Tag Archive for Services

Cloud

Red Hat CEO rallies partners around OpenStack, OpenShift

by Robert Dutt • April 8, 2015

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst tells troops there’s a massive shortage of skills to deliver OpenStack cloud solutions and the company’s OpenShift PaaS offering.

Polycom enhances flexibility with first phase of new partner program

by Mark Cox • April 2, 2015

Polycom introduces new and more flexible criteria to reach higher partner levels, while at the same time requiring minimum sales thresholds at all levels and getting more rigorous about joint business plans for upper tier partners.

Avnet launches uRenew portal for maintenance, support

by Robert Dutt • April 1, 2015

Larry Fulop, vice president and general manager of supplier services or the Americas at Avnet Technology Solutions

Avnet’s new Web-based maintenance and renewal tool aims to help partners close business in an important but overlooked part of their recurring revenue stream.

“Hey, You, Get off of my Cloud!” Are You Complying with PIPEDA?

by Guest Poster • February 11, 2015

Avnet Technology Solutions poses some thought-provoking questions for Canadian solution providrs building out their cloud business in this contributed blog.

HP opens Flexible Capacity to channel in ServiceOne 2.0 launch

by Robert Dutt • November 11, 2014

Dave Twohy, vice president of global channel services at HP.

HP announces a revamp of its ServiceOne partner program, including the introduction of Flexible Capacity consumption billing offerings to partners.

Avnet now authorized as Lenovo distributor for x86 servers

by Mark Cox • October 20, 2014

The agreement, which went into effect October 1, covers only the server products acquired from IBM, but Avnet is assessing whether to carry the rest of the Lenovo server portfolio as well.

HP targets mobile workplace with joint Microsoft-Intel program

by Mark Cox • July 14, 2014

Vincent Brissot, HP’s Vice President of Worldwide Channel Marketing for Printing and Personal Systems.

A new partnership will see HP, Microsoft and Intel work together on a cohessive commercial mobility strategy from hardware through to go-to-market strategy.

Cisco ramps up security presence with Managed Threat Defense Service

by Mark Cox • April 24, 2014

Ahmed Etman, General Manager, Security and Enterprise Networking, Cisco Canada

Cisco says new managed service further evidence of the importance of security to its business.

Synnex Canada looks for more engagement from Varnex members

by Robert Dutt • April 22, 2014

Members of Synnex’s Canadian Varnex community need to engage, or its time for them to move on, distributor says.

Tech Data looks to drive Cisco services with Opportunity Portal

by Mark Cox • April 2, 2014

Angie Beltz, vice president, Product Marketing, Cisco Solutions Group at Tech Data

The new SMARTattach portal from Tech Data is slated to debut in Canada later this month.

Dell pushes for enterprise credibility with new networking solutions

by Mark Cox • March 28, 2014

Dell introduces a new high-density data centre switch, and a new fabric controller for OpenStack.

VMware preps partners for software-defined enterprise

by Robert Dutt • February 11, 2014

Vmware kicks off Partner Exchange 2014 by making the case for partners to look beyond server virtualization to the “software-defined data centre.”

Podcast: Phil Gallagher and Brian Aebig of Avnet

by Robert Dutt • January 8, 2014

Avnet’s global president and head of Canadian operations offer a look back at 2013, and a look ahead to 2014.

IT Pros Don’t Get Much of a Holiday Break

by Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) • December 27, 2013

The Grinch doesn't give IT pros holidays

Even when IT professionals get some rare holiday time off, their minds are frequently on the job.

IBM’s Cure for Cloud Storage Fears: Spread the Love

by Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) • December 10, 2013

Big Blue is showing off new cloud storage software that promises dynamic migration across multiple clouds while safeguarding confidentiality and security.

Ponemon Study: SMBs Fail Miserably at Security

by Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) • November 25, 2013

Gerhard Eschelbeck, CTO of security vendor Sophos

According to new research from Ponemon Institute, 58 percent of small and midsize firms do not see cyber attacks as a significant risk to their business.