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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Pierre-Paul Allard, senior vice president of worldwide sales at Avaya
Cloud

Embrace cloud or perish: Avaya sales chief

January 27, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Embrace cloud or perish: Avaya sales chief
Avaya sales boss Pierre-Paul Allard tells the company’s partners they have to ramp up their cloud game or they risk losing relevancy with their customers.

Richard Steranka, vice president of worldwide channels at Avaya.
Channel Programs

Avaya boosts rebates for top-tier partners

January 27, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avaya boosts rebates for top-tier partners
Avaya will double rebate opportunities around strategic technologies for Gold partners, but will halve those same opportunities for base-level partners.

Networking

New Year’s Series: Video with Dave De Abreu, Cisco Canada

January 27, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Series: Video with Dave De Abreu, Cisco Canada
We sit down for a video interview with Cisco Canada’s channel chief to discuss the year that was 2014, and preview what to expect from Cisco Canada in 2015.

Anton Granic, senior director of Nutanix Canada
Data Centre

New Year’s Podcast Series: Anton Granic of Nutanix Canada

January 23, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Anton Granic of Nutanix Canada
Nutanix Canada director Anton Granic joins the podcast to discuss the year that was 2014 and offer his predictions and thoughts for 2015.

Distribution

Podcast: HP Mobility, Avnet and Cisco at 5 years, and Cisco’s IOT vision

January 22, 2015 Robert Dutt 2
Michael Park and Chris Moyer discuss HP’s mobile push, Pete Rzonca talks Avnet and Cisco’s fifth anniversary, Rick Huijbregts of Cisco on IOE plans.

Mobility

HP debuts made-for-business mobile lineup

January 21, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP debuts made-for-business mobile lineup
HP debuts a series of tablets designed for the commercial segment, part of a push to make mobility a first-class citizen on businesses networks.

Shawn Massey on selling disaster recovery
Sponsored Content

What is Recoverability?

January 12, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on What is Recoverability?
Storagecraft uses”Recoverability” as its mantra. In this video interview, Shawn Massey explains what the term means to Storagecraft and its partners.

Podcasts

Podcast: The CIO’s view, backups for virtualization, CTO predictions

December 29, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: The CIO’s view, backups for virtualization, CTO predictions
Avnet CIO Steve Phillips, Storagecraft channel manager Shawn Massey, and Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida on this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.

Podcasts

Podcast: Cisco collaboration, HP Discover, McAfee’s new partner program

December 16, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: Cisco collaboration, HP Discover, McAfee’s new partner program
The ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast returns with rundowns of all the happenings from Cisco Collaboration Summit, HP Discover, and Intel Security Partner Summit.

Cisco CEO John Chambers
Big Data

Cisco makes big bet on analytics

December 16, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco makes big bet on analytics
Cisco announces plans to expand its business in the growing analytics marketplace, with a focus on moving analytics towards the network’s edge.