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IBM Data Centre Opening
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IBM opens Barrie, Ont. Leadership Data Centre

September 26, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IBM opens Barrie, Ont. Leadership Data Centre
IBM Canada president looks to partners as both clients and resellers for hosting and backup/recovery services

Clouds
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HP aims to make cloud easier to manage, secure

September 11, 2012 Guest Poster 1
Vendor looks to speed cloud-building through tighter integration with VMware

Paul Moritz "formally hands over" VMware to new CEO Pat Gelsinger at VMworld
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New VMware CEO pledges to stay the course

August 27, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New VMware CEO pledges to stay the course
Pat Gelsinger may come from EMC, but he says his appointment as VMware CEO doesn’t mean a loss of autonomy for the virtualization software giant

Dimension Data Americas CEO Jere Brown
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Dimension Data seeks service providers for cloud partner program

August 8, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dimension Data seeks service providers for cloud partner program
Solution provider aims to accelerate SP’s time to market for cloud services

Microsoft Office 365
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Microsoft to let partners bill for Office 365

July 9, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Microsoft to let partners bill for Office 365
Move will allow MSPs to add cloud service to their lineup, but what does it mean for third-party hosts?

HP CEO Meg Whitman
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HP’s Whitman: R&D will overcome infrastructure commoditization

June 5, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP’s Whitman: R&D will overcome infrastructure commoditization
CEO outlines plans to re-establish HP as engineering- and innovation-driven company

Tim FitzGerald Avnet
Cloud

Avnet adds off-premise capabilities to its cloud lineup

May 31, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet adds off-premise capabilities to its cloud lineup
Partnership with Savvis first step in building hosted solutions linecard

NetSuite channel chief Craig West
Channel Programs

Preview: NetSuite SuiteWorld 2012

May 15, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Preview: NetSuite SuiteWorld 2012
Channel chief Craig West runs down the cloud company’s partner and user conference in San Francisco

Citrix CEO Mark Templeton
Channel Programs

Citrix CEO to partners: Focus on solutions and specialize

May 7, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Citrix CEO to partners: Focus on solutions and specialize
Mark Templeton says solutions focus is key for his company and its partners

Ingram Micro global cloud chief Renée Bergeron
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Ingram sees growing cloud momentum in Canada

May 7, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram sees growing cloud momentum in Canada
It’s taken some time, but Canadian businesses are warming to cloud-based solutions, Renée Bergeron says