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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.
Minimizing risks, Cognizant hit with ransomware, and more chatter from MSPs on Reddit
It’s another roundup of discussions happening this week on the MSP subreddit.
D&H Canada announces new credit options to support partners during COVID-19
D&H Canada is rolling out new credit options in coordination with finance partners to provide some support for qualified D&H partners during the COVID-19 crisis, the distributor recently announced.
Hashtag Trending – Whole Foods tracking; Huawei smartphone controversy; Google’s debit card ambitions
Amazon-owned Whole Foods is tracking its employees with a heat map tool to track potential unionizing, Huawei’s in the news again, and no, it’s not because of 5G, and Google wants to launch a debit card.
MSPs on Reddit discuss Microsoft Teams and Zoom, Windows Virtual Desktop, security, and news sources
Another round-up of MSP conversations on the MSP subreddit.
Cisco, Dell announce relief packages for embattled customers and partners
Dell Technologies and Cisco have announced relief efforts to help channel partners overcome rising challenges related to COVID-19.
IDC says PC shipments saw 10% decline in Q1 2020, Canada’s channel inventory levels have been ‘decimated’
Despite soaring demands for PCs from employees looking to work from home, not to mention the thousands of consumers seeking beefy gaming PCs to keep themselves entertained, IDC says global PC shipments saw a nearly 10 per cent decline in the first quarter of 2020.
SonicWall reboots MSSP partner program
SonicWall says it’s adding more flexible billing and licensing management options, plus tweaking program tiers and benefits, to its MSSP partner program.
HPE partners get a boost from $2B in financing and new programs
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced more than $2 billion in financing and a new Payment Relief Program to help both customers and channel partners mitigate their financial challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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