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HP successfully redubs Tom Cruise movie, plus other partner takeaways from HP Reinvent 2019

While the hardware giant wasn’t shy about talking products, it focused a lot on differentiation this week, encouraging partners to invest in the ability to service the HP products being resold, specifically printers.

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HP successfully redubs Tom Cruise movie, plus other partner takeaways from HP Reinvent 2019

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Federal budget 2019: Tech community welcomes Global Talent Stream commitment, SR&ED expansion

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Martello Technologies delivers on Mitel promise, updates MPA with new features

A new unified communications (UC) monitoring and management solution developed by Ottawa’s Martello Technologies has been inserted into Mitel Networks Corp.’s performance analytics solution.

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Apple updates iMacs with new Intel processors, Radeon Pro Vega graphics

iMacs are getting an upgrade, as Apple Inc. announced that both size variations of its iMac desktop…

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HP introduces vendor financing model at Reinvent

Today at HP Inc.’s flagship global partner event, the company announced a new multi-vendor financing model and a revamped gateway to services training and sales assets.

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Intel to show devices that bring Internet to TV

Intel on Monday said it will show off prototype devices that meld the TV and the Internet.

Top Newsmaker: Ingram Micro Canada’s Mark Snider

Ingram Micro’s tandem Canadian GMs experiment ends with Mark Snider as the solo boss

Top Newsmaker: The Joe Vos scandal

With the sentencing of Joe Vos by an Ontario Court, the long-running Metafore drama came to an end in 2008

CDN’s #1 Newsmaker: VMware Canada’s Grant Aitken

Meet VMware Canada’s Grant Aitken, the face of virtualization in Canada and CDN’s Top Newsmaker of 2008

Bankruptcy and You

Reports indicate Nortel Networks is considering bankruptcy — what does this mean for you?

Dell dumps packaging in new green plan

Company plans to eliminate 20 million pounds of desktop and laptop packaging

Video: McAfee warns cybercriminals see recession as opportunity

McAfee’s David Marcus discusses the findings of the security vendor’s latest Virtual Criminology Report in this CDN video feature

HP’s dc7900 small form factor PC is small, quiet and reliable

The L2455w 24-inch diagonal widescreen LCD monitor from HP is a good compliment too

Hitachi to ship SSDs with high-end arrays

New SSDs will offer hundreds of times the I/O per second that current Fibre Channel technology allows

Cisco: Cyberattacks growing, looking more legit

Vulnerabilities in virtualization technology nearly tripled year over year

VMware wants a bigger role in your data centre

The coming year will see the company move far beyond its original focus of virtualizing x86 servers

HP Canada has a new channel chief

In a game of executive musical chairs, Greg Chappell is HP Canada’s new channel chief and Dave Frederickson takes over the Enterprise Storage and Servers Group