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A first timer’s look at the Top 100 Solution Providers event

Walking into a hall packed with the top people from the IT channel world is not something that you witness everyday. People were solemnly...

Senior Tech Data Canada executive retires

Accolades have been pouring in from the Canadian channel community for the retirement of Frank Haid, vice president of sales for Mississauga, Ont.-based Tech Data...

Symantec reorganization to focus on boosting channel role

Symantec Corp.'s channel partners can expect to be more involved in selling the security vendor's products to all segments starting Canada Day, according to...

BlackBerry makes changes to its partner program

Smartphone maker BlackBerry of Waterloo, Ont., wants to collaborate better with solution providers and has adjusted its BlackBerry Partner Support Services (BPSS) program to...

NetApp’s Julie Parrish tells all in this month’s CDN digital edition

In this month’s tablet-friendly digital magazine edition of CDN, we feature our annual solution provider roundtable that hosted seven prominent executives discussing the new...

Rogue Internet high tech trader found guilty in U.K.

Michael Reeder, the man known as the Internet rogue trader, will be facing jail time and fines. The 35-year-old Portsmouth, England native was convicted...

A new winner emerges from the Top 100 Solution Provider event

TORONTO - Compugen’s reign at the top of the CDN Top 100 Solution Provider list lasted just a year, as Softchoice reclaims a position...

Dell gets some channel muscle

Channel veteran Frank Vitagliano has joined Dell Computer as its vice president of channel sales. Vitagliano will be reporting to Greg Davis, the company's channel chief...

Security vendor launches a division for government and education markets

Kaspersky Lab has a new division that will work with its corporate sales team and channel partners specifically for Government and Education markets. The new division...

The end of new devices

The recent EMC-sponsored IDC Digital Universe Report told you what you already knew … there is a crapload of stuff being prepared, sent, digested...

Synnex pushing the channel to more mobile solutions

Fremont, Calif.-based distributor Synnex and its Global Mobility Solutions arm has launched a new channel mobility program called MobilitySolv. According to Synnex, MobilitySolv provides a...

Hardware-as-a-service goes against BYOD

Ingram Micro is really going out on a limb with its newly announced hardware-as-a-service program during its Cloud Summit in Phoenix. Distributors usually play it...

Printer vendor introduces NOC in a Box

Can a printer manufacturer turn  itself into a networking vendor? Well, OKI Data is certainly going to try. The Mount Laurel, N.J.-based company plans to demonstrate its...

New partnership to bring Cloud video services to Atlantic Canada

Telemerge Canada Inc. of Markham, Ont. and 3D datacomm Inc. of Fredericton, N.B. have formed a partnership to bring cloud-based video conferencing services to...

Another U.S. direct market reseller comes to Canada

Hot off the heels of SoftwareOne coming to Canada is El Segundo, Calif.-based PC Mall Inc. According to two sources with knowledge of the situation,...

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