Herjavec, Zones and other top Canadian product providers boost sales with advisory services
Getting products into customers’ hands is one thing, but channel partners are finding that wrapping services around those products pay off in the long run.
Editor of Channel Daily News and a contributor to IT World Canada and ITBusiness.ca. A former community reporter, when Alex isn't writing about the tech scene you can find him playing or watching basketball, reading comics and looking up slow-cook meals. He’s also a massive fan of bow ties.
CDN Top 100 winners take branching paths to achieve the same goal
Ahead of tonight’s Top 100 event, read CDN editor Alex Coop’s latest piece about this year’s rankings and the ongoing evolution of the channel partner community.
Cisco, Dimension Data to innovate on 5G, IoT and blockchain through new agreement
Three years ago Cisco Systems and longtime partner Dimension Data came together to launch a pilot project…
Google partner of the year for data and analytics says GCP is ‘a generation ahead’ in AI and ML
Data science isn’t an exact science, but Google’s partner of the year for data and analytics says Google Cloud Platform (GCP) delivers the closest thing to an exact science as possible.
D&H Canada says annual conference targets regions where distribution is an afterthought
D&H Canada is picking up the slack in Quebec where distribution has retracted, according to its business development manager, and events such as their seventh annual technology conference in Montreal April 4 help significantly.
Hashtag Trending – Galaxy Folds break; Notre Dame backup; Zuckerberg selling secrets
Twitter is flooded with broken Galaxy Folds, an art historian might have the keys to the Notre Dame’s restoration, and documents show Mark Zuckerberg’s willingness to play with your data.
New dark web search tool uncovers unpleasant, but important, information for clients
After a basic search query, a large financial institution recently discovered, within seconds, that internal documents had leaked and were floating around on the dark web.
Hashtag Trending – YouTube flags Notre Dame; 3D printed prosthetics; Your first computer
YouTube flags the Notre Dame fire as misinformation, a 24-year-old engineer is changing lives with his 3D printed prosthetic limbs, and Twitter goes down memory lane.
Hashtag Trending – A 3D-printed heart; Russian forces mess with GPS systems; The Galaxy Fold
Scientists unveil the world’s first 3D-printed rabbit-sized heart, a new study highlights Russia’s increasing efforts to hack global navigation satellite systems, and Samsung’s foldable phone is shown off for the first time.
Think you’re using AI effectively in security? You’re probably not, says security expert
Nearly 60 per cent of businesses have automated their security and incident response tools, but only at a very minimal level, according to a new SANS Institute study.
Edmonton’s PCM Canada opens Cisco Hyperflex lab
Not long after announcing a $15 million investment in Western Canada, Cisco Systems opened the doors to a new lab featuring Cisco’s hyperconverged infrastructure solution, Hyperflex, located at PCM Canada’s head office in Edmonton.
Why your channel website is sending the wrong message to prospective buyers
Have you ever read through a channel partner’s website, only to finish and realize you still know nothing about what they actually do?
Hashtag Trending – Norway’s electric car craze; Walmart partners with Google; Amazon under fire
Norway is the king of electric cars, Walmart is teaming up with Google, and Amazon is under fire again after a story about its injured workers goes viral.
VMware announces new partner program
VMware Inc. is doing away with its old partner program and introducing one that gives partners new opportunities to co-sell and co-invest with Dell Technologies subsidiary.
From startup to powerhouse, going all-in with Microsoft was worth it, says Toronto analytics firm
Toronto’s Dimensional Strategies Inc. (DSI) celebrated its 20th anniversary recently, and its principal Jeremy Fitzgerald was able to track the company’s ‘aha moment’ back to when it decided to throw everything it had at Microsoft 10 years ago.