Productivity

Backup

Pax8 strengthens backup portfolio with addition of Singapore-based Dropsuite to line card

October 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pax8 strengthens backup portfolio with addition of Singapore-based Dropsuite to line card
Pax8 bolsters MSP choices in email archiving and Office 365 backup with Dropsuite, while emphasizing that they have some technology and pricing features that partners should find attractive.

Software

Clari expands visibility into early stage sales accounts with new module for machine learning sales platform

March 8, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Clari expands visibility into early stage sales accounts with new module for machine learning sales platform
Clari Team Activity provides visibility into additional prospects who are not yet considered as pipeline sales opportunities, enabling sales managers to deal with potential problems in real time. and funneling additional data back into a company’s CRM system.

Backup

IT Cloud launching BDR appliance service with StorageCraft tech for small Canadian MSPs

January 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IT Cloud launching BDR appliance service with StorageCraft tech for small Canadian MSPs
IT Cloud Solutions is also now offering StorageCraft Cloud Backup for Microsoft Office 365 to their MSPs.

Big Data

Looking Ahead to the Business Trends Shaping 2018—And Beyond

December 15, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Looking Ahead to the Business Trends Shaping 2018—And Beyond
Nancy Teixeira, VP of Scale-up and Enterprise, Sage, discusses some key trends that businesses will have to prepare for in 2018.

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Channel Programs

Cisco innovation chiefs stress ecosystems

September 26, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco innovation chiefs stress ecosystems
From augmented reality to IOT, there are no digital transformation without ecosystems, say leaders of four of Cisco’s nine global innovation centres.

Mary Ann Yule, president of HP Canada
Printing and Imaging

Why A3 is a smart play for channel partners

May 30, 2017 Guest Poster Comments Off on Why A3 is a smart play for channel partners
HP Canada president Mary Ann Yule on how partners can benefit from a hot market for A3 printers.

Citrix CEO Kirill Tatarinov
Cloud

Citrix eyes unified cloud workspace

May 25, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Citrix eyes unified cloud workspace
Citrix announces Workspace Service, which brings its multi-device application and document access products together under a cloud sign-on.

Cloud

How cloud accounting leads to making smarter decisions

March 16, 2017 Guest Poster Comments Off on How cloud accounting leads to making smarter decisions
A Sage Software business partner details five reasons why businesses should turn to cloud accounting to keep track of their finances.

Cloud

Jive, inContact, and Polycom announce UCaaS technology predictions

February 13, 2017 Guest Poster Comments Off on Jive, inContact, and Polycom announce UCaaS technology predictions
Jive Communications, inContact, and Polycom share their top predictions for 2017 in the unified communications-as-a-service space.

Cloud

Momentum, opportunity highlight Microsoft Office 365 messaging at WPC

July 14, 2016 Mark Cox 3
Office 365 business continues to show impressive growth, although Microsoft is impressing upon partners that the real money here doesn’t come from selling subscriptions, but in integrating it into other solutions and building their own custom offerings on top.