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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Darren Hamilton, channel account manager at Huawei Canada
Channel Programs

Huawei Canada Slowly Building Channel Strength

September 26, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Huawei Canada Slowly Building Channel Strength
With another distribution deal in place, and a familiar face to head up operations in the Canadian channel, Huawei is starting to make its presence felt

Chris Swahn, vice president and general manager of Avnet Technology Solutions’ North American HP business
Data Centre

Avnet Debuts HP Converged Infrastructure Stacks

September 25, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet Debuts HP Converged Infrastructure Stacks
With pre-configured stacks of HP servers, storage, and networking, Avnet Technology Solutions says partners can more easily target customers data centers.

Vistara is extending a lifeline to PacketTrap customers.
Featured Post

Vistara Extends Lifeline for PacketTrap Users

September 25, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Vistara Extends Lifeline for PacketTrap Users
Vistara offers a promotional deal to MSPs left in the cold when Dell shut down PacketTrap, but switching platforms can be a challenge for MSPs.

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins
Featured Post

BlackBerry to Go Private in $4.7B Deal

September 23, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on BlackBerry to Go Private in $4.7B Deal
Waterloo-based BlackBerry has found its out — a consortium led by its largest investor, Toronto’s Fairfax, will buy the company for $9 per share.

server sales are up, but revenues are not following
Big Data

Big Data a Big Deal: 64% Have Plans

September 23, 2013 Robert Dutt 1
Gartner survey finds a lot of interest around Big Data projects, but most companies are still in early days and in need of help.

Channel Programs

Dell President: Partners Don’t Know All We Can Do

September 19, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dell President: Partners Don’t Know All We Can Do
With the battle to go private won, Dell president Steve Felice says the company needs to make sure partners understand all of Dell’s capabilities.

John Donovan, vice president of global midmarket acceleration at Cisco
Channel Programs

Cisco Brings Together Partner Led and Inside Sales

September 19, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco Brings Together Partner Led and Inside Sales
New Cisco Global Midmarket Acceleration chief John Donovan looking to enable partners around Cisco’s midmarket offerings.

Steve Ampleford, CEO of Aorta Cloud
Cloud

UK-Based Partner Looks To Bail Out Nirvanix

September 19, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on UK-Based Partner Looks To Bail Out Nirvanix
London-based Aorta Cloud is putting together a bid to keep customers’ data in the cloud after Nirvanix shuts its doors at the end of the month.

Michael Sharun, country manager, EMC Canada
Big Data

EMC Attach Strategy Boosting Partner Transaction Size

September 18, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC Attach Strategy Boosting Partner Transaction Size
EMC Canada chief Michael Sharun sees key partner opportunities to be developed around business continuity, Big Data analytics and more.

Scott Delaney, vice president of business development for Avnet Services
Distribution

Avnet Services Adds Polycom Maintenance Support

September 18, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet Services Adds Polycom Maintenance Support
The distributor’s Avnet Services division will provide a first point of technical support around Polycom’s videoconferencing family.