Tag Archive for digital transformation

Tech Data adds Robotic Process Automation solutions to line card in U.S. and Canada with Automation Anywhere partnership

Automation Anywhere’s software robotics will allow partners involved in business process automation to scale it up more rapidly and at lower cost.

A tale of two transformations: Adobe and Best Buy on digitally reinventing themselves

Adobe kicked off its Adobe Summit customer event in Las Vegas with its CEO explaining how Adobe ate its own dog food to digitally transform and fundamentally reshape what had been a successful business. He was then followed by Best Buy’s CEO, who described how his company had followed the same strategy to revitalize a company that had been on many endangered lists.

Microsoft Canada integrator partners evolving to meet needs of changing AI market

Systems integrators Adastra, Lixar and Shalom, all of whom had a major presence at Microsoft’s recent forum around AI, talked with ChannelBuzz at the event about what they are doing to be successful in the space.

Microsoft Canada highlights Canadian AI initiatives at Future Now 2019 event

Microsoft holds this annual event both to demonstrate Microsoft’s position on the cutting edge of new technology, and to inspire customers and prospects in attendance with examples of how Canadians have had strong results putting these concepts into practice.

Konica Minolta reboots Workplace Hub as workplace of future focus, with new dealer resources

Konica Minolta’s Workplace Hub has been on the market for over a year, but the company thinks that what it sees as a ‘next-gen’ product is now ready for prime time with their dealer channel, and so they featured it heavily at their Dealer Conference.

WhiteHat CEO explains why being acquired by NTT Security helps both WhiteHat and their channel partners

WhiteHat will operate as an independent subsidiary of NTT Security and retain both its name and its brand. They provide NTT with a capability it did not have in-house before at all, while receiving access to NTT’s broader array of security services. Initial feedback from partners at the RSA event was highly positive.

Konica Minolta continues to hammer home messaging that traditional imaging dealers must evolve businesses

Something old was new again at the Konica Minolta 2019 Dealer Conference, as the company emphasized how and why dealers need to update their business to deal with digital transformation – which has been a recurring theme at the event in recent years

The ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast Live at Activate Digital 2019

The ChannelBuzz.ca Podcatst comes to you from Activiate Digital 2019, a digital transformation conference held by Long View Systems. We talk to Dave Frederickson, Rola Dagher, Paula Hodgins, and Paolo Del Nibletto.

New Masergy CEO looks to double down on channel

Masergy has been expanding its efforts with IT-based partners as well as traditional telco ones over the last year, and new CEO James Parker wants to intensify both, while also getting a higher percentage of partners to be very highly engaged.

Symantec extends their Zero Trust portfolio to corporate application access with Luminate Security acquisition

Symantec had already been partnered with the Israeli-based startup, which has only been selling for a couple of quarters, and following the signing of some very large deals, they decided to acquire them.

Box Canada leader Adam Drew reworks sales team, reaches out to Canadian channel

Adam Drew, who recently was named Box country VP for Canada, has reworked Box’s internal sales teams to improve vertical focus, and is looking to add high-value partners to further the company’s enterprise strategy.

ServiceNow looks to continue channel momentum in Canada as company business surges

ServiceNow’s Canadian general manager Marc LeCuyer talked with ChannelBuzz about the company’s momentum in Canada, broadening its offerings to digitize workflows and enhance customer experience, with the growth in their channel business playing a critical role.

Outsourcing tech development in the digital economy driving OEM business growth

A new study commissioned by Dell EMC and Intel found that 93 per cent of enterprise customers surveyed believe that OEM partnerships accelerate product and services innovation, with the numbers being highest in banking and finance, and in media and technology.

Armughan Ahmad to drive digital transformation as Canadian Managing Partner of digital and technology solutions at KPMG in Canada

Dell EMC and HP alumnus Armughan Ahmad talks about his move to KPMG in Canada, and how he intends to accelerate their digital transformation business, which will include increasing the work KPMG does with the IT channel.

Canadian data in Dell Digital Transformation Index improves in context of just-released global numbers

Canadian organizations are progressing fairly slowly at the higher levels of digital adaptation, but there has been significant movement from the less advanced ranks, and compared to global numbers being released today, the Canadian numbers released last fall look better in comparison.

HPE extends hybrid cloud composable strategy with HPE Composable Cloud

The big announcement is that the composable capabilities of HPE Synergy has now been extended to rack server environments, but there are several other related goodies, including the expansion of the InfoSight predictive analytics from HPE Nimble beyond storage to all of the infrastructure.

‘We want to be your transformation partner’: Boomi CEO Chris McNabb

On the first day of the main Boomi World event, the CEO laid out the company’s vision, and, joined by Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, laid out how Boomi customers can both expand beyond integration on the Boomi platform, and leverage the other Dell Technologies companies.

Boomi continues to build out partner program introduced this spring

Boomi VP of Global Business Development David Tavolaro said that measured by partner enthusiasm, the Partner Summit at Boomi World 18 was a major success. He also emphasized that the partner program has continued to evolve successfully since its April inception.

Canadian data in Dell Technologies Digital Leaders study show relative lack of progress

Canadian businesses still aren’t that far along the path to digital transformation. The plus side for partners is that many of them know it, and fear the consequences.