data centre

Grant Aitken
Data Centre

QuickVid: VMware and the Software-Defined Data Centre

October 2, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on QuickVid: VMware and the Software-Defined Data Centre
VMware Canada chief Grant Aitken discusses the company’s strategy for furthering the virtualization market and what it will mean for solution providers

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

Greg Davis, vice president of channels, Dell
Channel Programs

Dell’s channel focus shifts to certifications

September 18, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dell’s channel focus shifts to certifications
As Dell’s channel matures, its goals have evolved from pure partner recruitment to partner education and development

Pivotal CEO Paul Maritz
Featured Post

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

Patty Gray, Westcon's VP of global vendor relationships
Distribution

Westcon looks to ramp up F5 business as first global distributor

July 31, 2012 Robert Dutt 1
The networking-focused VAD sees the vendor’s emerging security focus as an opportunity to grow

Windows 8.1 Logo
Featured Post

Microsoft eyes October launch for Windows 8

July 9, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Microsoft eyes October launch for Windows 8
Launch date confirmed, but Microsoft fails to scratch the Surface at WPC

Tim FitzGerald Avnet
Cloud

Avnet adds off-premise capabilities to its cloud lineup

May 31, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet adds off-premise capabilities to its cloud lineup
Partnership with Savvis first step in building hosted solutions linecard

Tony Vottima Avnet
Distribution

HP inks Avnet as first ServiceOne distributor

May 8, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP inks Avnet as first ServiceOne distributor
Avnet Technology Solutions building implementation team two-dozen people strong for HP-branded services

Clouds
Cloud

HP unveils Converged Cloud framework

April 10, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP unveils Converged Cloud framework
HP public cloud apps out of beta, headed for the channel soon

Dell Canada commercial channels marketing manager Gilles Philippe
Channel Programs

Dell adds cloud certification to PartnerDirect

March 29, 2012 Robert Dutt 1
New program aims to move solution providers up the Dell channel stack