AWS is making moves in Canada, but so are its critics as protests disrupt summit
The AWS Summit in Toronto featured a bit of everything last week, some news, some demos, and some protests.
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Canadian government data is getting cloudier, signaling a ‘massive leap of faith’ in public cloud, says Microsoft
The Canadian government’s ongoing effort to adopt the public cloud took another step forward this summer with the help of Microsoft and AWS.
Former finalist in Ingram Micro Comet ISV search says distributor is still helping them succeed
Ingram Micro’s Comet Competition has expanded to Canada, and according to one of last year’s finalists from New Hampshire, contest applicants potentially have a lot to gain outside of the $5 million cash prize.
Who should the CISO report to, and other CloudSec 2019 takeaways
Cloud computing has become widely accepted by Canadian businesses, but that doesn’t mean they’ve figured out how to use it effectively, or more importantly, how to secure their data floating around in someone else’s computer.
Addressing Canada’s long wait times with OpenShift
By Catherine Morin Canadian patients often have to wait in pain for hours before being seen. The…
WebSan Solutions app helps clients keep track of operations
The multi-award-winning enterprise developed a Microsoft-based solution that gives one of their clients visibility into their sales and inventory.
Oracle and VMware partner up to support customers’ hybrid clouds
Oracle and VMware have announced an expanded partnership.
OVHcloud Partner Program arrives to Canada
Earlier this week, OVH announced that it is bringing its OVHcloud Partner Program to Canada.
Microsoft’s Exchange Server 2010 has its end of support pushed back by nine months
Microsoft Corp. is pushing back its January 14, 2020 end of support date for Exchange Server 2010 by nine months.
Martello software now services over 1 million Mitel users
Ottawa’s Martello, the solutions provider for unified communication networks, has reached an important milestone with its big partner Mitel.
Canadian customers’ heads are still in the clouds, and so is VMware’s
Cloud is a force multiplier for Canadian businesses, but they’re still having a hard time figuring it out, says VMware
VMware goes on a shopping spree, scoops up Carbon Black and Pivotal for a combined $4.8B
It’s a pivotal moment for VMware Inc., which announced the acquisition of security company Carbon Black and…
Box announces new set of security controls for the enterprise
The cloud content management firm this morning announced Box Shield, a new set of content security controls and intelligent threat detection capabilities.
OVH launches its managed kubernetes service in Canada
Hyper-scale cloud provider OVH announced this week the deployment of kubernetes on its servers in Canada.
Toronto-based data analytics firm becomes Microsoft’s go-to data and AI partner in Canada
Almost all CIOs agree that the cloud is a standard way to access services and systems quickly with minimal effort, and one of Microsoft analytics partners is finding creative ways to put that added computing power to use.
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