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IT Weapons to be Team Canada for Konica Minolta services following acquisition

September 25, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on IT Weapons to be Team Canada for Konica Minolta services following acquisition
The company’s staff was taken by surprise when the news was announced, and concerns were expressed that their laid-back culture would be changed. IT Weapons will however operate as a subsidiary, nothing will change internally, and the big change will be exposure to 18,000 Konica Minolta Canada customers.

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ACCEO enhances ability to service larger retail chains with Gemmar Systems acquisition

July 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on ACCEO enhances ability to service larger retail chains with Gemmar Systems acquisition
ACCEO continues its drive into the retail space, following up its June acquisition of Multipost with a larger deal in which they acquire GSI, which has many large retail chain clients, and whose solutions are targeted to that larger type of chain retailer.

Software

iDashboards signs on Canadian VAR Phoenix Systems in North American channel push

July 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on iDashboards signs on Canadian VAR Phoenix Systems in North American channel push
Phoenix, which is based in Newmarket, but which has offices across Canada and in the U.S., adds a key partner to iDashboards, which makes visually appealing business intelligence dashboard software.

Cloud

Scalar Decisions acquires Mainland Information Systems to create Canadian integration giant

July 7, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scalar Decisions acquires Mainland Information Systems to create Canadian integration giant
Scalar becomes a $300 million dollar company through the deal, strengthens its presence in western Canada, and increases its scalability with the assets acquired. The Mainland brand will remain for the foreseeable future.

Printing and Imaging

Ricoh Canada buys western Canadian VAR Graycon to accelerate managed IT services business

June 30, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ricoh Canada buys western Canadian VAR Graycon to accelerate managed IT services business
Ricoh, which is building up its services business to offset a decline in print volumes, sees Graycon as providing new capabilities for them in the west. The company also suggested they would be interested in a similar acquisition in the east.

Managed Services

Toshiba signs on IT Weapons to take Toshiba-branded IT services to market

June 22, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Toshiba signs on IT Weapons to take Toshiba-branded IT services to market
Having exited the consumer market in Canada, Toshiba is beefing up their B2B offerings, and has partnered with Brampton managed services provider IT Weapons to provide what will be a growing package of services and support.

Solution Provider News

Toronto’s Storage Guardian’s new data centre protects data, business operations

June 18, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Toronto’s Storage Guardian’s new data centre protects data, business operations
Toronto solution provider Storage Guardian has opened a new data centre, which also contains space and facilities to provide temporary office space to customers whose offices are closed by a disaster.

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ACCEO Solutions expands smaller retail footprint with Multipost acquisition

June 11, 2015 Mark Cox 2
The Québec-based solution provider continues its strategic acquisitions by buying Markham ON-based Multipost, which makes POS software for smaller retailers. ACCEO also indicated that more acquisitions are coming in the next few weeks.

Brian Bourne, president of the new New Signature Canada
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Toronto-based CMS Consulting acquired

June 2, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Toronto-based CMS Consulting acquired
CMS Consulting becomes New Signature Canada as budding Microsoft super-VAR expands into Canada.

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Partnering leads to acquisition as Winnipeg’s Powerland buys FACT Computers

May 22, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Partnering leads to acquisition as Winnipeg’s Powerland buys FACT Computers
The deal takes a previous partnering relationship one step further, expands Powerland’s presence in Saskatchewan, and gives them complete control of FACT’s comparatively large pool of technical people, who complement Powerland’s previous shortage of feet on the street in Saskatchewan.