Software

Software

Celebrating Canadian entrepreneurship and success at Sage Summit Toronto

August 8, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Celebrating Canadian entrepreneurship and success at Sage Summit Toronto
Sage Canada head Paul Struthers recaps the highlights of the recent Sage Summit in Toronto.

Channel Programs

SAP makes structural changes around channel business to double down on SMBs

August 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on SAP makes structural changes around channel business to double down on SMBs
SAP turned some heads with their presence at the CompTIA channel event this week, a presence motivated by an increased new emphasis on recruiting the right type of partner covering SMB customers, in order to double their cloud business by 2020.

Channel Programs

Agiloft channel investment produces its first Platinum partners

July 31, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Agiloft channel investment produces its first Platinum partners
Agiloft still has no partners in Canada, but they are hoping that their just-announced capacity to offer Canada-based hosting of their business process automation offerings will change that.

Cloud

CafeX upgrades omnichannel customer service solution for Dynamics 365

July 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on CafeX upgrades omnichannel customer service solution for Dynamics 365
CafeX Live Assist for Microsoft Dynamics 365’s new Cosmos release facilitates chatbot-to-agent escalation, and provides an SDK for mobile customer service.

Mobility

Nutanix-powered Dell XC Xpress for VDI highlights flurry of Dell VDI announcements

July 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix-powered Dell XC Xpress for VDI highlights flurry of Dell VDI announcements
Dell also announces a new Latitude VDI notebook, upgrading of its ThinOS 8.4 software, and new management software.

Cloud

Quest unveils new Quest on Demand SaaS platform for Microsoft solutions

July 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Quest unveils new Quest on Demand SaaS platform for Microsoft solutions
Quest is releasing the new platform at Microsoft Inspire, because they see it as a strong channel offering, and are looking to recruit new partners to sell it.

Backup

Modernization of HPE Data Protector highlights revamp of HPE ABR Suite

July 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Modernization of HPE Data Protector highlights revamp of HPE ABR Suite
The HPE Adaptive Backup and Recovery suite is composed of three products released last year as a unified package, and this release is designed to further that unified vision.

Cloud

Ivanti continues path to become ‘IT powerhouse’ with RES Software acquisition

July 6, 2017 Mark Cox 1
The RES brand will disappear, and its technology will be folded into the Ivanti service management and digital workspace businesses.

Cloud

Sage doubles down on bots throughout portfolio

June 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage doubles down on bots throughout portfolio
Sage announced that their Pegg chatbot capabilities are being introduced into their Sage One cloud solution. But that’s only the beginning.

Cloud

New Toronto office highlights Canadian-specific announcements at Toronto Sage Summit

June 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Toronto office highlights Canadian-specific announcements at Toronto Sage Summit
Sage also announced new data from a survey they commissioned about small business in Canada, and pledged to work to bring together groups to lobby on their customers’ behalf.