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Canada moves up in BSA’s cloud-readiness rankings

March 14, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Canada moves up in BSA’s cloud-readiness rankings
Intellectual property laws and improved access bump Canada up to ninth, but there’s still work to be done around security and accessibility

Dan Baigent, senior director of business development for HP Cloud
Channel Programs

HP to open public cloud up to partners

March 6, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP to open public cloud up to partners
New programs will allow solution providers to refer, and eventually resell, HP public cloud services

Tim Billing, vice president of vendor management, Ingram Micro Canada
Distribution

Ingram gets Microsoft Lync exclusive

January 22, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram gets Microsoft Lync exclusive
Distributor chosen to rep Microsoft’s full UC line in Canada

Ed Abrams, vice president of marketing for small and medium business at IBM
Featured Post

IBM to make $4 billion in financing available through channel

November 26, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IBM to make $4 billion in financing available through channel
Big Blue’s financing efforts include a new mobile app that speeds partners’ efforts to get customer projects funded

VMware Canada president Eric Gales
Featured Post

Eric Gales named VMware Canada boss

November 8, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Eric Gales named VMware Canada boss
Former Microsoft Canada chief takes the reins at virtualization giant

Inside the 20-foot HP POD visiting HP Canada's Mississauga, Ont. headquarters
Data Centre

HP sees channel gold in them there PODs

November 7, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP sees channel gold in them there PODs
Portable data centre modules present opportunities for infrastructure partners and service providers alike, HP says

Dell Enterprise Business president Marius Haas
Data Centre

Dell targets HP and Cisco with Active Infrastructure play

October 23, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dell targets HP and Cisco with Active Infrastructure play
Converged compute, storage, networking and management play runs the gamut from SMB to enterprise, vendor says

Mike DeCesare, president of McAfee
Security

McAfee’s DeCesare has positive outlook for security market’s future

October 23, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on McAfee’s DeCesare has positive outlook for security market’s future
Despite more, and more sophisticated, malware, McAfee co-president bullish that change is coming

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

Ed Abrams, vice president of marketing for small and medium business at IBM
Channel Programs

IBM makes big MSP push

October 4, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IBM makes big MSP push
New programs acknowledge MSPs are different from other partners, Big Blue executive says