Channel Strategy

New channel market data provides clues for navigating the rough road ahead

Growth in Canadian channel revenue in the first five months of 2020 is keeping pace with the same period in the last few years. However, the outlook for the remainder of the year remains precarious.

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New channel market data provides clues for navigating the rough road ahead

Growth in Canadian channel revenue in the first five months of 2020 is keeping pace with the same period in the last few years. However, the outlook for the remainder of the year remains precarious.

CDN Morning Briefing, July 9 – The channel’s guideposts to the ‘new normal’

Zoom launches Hardware-as-a-Service, but only in the U.S.

Zoom Video Communications this week announced the launch of Zoom Hardware-as-a-service (HaaS), but only in the U.S.

Reddit discusses franchised MSP blunders, network performance tools, and returning to the office

The MSP subreddit has been busy. Let’s take a look at some of the top discussions. And…

Commvault and Microsoft sign multi-year deal to deliver Metallic SaaS with Azure

Microsoft Azure is entering its heavy metal phase.

Channel Strategy Videos

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

All Hands on Tech – Fitbit Charge 3 review

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

All Hands on Tech – Anki Vector Robot full review

All Hands on Tech – Apple Homepod (full review)

Channel Strategy News

Survey: CIOs not confident in managing virtual servers

Security, managing diverse infrastructure and system utilization were other key CIO challenges

Sun to buy VirtualBox maker Innotek

Terms of the deal to buy the German company were not disclosed

Will paper finally become obsolete in office environments?

Plus, Apple’s Aperture 2.0 and Nokia and Google’s mobile search capabilities

Clean Machine comes to Canada

PC service company is looking for Canadian channel partnerships

Fortinet signs with Tech Data Canada

New portfolio of multi-threat security solutions to be offered to the channel

Five steps to software asset management

Organizations are burying their heads in the sand and hope the software police do not come knocking

Dell Partner Direct program comes to Canada

Direct vendor hires first ever channel manager to build partner network one solution provider at a time

Microsoft buys mobile software company Danger

Danger is better known as the company that makes the software behind T-Mobile’s Sidekick

NetClarity rolls a NAC device for remote corporate offices

The device pushes network access control security protection into the smallest corporate sites

Forrester slashes global IT outlook

Citing a possible mild US recession, the analyst group has downgraded its IT spending outlook

The much anticipated tablet experience is underwhelming

Toshiba’s Prot

Kanye West wants you on his search engine

Plus Dell and Intel and Microsoft Vista’s SP1

HP All-in-One Instant Rebates from Tech Data

Tech Data Canada and HP Canada partner on a promotion

Is 2008 the year VoIP becomes mainstream?

Predictions abound, but this technology must now graduate to business

Avaya slashes channel pricing

Vendor’s MultiVantage Express line sees the biggest cuts

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