Hardware

Hardware

Consumer and gaming tech highlights news at Western Digital Flash event, but nuggets still there for partners

May 28, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Consumer and gaming tech highlights news at Western Digital Flash event, but nuggets still there for partners
Some major gaming announcements will have implications for resellers and integrators who work that market, as will a new embedded flash platform for Universal Flash Storage  3.1, while a partnership with Percona around their MySQL Server will be of interest in the enterprise.

Distribution

D&H sees Canada as good market for its newly established gaming and Esports unit

May 10, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on D&H sees Canada as good market for its newly established gaming and Esports unit
D&H has established a new Business Unit around their gaming components and Esports business, and while Esports has been much stronger in the U.S. then Canada to date, they see strong prospects in Canada as well.

Artificial Intelligence

Lenovo targets growing AI market in mainstream enterprises with five new ready to deploy AI solutions

April 15, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo targets growing AI market in mainstream enterprises with five new ready to deploy AI solutions
The emphasis with the five new offerings, using technology from Addfor, Everseen, cnvrg.io, SAS and NetApp, is on the solutions’ ease of deployment, removing a barrier that has stymied many enterprises from getting AI products into production.

Hardware

AMD looks to continue momentum vs Intel with new 3rd Gen EPYC ‘Milan’

March 17, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on AMD looks to continue momentum vs Intel with new 3rd Gen EPYC ‘Milan’
AMD’s 2nd generation EPYC chips, Rome, made AMD’s big push in the data centre, and now with more third-party server vendors on board than ever before, they are looking to extend that edge with Milan.

Artificial Intelligence

COVID’s impact on the Channel in Canada: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

March 11, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on COVID’s impact on the Channel in Canada: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A study commissioned by Intel specifically in Canada found that most channel partners have suffered from the pandemic. There was a fair amount of optimism for the year ahead however, although many partners said they need help to realize emerging opportunities in the cloud, IoT and AI.

Hardware

ScalePad offers partners bullish outlook, new incents at first big partner event since rebranding

December 15, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on ScalePad offers partners bullish outlook, new incents at first big partner event since rebranding
ScalePad’s introductory free trial of their Software Asset Management ends December 31, but the company announced new measures to replace it at their virtual conference for their MSPs on Monday.

Computers

Dell enters ultra-small form factor workstation market with new Precision 3240 Compact

September 1, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell enters ultra-small form factor workstation market with new Precision 3240 Compact
The Dell Precision 3240 Compact will compete with the HP Mini and the Lenovo Tiny, at a new low price point – unless a customer opts for the high end NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 option, which will be available in October.

Hardware

Third Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors highlight broad Intel product announcements

June 18, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Third Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors highlight broad Intel product announcements
The new Cooper Lake processors, and the other components of the Intel announcement, all share a focus on improving AI-related capabilities.

Channel Programs

ViewSonic retools Finch Club incents to better enable partners in pandemic era

June 17, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on ViewSonic retools Finch Club incents to better enable partners in pandemic era
A new Virtual Product Demo program pairs with a Bounty Program that gives a SPIF to channel reps for setting up a customer demo.

Hardware

Sharp Electronics Canada highlights high-end Windows Collaboration Display

February 12, 2020 Mark Cox 1
Sharp’s new top of the line visual solutions display, the product of a partnership with Microsoft and Foxconn, recently became available in Canada, and Sharp is focusing on its capabilities to differentiate their technology from competitors.