Hardware

ViewSonic, TD SYNNEX roll out unique Zero Cost financing program for high-end foldable direct view LED Display, which is only available in Canada.

The ViewSonic ‘Pays Your Way’ financing program was designed specifically to finance the large format foldable DVLED model, where the price point was high and a barrier to some customers.

Intel lays out foundry vision and announces Intel Foundry

Intel CEO announced the creation of Intel Foundry, which with Intel Products now becomes two symbiotic parts of Intel, and also announced a new partnership with Arm, which Intel said is now their most important.

Intel heralds revolutionary impact of new Intel Core Ultra and Xeon 5th Gen processors

Intel’s two new processors have been trumpeted by the company for months, and they are still emphasizing the massive impact that their AI will have on both, and what customers will be able to do with them.

Intel shows off Fab manufacturing progress  with media tour of Ocotillo campus in Chandler AZ

Intel’s new state of the art Fab 52 and Fab 62 are scheduled to come on line next year. Intel recently held a media event where they detailed the progress within the company’s overall strategy and provided a media tour of the factory floor of the existing Fab 42.

Schneider Electric emphasizes value of new ConnectWise integration with their Ecostruxure solution at IT Nation

This integration, the first of several Schneider Electric has planned, was soft launched in the spring, but the real push to get partners to see its value came at the recent IT Nation event.

Dell brings Project Helix partnership with NVIDIA live with three separate solution bundles

The new solutions involve a joint Generative AI validated design and Dell Professional Services in collaboration with NVIDIA, all of which are also available through channel partners.

Intel emphasizes security innovation in new vPro platform with 13th Gen Intel Core processors

Intel also emphasized major performance increases over the last version of the platform, and how it far exceeds the capabilities of older machines, to provide a strong case for refresh.

HP doubles down on hybrid product and experience with CES announcements

New products with commercial market appeal include new All-in-Ones, an expanded DragonFly portfolio and new monitors covering hybrid workspaces ranging from the small to the very large.

Lenovo celebrates 30th anniversary of ThinkSystem servers with major portfolio enhancements

They include new Lenovo V3 Infrastructure solutions, a new Lenovo XClarity One cloud-based software management platform, and the fifth generation of Lenovo Neptune water-cooling technology.

D&H Canada extends its modern solution sales strategy by adding Microsoft Surface for Business to portfolio

D&H is looking to get partners selling these devices in bundles with services and Microsoft software, rather than as separate low margin hardware products, which is how many have been sold in the past.

Semiconductor pseudo-startup Solidigm broadens portfolio to deepen HPE relationship

Solidigm, which is technically a startup, but given that much of their original technology came from Intel, and the rest from South Korean semiconductor giant SK hynix, really isn’t, has broadened out its portfolio, and is looking to broaden their strategic relationships with HPE and other vendors.

Intel unveils new hardware, software and services at inaugural Intel Vision 2022 event

Intel also provided updates on several important projects and other future items, which are still some distance on the horizon.

Intel top brass discuss strategy going forward with media at Intel Vision

Intel CEO Gelsinger and his lieutenants acknowledged that Intel had fallen off in execution in recent years, but has taken aggressive steps, including internal reorganization of the company and building out its supply chain, to make these non-issues going forward.

Hybrid work, education drive very strong ViewSonic Canada first quarter

The gains were similar to those in the U.S, which is impressive because the Interactive Flat Panel business is more advanced in the U.S. than in Canada.

Dell hardware sales through partners help propel record setting Q4 and 2021

Dell’s hardware business benefited greatly from organizations, at this stage of their tech rebuild, needing to refresh a hardware base in data centres that was at least two years old, and generally older than that.

Despite rise of cloud, hardware remains largest component of IT budgets

A new global study by Spiceworks Ziff Davis into the state of server and client computing devices has found that despite the rise of the cloud, computer hardware still accounts for the largest portion of overall tech spending, at 30% of overall IT budgets.

Gamers biggest (but not only) winners with newly added 12th Gen Intel Core mobile and desktop processors

The expanded 12th Gen Intel Core Desktop Processor family adds 22 new SKUs, while the new H series mobile CPUs are aimed at content creators as well as gamers and enthusiasts, and the new 12th Gen Intel Core U- and P-series mobile processors are aimed at the more conventional thin and light market.

Lenovo expands TruScale as-a-Service to encompass entire portfolio

The expansion of TruScale into a company-wide offering was part of a major series of announcements, that included the related Hitachi Brain AI service and the Project Unity wireless connectivity framework.

Western Digital launches new OptiNAND technology which  combines flask and HDD in new architecture

WDD is also emphasizing that OptiNAND is not another hybrid architecture, but a new type of technology that enhances the HDD with flash to improve the drive’s aerial density, performance and reliability.