprise networking sales at Cisco
Networking

Cisco goes subscription-based with routing

April 18, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco goes subscription-based with routing
Cisco announces it will make its routing portfolio available on a subscription basis, and on a promo basis, will make ISR hardware free for customers with a five-year subscription.

Randy Guard, CMO at SAS
Artificial Intelligence

SAS: AI everywhere demands partners domain expertise

April 16, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on SAS: AI everywhere demands partners domain expertise
As SAS seeks to add AI to all its analytics offerings, it says partners play an important role in connecting those smart systems with domain and business expertise.

Manal Guirguis, director of endpoint solutions at Tech Data Canada.
Distribution

Tech Data Canada launches Tech-as-a-Service financing

April 16, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data Canada launches Tech-as-a-Service financing
Tech Data Canada has brought its subscription model for endpoint devices and related sofware and services, introduced earlier this year in the U.S., north of the border.

Cloud

Inside the Ingram Micro Partner Experience tour [Podcast]

April 13, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Inside the Ingram Micro Partner Experience tour [Podcast]
The ChannelBuzz.ca brings you a series of interviews with the main players from Ingram Micro Canada’s kickoff of its Partner Experience tour for 2018.

Stu Bradley, vice president of fraud and security intelligence at SAS
Security

SAS rolls out fraud business unit

April 12, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on SAS rolls out fraud business unit
SAS says its new division, which brings together all of its offerings fighting fraud and money laundering, will allow it to good deeper, faster.

Channel Programs

Is IOT the canary in the channel coal mine for SAS?

April 10, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Is IOT the canary in the channel coal mine for SAS?
SAS executives say the company is moving towards the channel — and how it’s building out its Internet of Things business may show what that movement looks like.