Cisco

Nitin Kawale will head up Rogers' enterprise business unit.
Networking

Cisco’s Kawale heading to Rogers

October 17, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco’s Kawale heading to Rogers
Cisco Canada chief Nitin Kawale will lead the Rogers’ enterprise business, while Cisco Russia GM Bernadette Wightman takes over as Cisco Canada president.

Edison Peres, senior vice president of cloud and managed services at Cisco
Channel Programs

Cisco launches Intercloud fabric, boosts cloud financing

October 2, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco launches Intercloud fabric, boosts cloud financing
Cisco adds another $1 billion to the pot as it launches its Intercloud Fabric and announces new partners, including distributors, for its cloud strategy.

Cisco's Andrew Sage and his connected baseketball on stage at One Ingram Micro
Networking

Cisco: Focus on verticals for IoE success

September 22, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco: Focus on verticals for IoE success
VARs should focus on their existing customers to find the right verticals to target with specific Internet of Things application, a Cisco executive says.

Damian Serjeant, general manager of Cisco Canada’s data centre business.
Cloud

Cisco sees UCS Mini opening up Canadian market

September 4, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco sees UCS Mini opening up Canadian market
Cisco’s new UCS Mini server is designed for the remote office market, but the new entry-level offering opens up the SMB-heavy Canadian market to UCS.

Cloud

Dimension Data launches Canadian cloud data centre

September 3, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dimension Data launches Canadian cloud data centre
In certain sectors, a Canadian cloud data centre is now a de facto requirement, especially in the public sector, health care and financial services, because while it may not be a regulatory requirement, it has become mandatory in many RFPs.

Networking

Linksys continues relaunch with new fully managed switches

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Linksys continues the rebuilding of its brand in the SMB market with the announcement of the first fully managed gigabit switches in its Linksys Business product lineup.

Cathy Meng, CFO of Huawei
Networking

Huawei woos West with message of security, trust

June 19, 2014 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Huawei woos West with message of security, trust
Huawei remains focused on winning back business by preaching network security, stability and integrity.

Steve Dietch, give president of cloud go-to-market at HP.
Channel Programs

HP turns to disties to build Helion Network channel

June 18, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP turns to disties to build Helion Network channel
HP says distributors will play a key role in making its new Helion Network community of interconnected cloud services accessible to the channel.

David McNicholas, US Director of strategic business development at Comstor.
Cloud

Comstor, Presidio team on managed services

June 10, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Comstor, Presidio team on managed services
Presidio managed services and Peak Colo IaaS offering will speed Cisco partners’ move towards cloud service, Comstor says.

server share pie chart
Data Centre

Server market poised for a shakeup

June 4, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Server market poised for a shakeup
New server market share numbers show HP remains in the front position, and will likely stay there after the transition of IBM’s x86 server unit to Lenovo.