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Tech Data’s full StreamOne coming to Canada

by Robert Dutt • October 27, 2014

Phil Filippelli, vice president of eBusiness at Tech Data

Tech Data will bring its full StreamOne cloud, SaaS and app store to Canada in the next month as it continues to take the platform global.

Connected Data introduces Transporter channel play with private business cloud device

by Mark Cox • October 21, 2014

Transporter Genesis becomes the company’s first non-Drobo product to be a strong channel offering, and will heavily leverage the Drobo channel to go to market.

Podcast: Cisco on Intercloud and Citrix on Mobility

by Robert Dutt • October 20, 2014

Roy Purtill, vice president of cloud computing at Cisco Canada

Cisco’s Roy Purtill and Citrix’s Michael Murphy join the podcast to discuss their companies’ latest
moves in the cloud and mobility spaces respectively.

SAP shifting Business ByDesign model to be more partner driven

by Mark Cox • October 17, 2014

Last year rumours surfaced that SAP was shutting Business ByDesign down, but instead it has moved it to the HANA platform, given it its own general manager, and changed its go-to-market model to better leverage partners.

CompTIA Canadian group rebrands, expands focus

by Robert Dutt • October 15, 2014

CompTIA’s Canadian IT Community eyes expanded national focus, membership drive, creation of trustmark for Canadian IT solution providers.

Video: Talking Packaged Cloud with Avnet’s Tim FitzGerald

by Robert Dutt • October 14, 2014

Tim FitzGerald, vice president of cloud solutions at Avnet Technology Solutions

Avnet Technology Solutions cloud boss TimFitzGerald discusses Packaged Cloud strategy and outlines benefits for both solution providers and their customers.

Cisco launches Intercloud fabric, boosts cloud financing

by Robert Dutt • October 2, 2014

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

Cisco adds another $1 billion to the pot as it launches its Intercloud Fabric and announces new partners, including distributors, for its cloud strategy.

BlueData launches software to create Big Data private cloud experience on-prem

by Mark Cox • September 17, 2014

Blue Data says their technology makes it possible to build 100 node Hadoop and Spark clusters in less than ten minutes, and get the same kind of on-premise Big Data as the huge cloud companies at a fraction of the cost.

HP aims to boost printing security

by Robert Dutt • September 5, 2014

Edmund Wingate, vice president of solutions for laser and enterprise solutions at HP

HP introduces new technologies it says will help introduce the kind of security businesses are used to in the PC environment into the print world.

Nutanix welcomes VMware to hyper-converged fray

by Robert Dutt • September 3, 2014

Greg Smith, senior director of product and technical marketing at Nutanix.

With new funding and new markets to tap, Nutanix sees the debut of VMware’s Evo family of products as evidence for further convergence of infrastructure.

VMware adds $10B to expected TAM

by Robert Dutt • August 26, 2014

VMware president and COO Carl Eschenbach

VMware sees growth in cloud and end user computing, and tells partners it has to shift its sales motion as it becomes much more than a one-product company.

Ingram Micro launches six of their own hosted services in Canada

by Mark Cox • August 22, 2014

Ingram Micro Cloud has also launched a new Cloud Elevate program, in which Ingram partners who register as a partner in Ingram’s Cloud Marketplace by September 30th will receive free Ingram Micro-hosted solutions with $100 credit a month.

Nutanix adds hybrid cloud, high performance appliance

by Mark Cox • August 19, 2014

Nutanix believes the ability to offer public cloud capacity, together with a more powerful appliance, will make them the go-to vendor for any enterprise converged infrastructure project.

Zetta.net brings full server image backups to the cloud

by Mark Cox • August 18, 2014

Zetta.net, which has a strong MSP business, can now make full server image backups directly to the cloud, without requiring an appliance or a staging drive.

Linksys continues relaunch with new fully managed switches

by Mark Cox • August 1, 2014

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.