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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Wendy Franklin, director of mobility and retail at Tech Data Canada
Distribution

Tech Data Canada seeks new markets with mobility, e-tail push

June 2, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data Canada seeks new markets with mobility, e-tail push
Tech Data introduces distributor vet Wendy Franklin as its first director of mobility and retail, leading a pair of new charges.

D&H Canada GM Greg Tobin
Distribution

D&H Canada moves into new location

June 2, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on D&H Canada moves into new location
D&H Canada’s new headquarters provide it twice the space of its previous warehouse, open the door to new opportunities.

Edison Peres will now lead Cisco's Intercloud partner strategy
Channel Programs

Cisco’s Intercloud gets channel chief, more partners

June 2, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco’s Intercloud gets channel chief, more partners
Cisco announces new partners for its Intercloud effort and assigns channel chief Edison Peres to lead its cloud channel charge.

NetSuite channel chief Craig West
Channel Programs

NetSuite launches BPO-focused partner program

May 16, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on NetSuite launches BPO-focused partner program
NetSuite’s new program opens the door to outsourced finance departments to manage customers via the cloud-based ERP package.

Randy Milthorpe, business development manager for HP Cloud at HP Canada.
Channel Programs

HP brings cloud partner programs to Canada

May 14, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP brings cloud partner programs to Canada
HP Canada introduces new partner programs for cloud builders, and those who seek to resell HP’s public and managed cloud offerings.

Steve Roberts, vice president of mobility at Ingram Micro Canada
Distribution

Ingram Micro Canada ramps up mobility business

May 13, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram Micro Canada ramps up mobility business
Steve Roberts, the new mobility chief at Ingram Micro Canada, discusses the division’s plans and upcoming solutions.

NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson
Cloud

NetSuite to target services with upcoming release

May 13, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on NetSuite to target services with upcoming release
NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson says the company will bring “services resource planning” to its core ERP suite next month.

Michael Dell at IMone
Channel Programs

Channel has “become Dell-normal”: Michael Dell

May 8, 2014 Robert Dutt 1
Speaking at Ingram Micro’s first-ever IMone conference, Michael Dell says channel could become the company’s dominant go-to-market in the commercial space.

Jeremy Burton, president of EMC’s Information Infrastructure business
Cloud

EMC debuts Elastic Cloud Storage Appliance

May 8, 2014 Robert Dutt 1
EMC says its new appliance allows enterprises and service providers to operate cloud storage cheaper than the big public cloud providers’ storage offerings.

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.