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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Lisa Matherly, vice president of worldwide partner programs, marketing, and operations at Intel Security
Channel Programs

Intel Security renames, revamps McAfee Partner Program

October 27, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Intel Security renames, revamps McAfee Partner Program
McAfee rebrands partner program under the Intel Security name, announces new names for partner tiers and evolving certification and training requirements.

Gavin Struthers, senior vice president of global channel and indirect go-to-market operations at Intel Security.
Security

McAfee channel chief points partners towards services

October 27, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on McAfee channel chief points partners towards services
McAfee’s Gavin Struthers urges partners to double down on building out their own services, points to growing managed security services opportunities.

Phil Filippelli, vice president of eBusiness at Tech Data
Distribution

Tech Data’s full StreamOne coming to Canada

October 27, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data’s full StreamOne coming to Canada
Tech Data will bring its full StreamOne cloud, SaaS and app store to Canada in the next month as it continues to take the platform global.

Joe Quaglia, president of the Americas for Tech Data
Distribution

Tech Data’s Quaglia: We’re the world’s biggest VAD

October 26, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data’s Quaglia: We’re the world’s biggest VAD
Tech Data Americas boss says core broadline business allows it to feed and grow its higher-margin value-added distribution business for the data centre.

Irene Buchan, director of marketing at Tech Data Canada
Channel Communities

TechSelect Canadian chapter looks to add more value

October 26, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on TechSelect Canadian chapter looks to add more value
Reseller group gets new Web site, new logo, new tools, and remembers a longtime TechSelect member at fall conference.

Distribution

Disties hail resurgent PC market

October 22, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Disties hail resurgent PC market
Distributors Tech Data Canada, Ingram Micro Canada, and D&H Canada reflect on what has been a very strong year in the PC market in this country.

Dale Degen, senior worldwide marketing manager for HP Storage
Storage

HP, Intel seed market for software-defined storage

October 21, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP, Intel seed market for software-defined storage
HP is working with Intel to make 1 TB of StoreVirtual VSA storage available to all purchases of servers with Intel’s latest Xeon processors.

Roy Purtill, vice president of cloud computing at Cisco Canada
Cloud

Podcast: Cisco on Intercloud and Citrix on Mobility

October 20, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: Cisco on Intercloud and Citrix on Mobility
Cisco’s Roy Purtill and Citrix’s Michael Murphy join the podcast to discuss their companies’ latest
moves in the cloud and mobility spaces respectively.

Nitin Kawale will head up Rogers' enterprise business unit.
Networking

Cisco’s Kawale heading to Rogers

October 17, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco’s Kawale heading to Rogers
Cisco Canada chief Nitin Kawale will lead the Rogers’ enterprise business, while Cisco Russia GM Bernadette Wightman takes over as Cisco Canada president.

Anthony Ricco, vice president of worldwide demand marketing at Citrix, at Citrix Mobility Toronto.
Mobility

Citrix introduces partners to the software-defined workplace

October 15, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Citrix introduces partners to the software-defined workplace
Taking mobility to a strategic level creates a CEO-level conversation about “business and human outcomes” of IT projects, Citrix exec says at Toronto event.