Cloud

Rob Adley, vice president of enterprise server sales, HP Canada
Cloud

HP opens Canadian Centre of Excellence to partners

October 18, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP opens Canadian Centre of Excellence to partners
Facility at company’s Mississauga, Ont. Headquarters aims to educate customers on high-priority solutions

IBM Data Centre Opening
Cloud

IBM opens Barrie, Ont. Leadership Data Centre

September 26, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IBM opens Barrie, Ont. Leadership Data Centre
IBM Canada president looks to partners as both clients and resellers for hosting and backup/recovery services

Pivotal CEO Paul Maritz
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VMware’s Maritz: Mission (virtually) accomplished

August 30, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware’s Maritz: Mission (virtually) accomplished
VMware, its customers and partners have come a long way in four years, but the departing CEO sees more change ahead

Bob Skelley, executive director of global certified partner programs at Dell
Channel Programs

Dell adds desktop virtualization to PartnerDirect mix

August 27, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dell adds desktop virtualization to PartnerDirect mix
Vendors adds new program on the heels of its purchase of Wyse

Canadian Money
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CA ARCserve rebate looks to cash in on backup switch trend

August 21, 2012 Guest Poster Comments Off on CA ARCserve rebate looks to cash in on backup switch trend
At a time when Gartner says 30 per cent of customers are looking to switch backup vendors, CA is trying to ensure that it (and its resellers) pick up share

Dimension Data Americas CEO Jere Brown
Channel Programs

Dimension Data seeks service providers for cloud partner program

August 8, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dimension Data seeks service providers for cloud partner program
Solution provider aims to accelerate SP’s time to market for cloud services

Headstones
Servers

Is Microsoft Small Business Server Really Gone?

July 12, 2012 Stuart Crawford Comments Off on Is Microsoft Small Business Server Really Gone?
Stuart Crawford reflects on the life and times of one of Microsoft’s most polarizing products

server sales are up, but revenues are not following
Featured Post

Canadian businesses embrace big data for big decisions

July 12, 2012 Chris Talbot Comments Off on Canadian businesses embrace big data for big decisions
Avanade/Wakefield research shows that Canuck execs are turning to analytics more frequently

Microsoft Office 365
Channel Programs

Microsoft to let partners bill for Office 365

July 9, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Microsoft to let partners bill for Office 365
Move will allow MSPs to add cloud service to their lineup, but what does it mean for third-party hosts?

HP CEO Meg Whitman
Cloud

HP’s Whitman: R&D will overcome infrastructure commoditization

June 5, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP’s Whitman: R&D will overcome infrastructure commoditization
CEO outlines plans to re-establish HP as engineering- and innovation-driven company