NetApp talks program changes and introduces new channel chief for Americas
NetApp’s new channel chief for the Americas, Jim Elder, has a simple philosophy about his role: “It’s all about the partner sellers,” he said.
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Dell EMC quietly launched its new midrange storage device called PowerStore last week representing a culmination of its other midrange devices that, according to the tech giant, is seven times faster than previous Dell EMC midrange storage arrays.
ICT spending forecast ‘looks worse now’ than it did last month, says IDC Canada
Barely a month ago, IDC Canada’s Nigel Wallis said during a webinar that the novel coronavirus crisis has contributed to the most significant deceleration in ICT spending in modern times.
MSPs on Reddit discuss securing Teams, hiring displaced talent, DocuSign vs SignNow
It’s May 11 and it’s snowing – in Ontario, anyway. Hope everyone had a good weekend. The MSP subreddit continues to be chatty. Here are some of the most popular topics from the past week.
Beanfield Metroconnect buys Aptum’s WAN business for latest expansion
Aptum Technologies this week announced the completion of a transaction with Beanfield Metroconnect for Aptum’s WAN business, capping off a very active couple of months for the global hybrid cloud and managed services provider.
Red Hat country manager for Canada says IBM supports Red Hat working with its competitors
The message about the status of Red Hat’s independence now that it’s owned by IBM couldn’t have…
CDN Top 100 Solution Provider customer success stories
This year, Annex took home the first CDN Top 100 Customer Success Award for its work with Rocky Mountaineer, one of the world’s most popular rail-tour companies located in Western Canada. But there were many terrific case studies, we thought we’d list them here.
This year’s Newcomer award recipient is all about putting the value back in value-add
When we spoke with Luc Villeneuve back in December 2018, he was adamant that the reseller community needed to reestablish itself and really put meaning into their value-added services. After a successful campaign as the Canadian country manager for Red Hat, he saw an opportunity to apply that thinking at Benchmark Corp.
The CDN Top 100 Solution Providers dashboard
To help visualize the Canadian IT channel partner landscape in Canada, we built this dashboard with the…
Rapidly growing solution providers say helping clients cut through the noise is the clear path to success
Staying ahead of the curve and keeping a close eye on customer feedback is how you remain relevant in the Canadian IT channel. It also helps you earn CDN’s Top 100 Solution Providers Fastest Riser award.
Intel provides COVID-19 relief for channel partners
Intel this week detailed its relief plan for its channel partners, including points discounts, waiving shipping costs, and extended time for warranty replacements.
MSPs on Reddit talk about discovering Fast Boot, targeted ransomware attacks, and layoffs
It’s that time of the week – another MSP subreddit roundup! The group has exceeded 70,000 members,…
Solution provider Benchmark introduces governance engineering
Governance is one of those things that DevOps (or DevSecOps) doesn’t worry a lot about. Not because it’s a bad thing, or unworthy of attention, it just doesn’t seem to be part of their turf.
Eight reasons you should be attending the Top 100 Solution Providers gala
There’s only a couple of days left to register for the Top 100 Solution providers gala. If…
Tough times ahead, but the technology channel is resilient, according to market research
While technology channel sales increased slightly in the first quarter of 2020, economic indicators warn of tough times ahead.
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