Mobility

Mobility

Kensington targets commercial market with ultra-thin lock system for ultrabooks and tablets

January 6, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kensington targets commercial market with ultra-thin lock system for ultrabooks and tablets
The new mobile lock is designed for devices smaller than 12 mm in thickness, but is compatible with traditional lock slots as well.

Big Data

IBM, Apple deliver first wave of IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps

December 11, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on IBM, Apple deliver first wave of IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps
Aimed at both the enterprise and mid-market, the new apps will be customized, integrated and deployed by partners, and IBM will support partners here with several new tools.

Computers

New ultra thin and light Elitebook 1020 highlights HP notebook announcements

December 2, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on New ultra thin and light Elitebook 1020 highlights HP notebook announcements
The major news here is the introduction of an entirely new product, the HP EliteBook Folio 1020 family, which HP is touting as the thinnest and lightest business-class notebooks in the industry, and which is targeted mainly at the executive market.

Mobility

Canadian SMBs bullish on economy, mobility

November 17, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canadian SMBs bullish on economy, mobility
An annual study from Sage finds Canadian SMBs are more bullish about the economy, and about how mobility can help their businesses, even though that comes at a cost of being contacted outside of traditional working hours.

Mobility

Consumer mobile security vendor Lookout sets sights on enterprise market

November 14, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Consumer mobile security vendor Lookout sets sights on enterprise market
With new venture funding to transition their business to the enterprise, Lookout has hired its first VP of Enterprise Product and its first channel chief, and is looking to the channel to drive its enterprise business

Computers

‘One Lenovo’ philosophy to guide both smartphone, server integrations

November 11, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on ‘One Lenovo’ philosophy to guide both smartphone, server integrations
Lenovo’s view is that the telcos are the preferred route to market for Motorola, but Lenovo also wants to go to market with alternative routes as well, to get more devices to more people.

Big Data

Technology adoption issues create tremendous opportunity: Michael Dell

November 4, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Technology adoption issues create tremendous opportunity: Michael Dell
Michael Dell personally presented the results of a survey commissioned by Dell, which found significant obstacles to the adoption of technology, which he said was a good thing for Dell and its partners.

Data Centre

Changes in the market benefit Tech Data’s unique model: Quaglia

November 3, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Changes in the market benefit Tech Data’s unique model: Quaglia
Monday is the kickoff for both the launch in Canada of the full StreamOne e-business platform in Canada and the internal realignment of Tech Data Canada’s sales division along the same lines as the AIS in the U.S.

Mobility

Lenovo acquisition of Motorola finally done

October 30, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo acquisition of Motorola finally done
The completion of the acquisition of Motorola Mobility will allow Lenovo to provide North American partners with smartphones for the first time. But don’t look for them to provide BlackBerry devices any time soon.

Roy Purtill, vice president of cloud computing at Cisco Canada
Cloud

Podcast: Cisco on Intercloud and Citrix on Mobility

October 20, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: Cisco on Intercloud and Citrix on Mobility
Cisco’s Roy Purtill and Citrix’s Michael Murphy join the podcast to discuss their companies’ latest
moves in the cloud and mobility spaces respectively.