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Dell adds high-end AI-powered 9000 line to Latitude family

January 2, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell adds high-end AI-powered 9000 line to Latitude family
In addition to a new premium family in Dell’s Latitude commercial laptop line, other commercial market products being introduced around CES include new monitors and an updated XPS 13.

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HP expands partner and customer financing options with multi-vendor model

December 11, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP expands partner and customer financing options with multi-vendor model
HP announces new financing and leasing options through an expansion of their partnership with HPE Financial Services, and a new partnership with global financing firm DLL Group. They also indicated more financing partners will be added.

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Channel Go-to-Market changes driving Sharp Electronics growth in Canada

November 28, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Channel Go-to-Market changes driving Sharp Electronics growth in Canada
Carmine Cinerari, who has led Sharp Electronics Canada since 2008, talks with ChannelBuzz about the company’s re-emergence since its acquisition by Foxconn, and particularly how channel-focused changes in Canada have grown the business.

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HP introduces turnkey high-powered ZCentral remote workstation solution

November 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP introduces turnkey high-powered ZCentral remote workstation solution
HP targets mobile power users with a solution whose software allows remote access to access pooled workstation power from almost any device.

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Dell adds servers and PowerOne to consumption model with Dell Technologies On Demand

November 13, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell adds servers and PowerOne to consumption model with Dell Technologies On Demand
As part of an expansion of its consumption-based and as-a-service offerings, Dell’s PC-as-a-Service offering is also being extended further downmarket, to the tiniest of businesses.

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HP debuts recycled plastic in notebooks with thin-and-light Dragonfly

October 28, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP debuts recycled plastic in notebooks with thin-and-light Dragonfly
The new Elite Dragonfly is HP’s first notebook to include recycled plastics, part of an HP-wide pledge to use recycled goods for 30 percent of its plastic by 2025.

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Lenovo expands ThinkBook SMB sub-brand with first 15 inch, new 14 inch models

September 30, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo expands ThinkBook SMB sub-brand with first 15 inch, new 14 inch models
Lenovo adds to the portfolio of SMB-focused products it introduced at their Accelerate event this spring with two new models, including their first 15 inch one in this series.

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Microsoft targeting 1.5 million SMB devices in Canada with Win 7 end-of-life looming

September 12, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Microsoft targeting 1.5 million SMB devices in Canada with Win 7 end-of-life looming
Microsoft outlines the opportunity around the upcoming end of support for Windows 7 at D&H Canada’s Technology Show in the Toronto area.

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Panasonic adds modular expandability, longer battery life to new semi-rugged TOUGHBOOK 55

September 9, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Panasonic adds modular expandability, longer battery life to new semi-rugged TOUGHBOOK 55
The modular expansion capability will likely please channel partners unhappy at how long it took to get product in their hands in the past, as this will make it much easier to customize the laptops in the field.

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HP refreshes EliteBook and workstation portfolios

May 28, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP refreshes EliteBook and workstation portfolios
HP also is announcing the new HP VR Backpack, a new version of their wearable PC.

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Lenovo sees new ThinkBooks as Vostro-killers and ProBook killers in SMB space

May 15, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo sees new ThinkBooks as Vostro-killers and ProBook killers in SMB space
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

May 14, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Foldable PC preview highlights Lenovo’s largest-ever set of commercial PC announcements
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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Dell Technologies unveils new products for cloud, core and edge

May 1, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies unveils new products for cloud, core and edge
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

February 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Paul Katigbak named as Kevin Connolly’s replacement running Dell EMC Canada Commercial Business
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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Lenovo adds more consumer flair, security to ThinkPad X1 Carbon and Yoga commercial devices

January 8, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo adds more consumer flair, security to ThinkPad X1 Carbon and Yoga commercial devices
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

January 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell kicks off CES releases with reconceptualized 2-in-1 Latitude with 24 hours of battery life
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

November 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell unveils redesigned portfolio of Rugged Latitude laptops
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

August 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell adds new PC-as-a-Service with up to 300 units for SMBs
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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Lenovo North American president Matt Zielinski talks strategy in Toronto visit

August 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo North American president Matt Zielinski talks strategy in Toronto visit
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

May 30, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP’s immersive computing thinks beyond Sprout to business applications
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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