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Cloud, Small Business, Software
Zoho strengthens Finance and Operations platform with three new tools
by Mark Cox •
Zoho has released three beefed-up tools to the Canadian market. They are Zoho Books, Zoho Inventory, and Zoho Practice. All are part of the Finance and Operations platform. Zoho Books now supports electronic filing for both the Canadian and Quebec governments, Zoho Inventory adds advanced warehouse management capabilities and Zoho Practice is for accountants.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Data Management, Software
Riverbed trims channel, simplifies channel program, to meet new demands
by Mark Cox •
Riverbed has intensified its focus on AI while simultaneously simplifying its partner program, and reducing its partner program members by over 90 percent.
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Cloud, Data Management, Software
Riverbed unveils advanced new AI-powered observability platform
by Mark Cox •
Designed to overcome visibility blind spots around public cloud, remote work environments, and Zero Trust and SD-WAN architectures, the new platform, the first major initiative from new CEO Dave Donatelli, also adds modules like NPM+ and the Aternity Mobile monitoring solution.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Data Management, Software
Conga CEO Goggin outlines strategy for reshaping company
by Mark Cox •
Conga has made a series of major strategic initiatives since their merger with Apptus, with the idea of making the two companies work better together, improving the culture and increasing customer revenue opportunities.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Data Management, Software
More mature Conga channel strategy having success
by Mark Cox •
Conga discussed the evolution of their channel strategy with ChannelBuzz, while some channel partners indicated what they were looking to see around the Conga event.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Small Business, Software
Sage makes key AI announcement at Sage Transform around Sage Copilot
by Mark Cox •
Sage Copilot is a new AI-based productivity assistant, whose AI has been specifically trained around accounting rules and best practices, and which is designed to help SMBs make better business decisions.
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Cloud, Security, Small Business, Software
Sage Canada posts strong momentum as new products roll out
by Mark Cox •
Mark Hickman, Managing Director at Sage Canada, reviewed the recent news items of particular significance for the Canadian market, and noted some additional changes coming next year.
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Artificial Intelligence, Servers, Software
HPE introduces new AI-native architecture and hybrid cloud solutions
by Mark Cox •
HPE emphasized that Generative AI requires an architecture which is fundamentally different and more powerful than cloud-native architecture, and they unveiled it, along with related AI-native offerings.
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Cloud, Software, Solution Provider News
Canadian SAP-focused solution providers Syntax and Beyond Technologies close acquisition deal
by Mark Cox •
The acquisition of Beyond brings together complementary skillsets that expands Syntax’s geographic reach, and strengthens them in key areas, including scaling out their French language facilities.
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Cloud, Software
Zoho launches first two Canadian data centres in Montreal and Toronto
by Mark Cox •
Zoho’s plans to put data centres in Canada to appeal to both larger organizations with stricter data sovereignty rules and smaller ones with regulatory requirements was delayed for several years, but now the company is confident it will open new markets for them.
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Artificial Intelligence, Edge, Servers, Software
Intel CEO Gelsinger lays out vision of how developers will rule the Siliconomy
by Mark Cox •
Gelsinger combined his vision for the company’s future with new announcements and the short and medium term road map to highlight the extensive changes coming, particularly from the rise of AI.
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E-commerce, Software
inriver unveils its next-gen Brand Store to provide customers with self-serve micro digital storefronts
by Mark Cox •
The Brand Store is a completely remade version of a product inriver has had for many years, and while not itself a lucrative opportunity for their partner base, it will contribute to the overall value of the inriver solution and to partners’ advisory roles.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Security, Software
VMware Canadian Country Manager Claude Reeves reviews market and impact of Explore announcements
by Mark Cox •
With more than one full year under his belt leading VMware Canada, Reeves gave his take on the company’s positioning in Canada and what the major announcements will mean for Canadian customers and partners.
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Cloud, Software, Virtualization
Liquidware announces GA of CommandCTRL SaaS solution
by Mark Cox •
CommandCTRL is Liquidware’s new SaaS real-time remediation solution, and features both a DVR-like function that is more effective than snapshots and new ChatGPT functionality that was built in after the beta began almost a year ago.
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Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Partnerships, Software
Dell brings Project Helix partnership with NVIDIA live with three separate solution bundles
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Software
Zoho adds Generative AI to ten of its applications through their Zia AI engine
by Mark Cox •
Zoho’s latest extension of their AI capabilities is powered by an OpenAI integration, although they are working on an in-house version of their own which will emphasize privacy concerns.
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Cloud, DevOps, Operating Systems, Software
Red Hat Summit also has significant messaging for partners
by Mark Cox •
Red Hat Summit typically consists of many deeply technical announcements, and the company did not disappoint in that respect, but they also made several important channel announcements and dropped a couple big hints about what is coming for partners next.
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As-a-Service, Cloud, Data Management, Software
Morpheus Data excited by collaborative potential in Dell Technologies hybrid cloud announcements
by Mark Cox •
Morpheus makes a hybrid cloud management automation engine, and the development of infrastructure as-a-service offerings has led to them doing more business in the last six months than in the previous six years.
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Cloud, Software, Virtualization
HP Anyware adds enhanced multi-use collaboration, federated authentication, with 23.04 release
by Mark Cox •
HP Anyware’s remote connectivity software, which combines HP’s old ZCentral Remote Boost Software with Teradici CAS and its PCoIP technology HP acquired two and a half years ago, gets upgrades which address some key pain points.
