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SAP Canada opens first Canadian data centre in Markham

July 29, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on SAP Canada opens first Canadian data centre in Markham
SAP’s new strategic investment in Canada is part of a strategy to help its Canadian channel partners significantly grow their cloud business

Theresa Caragol, vice president of global channel at Extreme Networks.
Channel Programs

Extreme Networks targets new partners with new channel program

July 16, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Extreme Networks targets new partners with new channel program
Fresh off its merger with Enterasys, Extreme Networks says its new partner program reflects the fact that the combined vendor is now a channel company.

Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise Group
Cloud

Microsoft adds Azure to Open Licensing

July 14, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Microsoft adds Azure to Open Licensing
Microsoft claims great momentum for its Azure cloud offerings. But making it available to partners through open licensing should cause further acceleration.

Anton Granic, Senior Director, Nutanix Canada.
Data Centre

Nutanix tackling Canadian data centre infrastructure market

July 8, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix tackling Canadian data centre infrastructure market
Storage contender Nutanix is finding its niche in Canada, growing to 16 people in 16 months and bucking the trend of managing Canada from the U.S.

Patrick Eitenbichler, director of PartnerOne strategy at HP
Channel Programs

HP aims to woo would-be Lenovo partners

June 4, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP aims to woo would-be Lenovo partners
HP takes its turn as the disruptor, publicly courting IBM partners and customers that will be sent over when the Lenovo deal closes.

Edison Peres will now lead Cisco's Intercloud partner strategy
Channel Programs

Cisco’s Intercloud gets channel chief, more partners

June 2, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco’s Intercloud gets channel chief, more partners
Cisco announces new partners for its Intercloud effort and assigns channel chief Edison Peres to lead its cloud channel charge.

Randy Milthorpe, business development manager for HP Cloud at HP Canada.
Channel Programs

HP brings cloud partner programs to Canada

May 14, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP brings cloud partner programs to Canada
HP Canada introduces new partner programs for cloud builders, and those who seek to resell HP’s public and managed cloud offerings.

Jeremy Burton, president of EMC’s Information Infrastructure business
Featured Post

EMC, “Federation” to offer joint solutions, link partner programs

May 8, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC, “Federation” to offer joint solutions, link partner programs
EMC, VMware, RSA, Pivotal, VCE will align programs and offer integrated solutions, but remain independent in working with others.

EMC CEO Joe Tucci
Featured Post

EMC buys enterprise flash startup DSSD

May 5, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC buys enterprise flash startup DSSD
EMC’s latest purchase will help it get to all-flash arrays in the hundreds of terabytes, focusing on Big Data apps like Hadoop and SAP HANA.

Chris Sullivan, vice president of channel and investor alliances for VCE
Channel Programs

Cisco, EMC close ranks for new VCE partner program

May 1, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco, EMC close ranks for new VCE partner program
VCE, Cisco, and EMC come together for their first joint partner program, aiming to get partners to elevate the conversation around converged infrastructure.