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Coffee Briefing, December 4, 2020 – News from AWS, distributors, and MSPs on Reddit talk about IT burnout

It’s a meaty briefing today – we’ve got updates from re:Invent, the latest tech news and chatter from the reseller community.

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Coffee Briefing, December 4, 2020 – News from AWS, distributors, and MSPs on Reddit talk about IT burnout

It’s a meaty briefing today – we’ve got updates from re:Invent, the latest tech news and chatter from the reseller community.

Software security continues to be good news for the channel, and enterprises are looking at ROI seriously, says analyst

Coffee Briefing, November 27, 2020 – Leadership changes, Dell’s Q3, and MSPs ask for help managing bad clients

Coffee Briefings deliver our entire audience – the IT administrators and channel partners as well as the…

Pure Storage expands Pure as-a-Service offerings, unveils new service catalogue

Pure Storage dropped a major expansion of its Pure as-a-Service consumption-based offerings this week, including a new service catalogue providing public cloud levels of price transparency for partners.

New channel partnership will help partners build a ‘million-dollar experience’ without spending a million

Software solutions provider Benchmark Corp. and systems integrator Metsi Technologies are embarking on an ambitious journey to help enterprise clients “take cloud more seriously.”

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Top Solution Provider of 2018: Softchoice – Interview with John Husband

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Recap of Intel’s CPU announcements at CES 2019 – 10nm Cascade Lake, Ice Lake, and Nervana AI chip

Belkin’s new WeMo smart switches and Phyn Plus Smart Water Assistant – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

Jabra’s new Elite 85h headphones & Evolve 65t wireless earbuds – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

Take a tour inside Accenture’s new Canada Innovation Hub

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Amsterdam software vendor comes to Canadian market

Res Software opens new U.S. headquarters to serve North American channelsrnrn

MSI X600 is a Macbook Air-lookalike

PC is an interesting slim 15-inch laptop

How to market yourself as a managed services expert

Plus, SAP’s 2010 margin forecasts and the future of IP traffic

Sun’s Scott McNealy says thanks for a great 28 years

McNealy’s replacement Jonathan Schwartz also penned a letter

HP bulks up its Secure Advantage program

New Security, Compliance and Continuity Services portfolio is an opportunity for partners, executive says

Ontario solution provider builds solar-power facility

Unity Telecom moves into a green facility that meets new microFIT code

Report: Oracle plans to hire more employees than it cuts from Sun

Larry Ellison reportedly says Oracle will slash Sun workforce, then hire 2,000 new workers

Cisco, NetApp, VMware team up on virtualization security

Project designed to improve the security of virtualization deployments

VMware to end downloads and general support for older software

Company will end general support of all but the most recent versions of its virtualization platform in May

IDC: PC processor shipment forecasts

Plus, Intel’s green power purchase and EMC’s fourth quarter financial results

Virus comes back from dead to hit hard drives

Slovakian biker ‘prank’ goes global

Security manager: sometimes you just have to do it

Every new security program should be measured accordingly and involve quantifiable goals

Privacy Commissioner of Canada announces consultations for Canadians on privacy issues

Public consultation series are set to begin in April

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announces funding support for renewed privacy research initiatives

Information technology is one of the priority areas the OPC will support

Province of Ontario contributes $3.6 million to Ottawa-based company for technology advancements

Investment is part of the province’s plan to move Ontario’s economy forward

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