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In The Channel

Compugen’s Stéphan Wener on winning HPE Canada Solution Provider of the Year – and why ‘HPE is a different company’

June 24, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Compugen’s Stéphan Wener on winning HPE Canada Solution Provider of the Year – and why ‘HPE is a different company’
Recorded on-site at HPE Discover in Las Vegas, this episode features Compugen chief customer officer Stéphan Wener on the company’s HPE Canada Solution Provider of the Year win, its new Triple Platinum Plus status, and what he’s seeing from Canadian customers navigating AI infrastructure decisions.

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HPE Financial Services’ Brad Shapiro on new partner financing offers and the ITAD opportunity in AI refreshes

June 19, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HPE Financial Services’ Brad Shapiro on new partner financing offers and the ITAD opportunity in AI refreshes
Brad Shapiro of HPE Financial Services explains new partner financing offers including the 90/9 Advantage, the rationale behind a 150 per cent credit expansion, and how IT asset disposition is becoming a critical piece of the AI infrastructure refresh.

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HPE compute software VP Justin McGarry on why Compute Ops Management is a business growth platform for MSPs

June 18, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HPE compute software VP Justin McGarry on why Compute Ops Management is a business growth platform for MSPs
HPE’s Justin McGarry makes the case at HPE Discover 2026 that Compute Ops Management has evolved beyond server monitoring into a platform that lets MSPs deliver higher-margin services at scale – with AI-driven sustainability forecasting and early agentic capabilities on the roadmap.

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All in on Dell: Turning Point’s Josh Singh on the single-vendor bet, AI for SMB, and why backup is the last line of defense

June 11, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on All in on Dell: Turning Point’s Josh Singh on the single-vendor bet, AI for SMB, and why backup is the last line of defense
Josh Singh of Turning Point – the Vancouver solution provider that operates exclusively on Dell in the data center – brings a rare dual perspective to DTW: nearly a decade inside Dell followed by leading sales at one of Canada’s most committed Dell partners. The conversation covers AI adoption, data resilience, and navigating a market in disruption.

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It all comes back to storage: ESTI’s Earl Gosick on AI infrastructure, cyber resilience, and the Prairie data center opportunity

June 10, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on It all comes back to storage: ESTI’s Earl Gosick on AI infrastructure, cyber resilience, and the Prairie data center opportunity
Storage specialist Earl Gosick of ESTI Consulting Services brings a 35-year Prairies perspective to Dell Technologies World, covering AI infrastructure economics, the reality of cyber recovery, and a genuinely compelling data center opportunity building in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

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Outcomes before hardware: Microserve CTO Nigel Brown on AI readiness, tokenomics, and resilience from Dell Technologies World

May 27, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Outcomes before hardware: Microserve CTO Nigel Brown on AI readiness, tokenomics, and resilience from Dell Technologies World
Microserve CTO Nigel Brown was on the floor at Dell Technologies World last week and came away with a practitioner’s take on what the AI announcements really mean for Canadian partners – and the clients who aren’t quite ready for them yet.

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On site at ServiceNow Knowledge: What the agentic business actually looks like from a Canadian vantage point

May 8, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on On site at ServiceNow Knowledge: What the agentic business actually looks like from a Canadian vantage point
Recorded live at Knowledge 2026 in Las Vegas, Robert Dutt sits down with Cristin Gooderham of ServiceNow Canada to unpack what a week of big agentic AI announcements actually means for Canadian enterprises and the partners who serve them.

Podcasts

The Buzz: inforcer brings shadow AI monitoring to MSPs, SUSE launches sovereign partner specialization, and Cayosoft targets the Microsoft identity migration gap

May 8, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on The Buzz: inforcer brings shadow AI monitoring to MSPs, SUSE launches sovereign partner specialization, and Cayosoft targets the Microsoft identity migration gap
Today on The Buzz: inforcer’s Copilot Manager gives MSPs a new lens on shadow AI, SUSE formalizes a sovereign cloud path for channel partners, and Cayosoft reframes Microsoft identity migration as a managed practice.

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The Buzz: ServiceNow makes the case for “Agentic Business” as it repositions as an AI governance platform

May 6, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on The Buzz: ServiceNow makes the case for “Agentic Business” as it repositions as an AI governance platform
At Knowledge 2026 in Las Vegas, ServiceNow is moving past the AI pilot conversation entirely. A new “Go Live AI” satisfaction guarantee, a live prompt injection demo, and FedEx production numbers are ServiceNow’s argument that the agentic era is operational — and that governance is the new competitive moat.

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Sustainability is now a procurement gating factor in Canada: HP’s Frances Edmonds on what that means for MSPs

May 5, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Sustainability is now a procurement gating factor in Canada: HP’s Frances Edmonds on what that means for MSPs
HP Canada’s Frances Edmonds has spent 30 years making the business case for sustainability. On this episode of In The Channel, she explains why Canadian MSPs and resellers are running out of time to treat it as optional.