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Optiv continues to build out Canadian presence, adding three new executives

June 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Optiv continues to build out Canadian presence, adding three new executives
Debbie Heiser has moved to a new position, as vice president, Canadian services delivery, while Daina Proctor has been appointed as a regional director for the National Capital Region and Western Canada. Osman Baig is now a regional director for Optiv in Toronto.

Data Centre

Dimension Data sees strong prospects for BPO expansion in Canada with Millennium 1 acquisition

June 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dimension Data sees strong prospects for BPO expansion in Canada with Millennium 1 acquisition
Millennium 1’s executives have all signed on long-term with Merchants, the Dimension Data subsidiary, and the plan in Canada is to build on Millennium’s rapid expansion by growing the business in verticals where Merchants is strong.

Backup

Strong SMB momentum makes Cohesity first winner of SHI’s Emerging Partner of the Year award

March 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Strong SMB momentum makes Cohesity first winner of SHI’s Emerging Partner of the Year award
Cohesity also met another key criteria for the award, that a vendor provide clear and consistent support to the channel.

Backup

IT Cloud launching BDR appliance service with StorageCraft tech for small Canadian MSPs

January 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IT Cloud launching BDR appliance service with StorageCraft tech for small Canadian MSPs
IT Cloud Solutions is also now offering StorageCraft Cloud Backup for Microsoft Office 365 to their MSPs.

Security

ISA expands incident response capabilities with preparedness-focused service

December 21, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on ISA expands incident response capabilities with preparedness-focused service
Proactive preparation for an attack is the key element of the six-step process at the heart of the new ISA Incident Response Readiness Service.

Security

Optiv Canada doubles size with Conexsys acquisition, as part of major Canadian expansion

November 24, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Optiv Canada doubles size with Conexsys acquisition, as part of major Canadian expansion
Cybersecurity giant Optiv has been building up the skeletal presence in Canada that existed when the company was formed in 2015. They have made Canada a priority, and with the integration of Conexsys, raise the size of the Canadian operation to 48 staff – up from seven two years ago.

Harry Zarek, president of Compugen
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Compugen adds Apple in enterprise push

November 1, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Compugen adds Apple in enterprise push
Compugen signs Apple to include Macs and iOS devices in device-as-a-service model, eyes vertical bundles using App Store apps.

Solution Provider News

Pure Storage upgrades Canadian investment to meet market opportunity

June 14, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage upgrades Canadian investment to meet market opportunity
Pure Storage recently appointed their first-ever Canadian country manager, and Canada channel manager as part of this increased focus.

Software

Calgary’s Harvest Ventures reaping bumper crop from refocused Macola

April 24, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Calgary’s Harvest Ventures reaping bumper crop from refocused Macola
Exact Macola’s largest Canadian partner is benefiting from the company’s reinvigorated channel focus, and sees great potential for Canadian customers in the new Macola product release.

Cloud

Vancouver systems integrator TriNimbus sees massive potential in new AWS announcements

December 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Vancouver systems integrator TriNimbus sees massive potential in new AWS announcements
TriNimbus, AWS’ only Premier partner in Canada, highlighted several of the many AWS announcements at the AWS re:Invent show as being highly relevant to their customer base – as well as one that will have less direct short term relevance, but longer term will likely have massive significance.