Solution Provider News

Two western VARs show value of partnering

April 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

A Winnipeg VAR focused on mid-sized to larger customers, and a Regina-based and SMB-focused VAR whose business concentrates on services, have developed a partnership where the Saskatchewan company provides break-fix services and other support to the Winnipeg company’s Saskatchewan-based customers.

OnX adds two IT Service Management offerings to its Managed Services division

March 27, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

OnX Managed Services is a fast-growing part of the solution provider’s business, which now accounts for almost 40 per cent of its earnings.

Insite COO Doron Kaminski and F12 CEO Alex Webb

F12 and Insite merge to bring cloud, HaaS together

March 16, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Solution provider merger aims to combine F12’s HaaS and customer support offerings with Insite’s data centre and cloud expertise.

Channel needs to walk fine line on innovation to win today’s SMB business

March 12, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Today’s SMBs want to see evidence of innovation from their trusted advisors, but at the same time, solution providers should avoid falling into a false either-or trap – either you get on the cutting edge and change your business model, or you will be out of business soon.

Dimension Data Canada deepens western Canada presence with area sales director hire

February 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Alberta’s oil-related problems are leading to more interest in cloud and managed services, which can be funded from operational budgets at a time when staff and capital budgets are being trimmed.

Robert Bracey, president of Quartet Services

Quartet expands Office 365 reach with En Vogue purchase

February 2, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Quartet Services is looking to advance its own growing Office 365 practice by purchasing fellow Toronto-based MSP and O365 specialist En Vogue Computers.

Dimension Data rolls out globally standardized managed services for data centres

September 16, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

The solution provider looks to capitalize on a trend where 70 per cent of private cloud adopters will utilize third parties to manage their environments.