Hardware

Artificial Intelligence

IBM and Toronto’s Groq partner to give IBM clients immediate access to agentic AI through Groq technology

October 23, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on IBM and Toronto’s Groq partner to give IBM clients immediate access to agentic AI through Groq technology
The partnership aims to deliver faster agentic AI capabilities through the integration of IBM watsonx Orchestrate and Groq technology, enabling enterprise clients to take immediate action on complex workflows.

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Agent

Dell releases AI data platform advancements

October 21, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell releases AI data platform advancements
, Dell Technologies is announcing Dell AI Data Platform advancements designed to help enterprises turn distributed, siloed data into faster, more reliable AI outcomes

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Artificial Intelligence

d-Matrix announces SquadRack rack-scale solution to provide AI Inference at data centre scale 

October 14, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on d-Matrix announces SquadRack rack-scale solution to provide AI Inference at data centre scale 
Generative AI inference trailblazer d-Matrix partners with Arista, Broadcom and Supermicro to create the industry’s first blueprint for disaggregated standards-based rack-scale solutions for ultra-low latency batched inference.  

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Channel Communities

ViewSonic increases Canadian investment and ramps up Canadian channel operations

September 18, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on ViewSonic increases Canadian investment and ramps up Canadian channel operations
The changes include new logistics capabilities including new warehouse operations in Vancouver and Toronto for ‘in-country fulfillment’, a new demo centre in Toronto where  ViewSonic can present its complete line of high end display and presentation solutions to partners and their customers. and an increase in staff.

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Cloud

Exascale object store vendor MinIO announces AIStor pods through Arrow

September 12, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Exascale object store vendor MinIO announces AIStor pods through Arrow
The AIStor-powered pod solutions to deliver solutions designed for private cloud modernization are now available exclusively through Supermicro, which will be followed up with Dell.

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Artificial Intelligence

IBM and AMD announce plans to develop next generation of computing architectures

September 4, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on IBM and AMD announce plans to develop next generation of computing architectures
IBM  and AMD have announced plans to develop next-generation computing architectures based on the combination of quantum computers and high-performance computing, known as quantum-centric supercomputing

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Hardware

SonicWall to relaunch Elevate regional partner events

August 18, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWall to relaunch Elevate regional partner events
The 2025 regional partner events are not coming to Canada this year, but will give partners direct access to SonicWall leaders, new solutions, and growth strategies across the globe.

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Distribution

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

March 13, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

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Artificial Intelligence

Intel lays out foundry vision and announces Intel Foundry

February 26, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

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Artificial Intelligence

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

December 21, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

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