The new initiative involves monthly credit extensions for Canadian partners, new vendor programs, and increased headcount.
Distribution, Small Business
D&H Canada expands BFG into Canada as plan to double business over next two years.
by Mark Cox •
Distribution
Distribution, Security
Ingram Micro partners with IT advisor firm NightDragon to optimize channel Go-to-Market for NightDragon portfolio companies
by Mark Cox •
NightDragon’s portfolio companies are all late stage startups, but their channel awareness ranges from excellent, through flawed to poor, and the companies think Ingram will bring particular value to these less skilled channel companies.
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Distribution, Security
Identity-based security management company Elisity signs U.S. distribution deal with TD SYNNEX
by Mark Cox •
The deal now is just in the U.S., but the company says that the plan is to expand that.
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Distribution, Sponsored Content
Ingram Micro Canada wins big at HR industry awards
by Lori Scarlett, Director, Human Resources, Ingram Micro Canada •
2021 has been an awards-filled year for Ingram Micro Canada! Find out more in this guest blog from HR director Lori Scarlett.
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Distribution, Partnerships, Security
McAfee Enterprise and IBM Security to launch joint SIEM offering through TD SYNNEX
by Mark Cox •
The joint solution combines McAfee Enterprise’s MVISION Device-to-Cloud Platform and IBM Security’s QRadar SIEM offering, in what is the first multi-vendor solution available through the TD SYNNEX Cyber Range program.
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Distribution, Storage
Data accelerator Pliops looks to build strength in Fortune 1000 through North American disti deal with TD SYNNEX
by Mark Cox •
Pliops, which makes a differentiated hardware and software accelerator that is also a media enhancer, started selling direct to hyperscalers, but now is expanding into the enterprise, and looking to work with partners with established connections in this market.
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Distribution, Podcasts, Sponsored Content
Lease devices through Ingram Micro Flexible Financing Solutions
by Ingram Micro Canada Guest Blog •
In this podcast episode, panellists from Intel, Microsoft and the Ingram Micro Financial Solutions team discuss the latest trends in leasing devices, also known as Device-as-a-Service (DaaS). The team explores key opportunities and solutions from a reseller perspective and provide answers to questions about the leasing program.
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Distribution, Managed Services, Mobility
Apple management specialist Addigy tabs Pax8 for first distribution deal
by Mark Cox •
Addigy sells through a large MSP channel, as well as a few DMRs, but until now they have always dealt with their MSP partners direct.
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Distribution, Security, Sponsored Content
Access next-gen cybersecurity services to grow your business
by Ingram Micro Canada Guest Blog •
Find out how Ingram Micro’s cybersecurity services team can help you find the right security solutions and keep your customers safe through new offerings like pen test assessments.
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Cloud, Distribution, Security
Pax8 signs on Zero Trust startup Isoolate to bring enterprise tech to SMBs
by Mark Cox •
While there are now a large range of Zero Trust solutions on the market, ones which scale down to the SMB well, and which are well suited for MSPs are rare, which leads Pax8 to think they have a winner with this new offering.
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Distribution, Managed Services, Virtualization
Pax8 expands Nerdio relationship to include distribution of Nerdio Manager for MSP
by Mark Cox •
Nerdio’s newer and more advanced platform will be well suited for MSPs with more experience in Azure Virtual Desktop, who want more flexible deployment options.
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Cloud, Distribution, Security
Cloud distributor Sherweb brings LastPass password management solution to its MSPs through LogMeIn partnership
by Mark Cox •
Cloud distributor Sherweb has announced another new vendor partnership which will make a third-party solution available through Sherweb to their MSP partners. It is LogMeIn’s LastPass password management solution, which offers both single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
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Cloud, Distribution
Cloudera signs North American partnership with Tech Data to expand downmarket with technologically sophisticated partners
by Mark Cox •
Cloudera is looking for skilled partners to take their platform to the lower part of the enterprise, and sees their data and analytics-focused hybrid cloud offering as an attractive differentiator.
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Distribution
Ingram Micro builds up RPA business with UiPath partnership
by Robert Dutt •
The distributor will make RPA a focus of its Centers of Excellence as it seeks to build a broader channel for the increasingly-important automation aspect of digital transformation.
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Distribution, Managed Services
Ingram Micro CloudBlue brings Harmony technology to its ecosystem as CloudBlue Rev
by Mark Cox •
The solution to automate partner channel revenue management launches today in the U.K., followed by EMEA, with Canada and the U.S slated to get CloudBlue Rev in early Q3.
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Distribution, Hardware
D&H sees Canada as good market for its newly established gaming and Esports unit
by Mark Cox •
D&H has established a new Business Unit around their gaming components and Esports business, and while Esports has been much stronger in the U.S. then Canada to date, they see strong prospects in Canada as well.
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Distribution, Financing, Podcasts, Sponsored Content
“Bring us anything” – Ingram Canada CFO Carter on financing flexibility
by Robert Dutt •
Kelly Carter, Ingram Micro Canda’s CFO, discusses the distributor’s financing programs, and why it’s time for more solution providers to get creative with the kind of financing options they offer customers, in this edition of the podcast.
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Cloud, Distribution
Pax8 Canada hires first in-country staff as part of Canadian expansion
by Mark Cox •
The cloud distributor hires a bilingual Canadian head of sales and a Canadian Microsoft Program Manager, reflecting the key influence of Microsoft in convincing Pax8 to finally put boots on the ground in Canada.
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Channel Programs, Distribution, Storage
Zadara enters into strategic partnership with Ingram Micro and restructures partner program in move to 100% channel model
by Mark Cox •
Zadara also has doubled the number of internal people involved in partner support.
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Cloud, Distribution, Managed Services
All-Canadian M&A takes place as Sherweb acquires outsourced MSP support provider Global Mentoring Solutions
by Mark Cox •
GMS provides outsourced white-labeled support like help desk and NOC services to MSPs, and the depth and breadth of their services will be a big advance in what Sherweb is able to offer their MSP partners.
