Financing

Agent

Toronto’s Mycroft, the agentic AI platform that acts as a Security and Compliance Officer, comes out of stealth

September 24, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Toronto’s Mycroft, the agentic AI platform that acts as a Security and Compliance Officer, comes out of stealth
Mycroft emerges from stealth with a $3.5MM seed round, and an AI Security and Compliance Officer that it believes to be unique in the industry.

Agent

Databricks launches AI Accelerator Program for young companies to scale AI Apps and Agents startups

September 22, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Databricks launches AI Accelerator Program for young companies to scale AI Apps and Agents startups
Databricks’ AI Accelerator Program, funded by Databricks Ventures, is focused on accelerating pre-seed and seed-stage startups, in order to spur innovation and bring transformative technologies to market.

Artificial Intelligence

Log analytics provider Hydrolix posts major financial and channel momentum

September 5, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Log analytics provider Hydrolix posts major financial and channel momentum
Hydrolix, the streaming data lake company transforming the economics of log data for observability, security, and media performance, has also done extremely well in its channel business.

Artificial Intelligence

Sage adds new wave of AI-powered finance tools

August 14, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage adds new wave of AI-powered finance tools
Finance teams are always looking to save time so they can invest in growth and their business’s success while maintaining clarity and control, said Dan Miller, EVP, Financials & ERP Division, Sage

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Artificial Intelligence

Certinia unveils powerful new capabilities with Summer 2025 release

August 13, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Certinia unveils powerful new capabilities with Summer 2025 release
Certinia’s CEO DJ Paoni unveiled Certinia’s strategic vision whilenChief Product & Technology Officer Raju Malhotra provided the latest product strategy updates, as well as an overview and demos of the latest platform enhancements, including its AI agents.

Distribution

“Bring us anything” – Ingram Canada CFO Carter on financing flexibility

April 26, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on “Bring us anything” – Ingram Canada CFO Carter on financing flexibility
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.

Distribution

D&H Canada extends 60-day terms through end of year

January 15, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on D&H Canada extends 60-day terms through end of year
D&H Canada confirms that its 60-day financing terms, available through financing partner DLL and previously extended on a quarterly basis, will be available through the end of 2021, and the distributor expects the program to grow.

Distribution

“We’re up to the challenge” – Ingram Canada CFO on flexibility in financing

May 14, 2020 Robert Dutt Comments Off on “We’re up to the challenge” – Ingram Canada CFO on flexibility in financing
Ingram Micro Canada chief financial officer Kelly Carter discusses the distributor’s new financing options for the channel and lays out Ingram’s overall financing strategy in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.

Computers

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.

Artificial Intelligence

Druva announces powerful AWS workload protection, exceeds $100 million in ARR

December 3, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Druva announces powerful AWS workload protection, exceeds $100 million in ARR
In addition to surpassing $100 million in ARR for the first time, Druva added new AWS backup capabilities and launched a new integration with Crowdstrike.