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Enterprise mobility solution provider KidoZen sees channel momentum

August 13, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

KidoZen, a very young startup with a mobile app platform which facilitates the development of enterprise mobility solutions, is seeing customer acceptance as it goes against well-known brands like IBM and SAP.

SAP Canada opens first Canadian data centre in Markham

July 29, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

SAP’s new strategic investment in Canada is part of a strategy to help its Canadian channel partners significantly grow their cloud business

IBM enhances partner social media training

July 25, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

IBM has enhanced the Social Media Boot Camps it created two years ago, and has taken the Selling with Social Insights tool on its Partnerworld website live.

IBM CEO Virginia Rometty and Apple CEO Tim Cook strike an alliance to bring iPads and iPhones into the enterprise.

Apple, IBM partner to tackle mobile enterprise

July 16, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

IBM and Apple have formed a partnership to make iPhones and iPad more valuable enterprise tools, and build a new, growth-oriented act for both companies.

IBM unveils new Big Data data management service

July 15, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

IBM debuts Elastic Storage, a software-defined storage-as-a-service offering built on SoftLayer that can be implemented 100% cloud, or on a hybrid model.

Maintenance key to IBM-Lenovo server deal

June 26, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

The deal for IBM to sell its x86 server unit to Lenovo continues to slog through reviews, as government is concerned about national security implications.

Dell wants a piece of the IBM server channel

June 16, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

As Dell channel chief Cheryl Cook sees it, Dell is in a better position to capitalize than rival HP on uncertainty around the IBM/Lenovo server deal.

Marc Dupaquier, General Manager Global Business Partners at IBM

IBM continues push for MSPs

June 5, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

IBM looks to further define its relationship with managed service providers, and is developing new contracts and tools to bring MSPs into its partner mix.