Mobility

Matt Geer, director of strategic market development at Avnet Embedded
Security

Banking data protection and the red herring of mobile banking vulnerability

September 9, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off on Banking data protection and the red herring of mobile banking vulnerability
The banking industry faces many risks when it comes to securing customer data, but mobile banking is not chief among them, argues Avnet Embedded’s Matt Geer.

Cloud

Canadian small businesses getting more mobile, spending more on software

August 25, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canadian small businesses getting more mobile, spending more on software
Intuit’s 2015 Small Business App Study also finds Canadians are spending more on software to run their businesses than Americans, and plan to boost this in the future.

Cloud

Sage X3 moves enterprise ERP solution into the cloud

July 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage X3 moves enterprise ERP solution into the cloud
The new Sage X3 is the company’s top-of-the-line product in what the company is no longer calling ERP, a term it has announced it is abolishing because it has historically imposed Expense Regret and Pain on customers.

Big Data

Canada needs to move beyond traditional IT: Dell

July 6, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canada needs to move beyond traditional IT: Dell
Canadian organizations are not as far along the transition to the new IT as some in other countries, so Dell’s global strategy of forming deep ISV alliances to create Dell Blueprints to help customers make that transition seems particularly relevant here.

Printing and Imaging

New HP Access Control features should enhance print channel opportunities

June 18, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New HP Access Control features should enhance print channel opportunities
A new Proactive Print Advisor service is another strong channel play in a series of new and enhanced print solutions and services HP has announced.

Shawn Rosemarin, executive director for architecture and professional services at VMware Canada
Mobility

VMware adds identity management to mobility portfolio

June 16, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware adds identity management to mobility portfolio
VMware sees opportunities for its traditional partners, AirWatch partners, and new types of partners with new Identity Manager.

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

Tech Data Canada doubles down on managed services

June 8, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data Canada doubles down on managed services
Tech Data inks deals with Intel Security and Mobi, showing the further inclusion of vendor offerings in the emerging “subscription economy” in the channel.

Distribution

Video: Inside Tech Data Canada’s Business Builder Tour

May 25, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Video: Inside Tech Data Canada’s Business Builder Tour
ChannelBuzz.ca catches up with Tech Data Canada’s Ed Galasso and HP Canada’s Phil Smith from the distributor’s Toronto Business Builder Tour stop.

Cheryl Neal, vice president of supplier business management for security and networking solutions with Avnet Technology Solutions in the Americas.
Networking

Increase your business opportunity in SDN by asking these 8 questions

May 25, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Increase your business opportunity in SDN by asking these 8 questions
Cheryl Neal of Avnet Technology Solutions offers solution providers eight questions that can maximize their software-defined networking (SDN) business.

Mobility

BlackBerry to strengthen mobile security with WatchDox acquisition

April 23, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on BlackBerry to strengthen mobile security with WatchDox acquisition
BlackBerry continues its strong rebound from what was widely seen as a deathwatch not that long ago by acquiring WatchDox, which will also form the basis of a new security-focused BlackBerry R&D center in Israel.