Software

Channel Programs

Microsoft channel chief Sorgen talks up cloud to partners

May 11, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Microsoft channel chief Sorgen talks up cloud to partners
While the software giant is actively transforming itself into a cloud giant as well, its channel chief says partners need to take fuller advantage of what Microsoft can offer on this journey, and aggressively benchmark themselves in the transformation.

Software

EMC defines open source strategy, opens ScaleIO to freemium model

May 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC defines open source strategy, opens ScaleIO to freemium model
EMC’s announcements indicate that EMC’s open source strategy is becoming much more critical, something the company says is good news for their channel partners.

Data Centre

Atlantis Computing enters hyperconverged market with low-cost, high performance appliance

May 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Atlantis Computing enters hyperconverged market with low-cost, high performance appliance
Atlantis is adapting its high-performance USX software defined storage platform into a hyperconverged appliance that is easy to deploy and use, and is much less expensive than existing competitive offerings.

Cisco worldwide channel chief Bruce Klein
Channel Programs

Cisco looks to cement software rep with new partner program

April 28, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco looks to cement software rep with new partner program
With a growing software portfolio and a new partner program on the way, the networking giant calls on partners to get serious about software lifecycle.

Mobility

Free Lenovo WRITEit app improves handwriting on Windows devices

April 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Free Lenovo WRITEit app improves handwriting on Windows devices
Today, the app supports four Windows 8 Lenovo devices, with more on the road map for this year. An Android version is in development.

Cloud

Project Helios PaaS offering highlights new Kaseya initiatives

April 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Project Helios PaaS offering highlights new Kaseya initiatives
Project Helios, which is expected to be generally available sometime next year, will initially complement Kaseya’s core VSA solution, but is likely to be preferred by net-new customers and in the long run could well become Kaseya’s flagship solution.

Cloud

Dell poised to capitalize on today’s tough times: Kevin Peesker

April 9, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell poised to capitalize on today’s tough times: Kevin Peesker
Dell Canada’s president said that while Canada has struggled coming out of the recession, in large part because of an underuse of technology, this offers a great opportunity for Dell today.

Distribution

Podcast: Red Hat Partner Conference and Avnet’s Global Solutions Center

April 9, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: Red Hat Partner Conference and Avnet’s Global Solutions Center
Red Hat Canada country leader Luc Villeneuve and John Beimfohr of Avnet’s main global integration hub join us for this edition of the ChanneBuza.ca Podcast.

Servers

Savision releases new HTML5-based dashboarding tool for Microsoft System Center

April 9, 2015 Mark Cox 1
Savision, a Dutch company who makes business service and cloud management solutions for Microsoft System Center, but whose R&D is mainly in Canada, has released a new dashboarding tool for System Center Operations Manager aimed at more technical users, which complements their flagship Live Maps solution

Servers

SanDisk enhances solid state caching software, unveils new bundles

March 31, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SanDisk enhances solid state caching software, unveils new bundles
Nine separate bundles across the Windows, VMware and Linux platforms give SanDisk a broad range of “device+software” solutions for server-side solid-state caching.