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New management refocuses company; downsizes staffrn

Our third annual ranking includes some fresh faces alongside industry veterans who have changed the Canadian channel landscape. Find out who made the cut, and why

Microsoft more open to demos, educational sessions and previews more new tools than beforern

More than a year after the product was launched, SAP has finally announced its first Business One customer in Canada.

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Microsoft’s co-founder gives some advice on safeguarding your applicationsrn

Walsh creates Canadian SMB Alliance with the support of 21 vendor partners such as NEC and IBM’s software divisionrn

Serious lack of security-focus VARs was a challenge picked up by Symantec Canada’s head of channels this yearrn

Resellers start shaking in your boots because CDW is coming to town after acquiring select assets from Microwarehouse Canadarn

The chairman of the Hartco empire appointed Patrick Waid to run day-to-day operations, but kept the CEO title for himselfrn

The Canadian PeopleSoft chief was caught in the middle of one of the biggest mergers in IT history. Managing the union with J.D. Edwards in Canada, when his own CEO was being challenged on all fronts by Larry Ellison of Oracle, was quite the achievementrn

Computer Associates’ new channel partner program trimmed the fat and put the emphasis on profit for its major software product lines thanks to some Canadian content

After struggling for years, Corel’s chief struck a deal with a U.S. venture capital company to take the software firm private — then announced more layoffsrn

Ingram Micro Canada boss continues to further the distributor’s e-commerce commitment with iBiz10rn

Paul Kent may have thought he was entering the lion’s den when he accepted the position of Xwave COO, but instead he looks at the job as an opportunity to reinvigorate his workforce and to strengthen the company bond with Aliant Inc.rn

With major releases of Office System, CRM, Small Business Server, Windows Server 2003 and the opening of a brand new state of the art headquarters, Microsoft Canada’s president had a very eventful year, but that is not the sole reason he is a top newsmakerrn