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Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst spoke on cloud community issues at RHNAPC
Cloud

Participation trumps technology in cloud: Red Hat CEO

January 14, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Participation trumps technology in cloud: Red Hat CEO
Solution providers looking to place bets in cloud efforts should consider the nature of the community over the nature of its technology, Jim Whitehust says.

David De Abreu, vice president, partner organization, Cisco Canada
Channel Programs

Cisco Canada Channel Chief on New Role, Goals for 2014

December 27, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco Canada Channel Chief on New Role, Goals for 2014
Cisco Canada channel chief David De Abreu talks about his new position and goals for the networking giant’s Canadian partner organization.

John Chambers at Cisco Live
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Cisco Slashes Forecast, Foresees Tough Times

December 16, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Cisco Slashes Forecast, Foresees Tough Times
Cisco Systems says its growth will slow in the coming year as demand for its core networking products slows and sales in emerging markets cool.

HP Enterprise Groupd chief Bill Veghte
Cloud

HP: Cloud Is a Partner Play

December 11, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP: Cloud Is a Partner Play
HP Enterprise Group chief Bill Veghte suggests that HP’s cloud goal is to help partners build clouds, minimizes the role of the vendor’s own public cloud.

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Channel Programs

HP and Cisco: Head-to-Head Again in Las Vegas

December 5, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP and Cisco: Head-to-Head Again in Las Vegas
HP and Cisco once again plan their partner confabs for the same time. In 2014, both will descend on Las Vegas for a busy week of channel news.

Cisco Canada's Rebecca Leach on security
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Three Technology Security Concerns every Small Business Must Prepare For

December 5, 2013 Guest Poster 1
Cisco’s Rebecca Leach on new IT risks, defining requirements, and security in the cloud and BYOD era.

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ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast: Cisco’s Gidwani and VMware’s Gales

November 11, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast: Cisco’s Gidwani and VMware’s Gales
Shanti Gidwani of Cisco Canada discusses healthcare opportunities, and VMWare Canada boss Eric Gales discusses the hiring of Donna Wittmann.

Donna Wittmann, new executive director, channels, alliances and commercial sales, VMware Canada
Channel Programs

VMware’s Wittmann To Build Out Canadian Channel Plans

November 7, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware’s Wittmann To Build Out Canadian Channel Plans
Donna Wittmann, new executive director, channels, alliances and commercial sales, VMware Canada

Cisco's Nexus 9000 family is a big part of its Insieme Application-Centric Infrastructure Play
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Cisco Unveils Insieme Plans: Application-Centric Infrastructure

November 7, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco Unveils Insieme Plans: Application-Centric Infrastructure
Cisco unveils plans to purchase the rest of spin-in Insieme Networks, and to use their technology to power a new assault on software-defined networking,

FlexPod
Data Centre

Cisco, NetApp Up the FlexPod Ante

November 1, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Cisco, NetApp Up the FlexPod Ante
FlexPod enhancements include improved automation of integrated infrastructure, new business continuity solutions, reference architectures including Citrix.