Tech Data will snap up Avnet’s Technology Solutions division in a deal that will see Tech Data grow its value-added distribution business.
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Distribution blockbuster: Tech Data to purchase Avnet Technology Solutions
by Robert Dutt •
Tag Archive for Tech Data Canada
Distribution, Networking
Tech Data Canada adds Aruba
by Robert Dutt •
Tech Data Canada adds HPE’s Aruba wireless networking to its Advanced Infrastructure Solutions linecard, sees growing opportunities for networks built for mobile apps.
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Channel Programs, Distribution
Red Hat targets midmarket with Keating, Tech Data partnerships
by Robert Dutt •
Red Hat Canada partners with Keating Technologies and Tech Data Canada to address the $500m to $1b market and more thoroughly cross-sell its technologies.
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Distribution
Tech Data Canada adds more end-user segments to Business Builder Tour
by Robert Dutt •
Tech Data Canada’s Business Builder Tour will include end user events done in conjunction with local solution providers in three of six stops this year.
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Distribution, Mobility
Tech Data Canada makes play in unlocked smartphone market with Noetic agreement
by Mark Cox •
The distributor is expanding its presence in the unlocked smartphone market, to give solution providers more options, and to keep them well positioned in the event of a shift away from major carrier solidarity on the subsidy model and its phone plans.
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Distribution, Podcasts, Sponsored Content
New Year’s Podcast Series: Rick Reid of Tech Data Canada
by Robert Dutt •
Tech Data Canada president Rick Reid on the year that was 2015, and what the distributor is expecting for 2016.
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Cloud, Distribution
Tech Data Cloud division VP Nethercoat talks cloud in Canada
by Mark Cox •
Stacy Nethercoat, vice president of Tech Data’s TDCloud division, was in the Toronto area on Wednesday to visit Tech Data Canada’s offices, and took some time to speak with ChannelBuzz about the distributor’s cloud strategy, cloud progress, and how it all rolls out in the Canadian market.
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Channel Programs, Distribution, Unified Communications
Avaya readies distribution changes
by Mark Cox •
While Avaya is not contemplating adding or dropping any distribution partners, it is working on restructuring their compensation model, to encourage them to fulfil the role Avaya wants them to play in their new go-to-market strategy.
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Computers, Data Centre
Mary Ann Yule to come from CDW Canada to run HP Canada Co.
by Mark Cox •
HP names a well-known Canadian channel veteran as the replacement for Lloyd Bryant in Canada.
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Cloud, Distribution, Networking
Tech Data Canada sees Cisco Meraki deal appealing broadly to partners
by Mark Cox •
Tech Data also sees the agreement, which fills an admitted gap in their line card, as very likely to open up Cisco technology to a large class of smaller customers who have not been buying Cisco to date.
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Channel Programs
Veritas to lean more heavily on distribution
by Robert Dutt •
As it looks to simplify its partner program for its new life separate from Symantec, Veritas will look to work more closely with distribution partners.
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Data Centre, Distribution
SimpliVity signs on Tech Data Canada as exclusive distributor
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Hyper-converged vendor SimpliVity will seek to grow its market in Canada with an exclusive distribution pact with Tech Data Canada.
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Distribution
Disties ready for HP shipping shutdown
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HP shipments may “go dark” this week, but the combination of careful planning and a quiet week should mean no big deal for partners, distributors say.
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Distribution, Opinion/Editorial
Tech Data Canada signs Apple
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Apple has added Tech Data Canada to its distribution ranks. What does this say about the direction Apple’s relationship with the channel is going?
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Cloud, Distribution
Tech Data brings TDCloud to Canada
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The Tech Data Cloud Solutions Store offers a one-stop shop for solution providers to sell cloud services, and an opportunity to bring new cloud services to market.
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Distribution, Managed Services, Mobility, Security
Tech Data Canada doubles down on managed services
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Tech Data inks deals with Intel Security and Mobi, showing the further inclusion of vendor offerings in the emerging “subscription economy” in the channel.
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Distribution, Unified Communications
Sennheiser expands Canadian distribution with Tech Data, Run Distribution deals
by Mark Cox •
Sennheiser, best known for its premium consumer products, already has a strong distribution network in Canada, but adds two more distributors to generate more opportunities and stimulate even greater awareness of its presence in the commercial space.
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Distribution, Sponsored Content, Videos
Video: Inside Tech Data Canada’s Business Builder Tour
by Robert Dutt •
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.
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Data Centre, Distribution
CyberPower expands Tech Data relationship to Canada
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Distributor Tech Data will add CyberPower Systems’ power management solutions to its Advanced Infrastructure Systems lineup.
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Cloud, Distribution
Tech Data Canada partners with Quatrro to extend partner access to Office 365 via CSP
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Services relationship will help more resellers meet Microsoft’s support requirements to offer Office 365 via its Cloud Solution Provider program.
