As new additions to linecard pile up, the distributor contemplates a new market opportunity
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D&H adds eight vendors, hints at new adjacency
by Robert Dutt •
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Featured Post, Solution Provider News
BlueRange buys Mainline’s Canadian IBM business
by Robert Dutt •
Parent group XTG also strengthens rental business with purchase of Germany’s Livingston Electronic Services
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Britec expands again with Empower purchase
by Robert Dutt •
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Consumerization of IT reaches tipping point: IDC study
by Liam Lahey •
CA Technologies-sponsored IDC study finds opportunity and risk for consumer-driven IT but denial is no longer an option
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Cloud, Featured Post, Software
Office 365: Come for Exchange, stay for SharePoint, Lync
by Robert Dutt •
Microsoft looking for the channel’s help in extending the Office 365 value prop beyond e-mail
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Office 365: Addressing two potential channel caveats
by Robert Dutt •
Billing questions persist, while VARs and MSPs also face competition from service providers
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QuickVid: Partner opportunities with Office 365
by Robert Dutt •
ChannelBuzz.ca caught up with Microsoft Canada president Eric Gales at the company’s Toronto launch media event for Office 365 to discuss partner implications of the new online productivity suite. On the agenda: how Gales is seeing partners innovate around the new cloud-based service, and how partners are reacting to Microsoft’s decision to retain control of customer billing even with partner-sold 365 implementations.
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Oracle tunes ISVs into Exastack with new program
by Chris Talbot •
New program designed for software partners building on top of Exadata and Exalogic
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Avnet offers VARs customized cloud training
by Robert Dutt •
Distributor’s new courses cover sales and engineering issues at its place or yours
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QuickVid: Top opportunities for VMware partners
by Robert Dutt •
ChannelBuzz.ca caught up with VMware Canada chief Grant Aitken at the company’s recent VMware Forum in Toronto to discuss all things virtualization. In this QuickVid, Aitken outlines two of what he feels are the most untapped opportunities for VMware partners: cross-selling and desktop virtualization.
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Game On: Tech Data’s tour reworked around Stanley Cup Game 7
by Robert Dutt •
Toronto event becomes impromptu viewing party for Canucks/Bruins finale
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Cloud, Featured Post, Virtualization
Skepticism of the cloud persists: Symantec
by Liam Lahey •
Featured Post, Software
Microsoft to partners: What should Ballmer say at WPC?
by Robert Dutt •
Microsoft wants partner feedback for CEO’s keynote; partners offer no shortage of ideas
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Channel Programs, Featured Post, Security
McAfee prepares for ‘mass recruiting’ with new SMB program
by Robert Dutt •
Security vendor’s new small business specialization expected to lead to many new partnerships
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Rewriting Dell’s channel DNA
by Guest Poster •
Worldwide channel chief on the progress Dell has made since the launch of PartnerDirect
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AMD launches A-series Fusion all-in-one chips
by Robert Dutt •
Company switches up consumer branding in a bid to make it easier for resellers to upsell
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Avnet offers VARs CapacityNow through IaaS program
by Robert Dutt •
Offering allows HP VARs to provide capacity-on-demand offering where customers only pay for used infrastructure
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Ingram’s cloud: What’s ready for Canada and what’s not
by Robert Dutt •
New partnerships abound, but which services will find their way onto the distributor’s Canadian cloud linecard?
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Livermore out, Donatelli, Veghte promoted in HP exec shuffle
by Robert Dutt •
Shift places day-to-day leaders within HP’s enterprise business as direct reports to CEO Apotheker
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MXI to increase resources following purchase by Imation
by Robert Dutt •
Acquisition will double R&D budget, provide more marketing and sales resources for partners, executive says
