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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John Tonthat, director of business development and marketing for the EMC solutions group at Avnet Technology Solutions
Data Centre

Avnet debuts first made-for-Canada converged offering

May 8, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet debuts first made-for-Canada converged offering
Avnet Technology Solutions’ new A20 pre-configured architecture of EMC and Cisco technology is its first stack designed for SMB and the Canadian market.

HP Helion
Cloud

HP announces $1B Helion cloud push around OpenStack

May 8, 2014 Robert Dutt 1
HP Helion brand will include two OpenStack distributions, its CloudSystem converged infrastructure offering, a development platform and professional services.

Paul Wilkinson, director of product management, Tech Data Canada
Distribution

Tech Data brings Smartattach Cisco service renewals to Canada

May 8, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data brings Smartattach Cisco service renewals to Canada
Tech Data says its Smartattach Opportunity Portal Web tool will help Cisco partners optimize and maximize their service attach opportunities.

Jeremy Burton, president of EMC’s Information Infrastructure business
Featured Post

EMC, “Federation” to offer joint solutions, link partner programs

May 8, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC, “Federation” to offer joint solutions, link partner programs
EMC, VMware, RSA, Pivotal, VCE will align programs and offer integrated solutions, but remain independent in working with others.

Fred Kohout, vice president of worldwide channel marketing at EMC
Channel Programs

EMC debuts unified partner program

May 7, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC debuts unified partner program
A year after announcing the impending end of its Velocity partner brand, EMC debuts its new Business Partner Program.

Adam Nelson, head of channel sales and partnerships at Dropbox
Channel Programs

Dropbox takes partner program international

May 7, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dropbox takes partner program international
Online storage vendor Dropbox brings its partner program to Canada and other markets, expanding beyond its U.S.-only debut last year.

EMC global channel chief Gregg Ambulos
Channel Programs

Liveblog: EMC Global Partner Summit

May 6, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Liveblog: EMC Global Partner Summit
Live, as-it-happens updates from EMC’s Global Partner Summit keynotes in Las Vegas

John Emard, senior director of North American channel programs and operations at Symantec.
Channel Programs

Symantec revamps partner program

May 5, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Symantec revamps partner program
Symantec unveiled the details of its long-awaited new partner program at its Vision event in Las Vegas Monday.

EMC CEO Joe Tucci
Featured Post

EMC buys enterprise flash startup DSSD

May 5, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC buys enterprise flash startup DSSD
EMC’s latest purchase will help it get to all-flash arrays in the hundreds of terabytes, focusing on Big Data apps like Hadoop and SAP HANA.

Podcast Microphone
Distribution

Podcast: Cisco security, Tech Data Business Builder Tour, and IMone preview

May 5, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: Cisco security, Tech Data Business Builder Tour, and IMone preview
Cisco Canada’s Fred Patterson, Tech Data Canada’s Irene Buchan, and Ingram Micro’s Jennifer Anaya on this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.