Coffee Briefing, November 24, 2020 – Goodbye old Google Pay, brand refreshes, Telus earns global recognition for privacy, and more

Local office to spur demand for Observer management tool in Canada as VARs prepare to promote product line to customersrn

Steve Booth was shopping for a storefront e-commerce solution recently when a free one fell out of the Web.rn

A new study from Statistics Canada found new companies flocked to the tech sector despite shortfallsrn

Monitor makers are taking advantage of improvements in technology to increase output. The result is an ultra-competitive market where only the strong survivern

Promises to open services offerings, price systems more competitivelyrn

HP Canada CEO looks at making the fight between direct and indirect sales a part of the pastrn

Radio Beacon takes its warehouse management solutions global by keeping the price downrn

How U.S. intellectual property law allegedly threatens technology innovationrn

A look at the departure of one of the most recognizable CEOs in the IT industry, who was asked to step down by her board of directorsrn

Quebec-based LAR sells its software sales and licensing division to focus on managed services and training. The deal boosts Softchoice’s annual revenues by $50 millionrn

Rotman dean notes a prosperity gap spanning more than 20 yearsrn

Sun Microsystems’ decision to open source its Solaris 10 operating system will allow customers of Canadian VARs to save IT infrastructure costs, according to a reseller. rn

Value-added distributor brings Solution City Road Show north of the borderrn

Blu-ray Disc is a new technology about to revolutionize the DVD market. However, there’s another blue laser format already on the market. Resellers and system builders will have a tough choice

“Bold Strokes” was the main theme for this year’s Hewlett-Packard Americas Partner Conference, and HP could not have been any bolder with its enticements for partners to go after IBM/Lenovo accounts. rn