OVH launches its managed kubernetes service in Canada
Hyper-scale cloud provider OVH announced this week the deployment of kubernetes on its servers in Canada.
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Pure Storage maintains momentum in Canada, prepares for its fall Accelerate event
Roughly a month prior to Pure Storage’s flagship Accelerate event in Austin, the firm’s Brent Allen, surrounded…
Cohesity’s CyberScan app targets unpatched vulnerabilities in backups
Organizations looking for a way to scan their production environment for vulnerabilities without disrupting it have an…
The Reddit Recap – Chaos ensues with new CEO, personal ethics, IT Glue goes down
The Reddit recap highlights last week’s top trending posts on the r/msp subreddit. This is the largest MSP-related…
TBI signs distribution partnership agreement with Canadian-based TeraGo
Chicago-based technology services distributor Telecom Brokerage Inc. (TBI) has signed TeraGo Inc. to a distribution partnership agreement.
Hashtag Trending – Alleged discrimination at Google; AT&T employees bribed; Japan offers $1B grant
A memo alleges Google is discriminating against a pregnant employee, AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware across the network, and Japan offers a grant for $1B towards cyborg technology research.
Toronto-based data analytics firm becomes Microsoft’s go-to data and AI partner in Canada
Almost all CIOs agree that the cloud is a standard way to access services and systems quickly with minimal effort, and one of Microsoft analytics partners is finding creative ways to put that added computing power to use.
The Reddit Recap – Azure Lighthouse, Continuum partner compromised, replacing a client’s IT team
The Reddit recap highlights last week’s top trending posts on the r/msp subreddit. This is the largest MSP-related…
Hashtag Trending – Nostalgia sweeps Twitter, U.S. city wants to ban facial recognition, China stealing IP
Another U.S. city wants to ban facial recognition technology, nostalgia sweeps Twitter for a day, and 1 in 5 corporations say China has stole their IP within the last year.
Cisco Marketing Velocity gets an upgrade
Cisco says the recent enhancements to Cisco Marketing Velocity is more than just a matter of bringing its partner marketing resources together under one brand.
We have to do a better job of monetizing data, Dell EMC execs say
There’s a growing sense of urgency among Canadian business as they try to find ways to take advantage of the 2.5 quintillion bytes of data produced globally everyday, and Dell Technologies wants to be the go-to source for the plumbing that helps manage it all, according to Dell EMC executives.
Hashtag Trending – Apple pivots, Netflix is going Hollywood, Bernie unveils net neutrality plan
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D&H Canada launches professional and managed services programs
D&H Canada is offering value-added resellers (VARs) a number of white-labelled offerings to help them move towards a services model, the distributor announced recently.
The Reddit Recap – MSP builds an ‘Easy button’, another bad client, another bad password
An MSP’s help button takes off, how to deal with a “client from hell”, and horrible passwords.
Microsoft Hungary slapped with $8.7M fine
A Microsoft Corp. subsidiary based in Hungary has agreed to pay an $8.7 million fine to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) that date back to 2013.