Managed Services

Dan Allaby, Director of Managed and Cloud Services, Avnet Technology Solutions

Seven questions to ask when choosing a cloud service provider

February 19, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off

Avnet Technology Solutions’ Dan Allaby offers some guidance to solution providers looking to add to their lineup of cloud-based services.

Dimension Data Canada deepens western Canada presence with area sales director hire

February 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Alberta’s oil-related problems are leading to more interest in cloud and managed services, which can be funded from operational budgets at a time when staff and capital budgets are being trimmed.

Cisco Canada showing strong momentum in security

January 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Cisco has followed up momentum from the acquisition of Sourcefire, adding new capabilities and services and greatly strengthening Cisco Canada’s security team.

Alert Logic unveils new security suite to manage entire application stack

November 12, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Cloud Defender combines existing Alert Logic solutions with new analytics and security services to provide a fully managed SIEM solution which addresses the entire stack rather than specific applications.

Lisa Matherly, vice president of worldwide partner programs, marketing, and operations at Intel Security

Intel Security renames, revamps McAfee Partner Program

October 27, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

McAfee rebrands partner program under the Intel Security name, announces new names for partner tiers and evolving certification and training requirements.

Internet of Things has strong potential for Canadian MSPs: AVG

October 24, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

AVG’s commercial market strategy is now based around MSPs, who the company thinks are well positioned to handle the additional management tasks that the Internet of Things is bringing.