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Mixed messages from Microsoft survey on Canadian business use of cloud

November 19, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The study found 85 per cent of Canadian businesses admit they aren’t fully using benefits of new technology, but on the other hand, their attitude towards adoption, particularly of cloud, is better than in last year’s survey.

New Signature purchases Toronto-based imason

November 3, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Washington DC-based New Signature continues its expansion into Canada, buying Toronto-based application development specialist imason.

Veeam CEO lays out three-pronged strategy going forward

October 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Deepening enterprise penetration, increasing cloud business, and improving attach rate on partner VMware and Microsoft sales are at the top of Veeam’s agenda for this year.

Dell, Microsoft extend partnership with new Cloud Platform System Standard

October 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The long-time partners say their co-engineered hybrid cloud offering will greatly expand the addressable market for Azure, by making it more affordable and accessible for companies leery of the cost of hybrid cloud deployments.

Sage sees three-way synergies with Salesforce in new Microsoft partnering deal

September 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Sage sees the tighter integration with Microsoft platform as good news for Sage partners, and for Microsoft partners looking to benefit from Sage Live’s innovation.

New analytics, productivity app integrations to highlight Microsoft Dynamics release

September 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

While the new Dynamics CRM 2016 isn’t scheduled for release until Q4, there are some major changes here which will interest partners, some of which should lead to new opportunities.

Ingram Micro execs tout Canadian momentum at CompTIA event

August 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The distributor’s major announcement at CompTIA is not, however, available in Canada yet.

Tech Data StreamOne enhancements to transform reseller businesses

August 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

White-labelled StreamOne is piloting now and still on target for Q4. Because Tech Data owns the IP for it, this could result in other applications, like hardware as a service, at some point.

Security heart of theme HP wants partners to sell around Windows 10

July 23, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

In addition to a host of new Windows 10 products, HP is launching an aggressive campaign to help partners sell them, especially into 10-100 person organizations.