HP also is announcing the new HP VR Backpack, a new version of their wearable PC.
Computers, Hardware, Mobility
HP refreshes EliteBook and workstation portfolios
by Mark Cox •
Computers
Computers, Mobility, Small Business
Lenovo sees new ThinkBooks as Vostro-killers and ProBook killers in SMB space
by Mark Cox •
While the preview of Lenovo’s foldable PC was the big ‘wow’ factor at the Lenovo Accelerate event, the launch of the new ThinkBooks is really the big news for partners this year.
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New Foldable PC preview highlights Lenovo’s largest-ever set of commercial PC announcements
by Mark Cox •
Other products also announced as part of an Intelligent Transformation there were the new SMB-focused ThinkBook sub-brand and the new ThinkPad X1 Extreme Generation 2.
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Computers, Storage
Dell Technologies unveils new products for cloud, core and edge
by Mark Cox •
After most of the first day announcements focused on things which spanned multiple elements of the Dell Technologies portfolio, and beyond, the second day focused on core product enhancements. Here are some of them.
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Paul Katigbak named as Kevin Connolly’s replacement running Dell EMC Canada Commercial Business
by Mark Cox •
Katigbak, who had been acting as Connolly’s interim replacement since Connolly’s promotion in January, has now received his official promotion as well.
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Computers, Mobility, Security
Lenovo adds more consumer flair, security to ThinkPad X1 Carbon and Yoga commercial devices
by Mark Cox •
Lenovo traditionally makes channel-focused product announcements at CES as well as consumer product, and this year they announced significant refreshes of their flagship commercial devices.
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Dell kicks off CES releases with reconceptualized 2-in-1 Latitude with 24 hours of battery life
by Mark Cox •
Dell has multiple announcements coming at next week’s CES show, but they decided to drop this one early. The new Latitude 7400 2-in-1 is not as sexy as some of the announcements coming next week, but for Dell’s commercial market partners and customers, it will be the most important.
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Dell unveils redesigned portfolio of Rugged Latitude laptops
by Mark Cox •
Rugged laptops are a tiny part of Dell’s portfolio. They are looking to expand that, bringing more functionality from their other PC lines into their ruggeds to give them more feature differentiation in the rugged space.
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Dell adds new PC-as-a-Service with up to 300 units for SMBs
by Mark Cox •
Dell also rebrands the PC-as-a-Service offering they introduced last year as PC-as-a-Service for Enterprise, and also announces a new Dell Provisioning for VMware Workspace ONE service that is also available through both the SMB and Enterprise PCaaS.
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Computers, Servers
Lenovo North American president Matt Zielinski talks strategy in Toronto visit
by Mark Cox •
Growth in the consumer market is a critical part of the Lenovo strategy Zielinski laid out, but channel reinvigoration, particularly in the SMB space, is also vital.
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HP’s immersive computing thinks beyond Sprout to business applications
by Robert Dutt •
How immersive computing and 3D printing made a footwear insole vendor an HP reseller as its Sprout technology gets down to work.
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Computers, Printing and Imaging
Reworked channel focus at HP Canada delivering strong results
by Mark Cox •
HP isn’t just driving more business through the channel, but is also making changes in how it interacts with it, something which it is better able to do as a more focused company.
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HP looks to channel to drive new Pavilion gamer lineup
by Mark Cox •
HP made its first announcement of a consumer product family at a channel event, as it expects the channel will sell almost all of these new rigs, and while much of it will go through etailers and retailers, there is a VAR channel play here as well.
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Computers, Printing and Imaging
HP touts digital enablement to top partners as key to strategy going forward
by Mark Cox •
HP celebrated a very strong year with their top partners at the company’s Executive Forum, outlining the direction of their strategy, and the role of the channel in it.
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The IT trends behind Canada’s learning spaces of the future
by Robert Dutt •
HP Canada president Mary Ann Yule on the opportunity HP sees in the Canadian education market, and how solution providers can profit on it.
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Acer rolls out new durable commercial Chromebook
by Mark Cox •
In addition to the Chromebook 11 C732, Acer also announced a new ChromeBox offering, as well as a retail-focused convertible Chromebook.
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HP says DaaS a channel-first strategy from the get-go
by Robert Dutt •
HP’s PC chief tells Varnex attendees the vendor will build its device-as-a-service business through the channel, outlines momentum for the model.
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Channel Programs, Computers, Mobility
Panasonic enhances program benefits for exclusive Prime partners
by Mark Cox •
In addition to providing increased benefits for those partners who elect to sell only Panasonic rugged notebooks, Panasonic has also increased its investment in a channel account team to provide more reps to work with partners.
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Computers, Data Centre, Servers, Storage, Virtualization
Selling the Dell Technologies cutting edge in Canada
by Mark Cox •
While Canadian customers have a generally accurate reputation for being late technology adopters, Dell EMC execs at last week’s Toronto forum said that they are seeing movement towards newer Dell Technologies offerings.
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Cloud, Computers
Dell makes PCaaS more flexible with new capabilities and AirWatch integration
by Mark Cox •
Dell beefs up a PCaaS offering that existed long before its formal announcement in May, to provide more differentiation from their competitors in what is a tiny market today, but which they think is poised to grow significantly.
