Distribution

Dell to launch limited term Preferred status eligibility for Varnex members

April 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Dell gives American Varnex members six months to enjoy the benefits of Dell Preferred partner status, with Canadian members to become eligible once the Dell-SYNNEX relationship in Canada formally goes live.

Mitchell Martin, president of Synnex Canada.

Value-added Solv programs bright spot in flat market: SYNNEX’s Martin

April 27, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The SYNNEX Canada president also indicated they want to expand the GovSolv practice area in Canada, and see considerable untapped potential for Solv solutions in the pure small business space.

Bob Stegner, senior vice president of marketing for Synnex North America

Varnex partners need to better brand the community to move the needle

April 27, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

SYNNEX and its Varnex Council President opened the distributor’s event by suggesting things the community needs to do to better build its brand and its collective business.

Paul Wilkinson, director of product management at Tech Data Canada

CyberPower expands Tech Data relationship to Canada

April 16, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Distributor Tech Data will add CyberPower Systems’ power management solutions to its Advanced Infrastructure Systems lineup.

NCP engineering moves to Tech Data for North American distribution

April 15, 2015 Mark Cox 1

A new distribution agreement will make NCP’s SMB VPN solutions available to Tech Data resellers in both the U.S. and Canada.

Podcast: Red Hat Partner Conference and Avnet’s Global Solutions Center

April 9, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Red Hat Canada country leader Luc Villeneuve and John Beimfohr of Avnet’s main global integration hub join us for this edition of the ChanneBuza.ca Podcast.

Arrow to bring Permabit’s data efficiency appliance to IBM storage partners

April 9, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Permabit’s deal with Arrow to bring its data efficiency appliance designed to let the older OEMs compete with the new hyperscale vendors makes IBM the third vendor to bring this technology on board, following EMC and NetApp last fall.

Arrow to take Violin to North American channel

April 7, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Violin has never been a serious North American channel player before, but having remade the company with a channel-friendly product and channel-centric go-to-market platform, it has selected Arrow as its first North American distributor

Greg Richey, director of professional services at Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro adds service to provide custom app development

April 7, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The distributor will connect partners in the U.S. and Canada with vetted app developers with competencies in three key areas: Big Data, mobility, and integration and migration.