Managed Services

Mobility

Pulse Secure combines VPN, NAC and EMM in new central policy manager

May 7, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The Juniper spinoff previously had separate box-by-box management for the broad range of capabilities it offered, and being able to do everything now through one pane of glass becomes a competitive advantage.

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Jim Bindon, director of Vertical Markets and SolutionsPath Engagement Service for Avnet Technology Solutions Americas

Recent Premera attack proves breaches in healthcare will continue to skyrocket

April 9, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off

Avnet Technology Solutions’ Jim Bindon offers a rundown on the security threats faced in the healthcare industry, and how solution providers can help.

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Liaison Technologies unveils first Data Platform-as-a-Service

April 2, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Liaison has offered enterprise data integration and data management solutions for 15 years, but their new Alloy Platform features exceptionally agile micro-services architecture to handle modern data workloads and deliver the plumbing infrastructure which powers enterprise analytics.

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OnX adds two IT Service Management offerings to its Managed Services division

March 27, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

OnX Managed Services is a fast-growing part of the solution provider’s business, which now accounts for almost 40 per cent of its earnings.

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Greg Myers, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Tech Data Canada.

Tech Data Canada partners with Quatrro to extend partner access to Office 365 via CSP

March 26, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Services relationship will help more resellers meet Microsoft’s support requirements to offer Office 365 via its Cloud Solution Provider program.

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CompTIA to unveil new ultra-simple business model assessment tool

March 18, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Unlike previous CompTIA tools in this area, this one is focused on business models rather than financials, and is designed to be extremely simple to use

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Insite COO Doron Kaminski and F12 CEO Alex Webb

F12 and Insite merge to bring cloud, HaaS together

March 16, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Solution provider merger aims to combine F12’s HaaS and customer support offerings with Insite’s data centre and cloud expertise.

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AppRiver growing channel in Canada

March 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The email and network security provider company has over 100 partners in Canada, a tenth of whom joined in the past year.

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Channel needs to walk fine line on innovation to win today’s SMB business

March 12, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Today’s SMBs want to see evidence of innovation from their trusted advisors, but at the same time, solution providers should avoid falling into a false either-or trap – either you get on the cutting edge and change your business model, or you will be out of business soon.

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Miles Jobgen, director of CompTIA’s Trustmarks program

CompTIA adds Cloud Trustmark+

March 5, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Industry organization CompTIA introduces its first vendor-facing trustmark, a program to certify cloud vendors that are looking to court solution providers.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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