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Channel Bytes October 8, 2021 – New USB-C cable logos; solutions provider acquired; self-service kiosks are hot; and more

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Recent Infrastructure Stories

Channel Bytes October 8, 2021 – New USB-C cable logos; solutions provider acquired; self-service kiosks are hot; and more

Staying informed is a constant challenge. There’s so much to do, and so little time. But we…

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Brown is the color of silence: Asus announces RTX 3070 Noctua Edition graphics cards

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Channel Bytes October 1, 2021 – Partner Summit time; older Outlook versions to be blocked; testing as a service; and more

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Get ready for Windows 11 with these tips

The Microsoft Windows 11 release date of October 5 is looming, which means serious deployment planning is…

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Channel Bytes September 17, 2021 – Microsoft joins OpenInfra Foundation; deepwatch and SentinelOne partner; SD-WAN promise fulfilled; and more

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Infrastructure Videos

Cisco Live Day 1- IoT and multi-domain integrations

Dell Technologies World, Day 3 – Technology’s role in making people happy, an interview with Joshua Jackson, and more

Dell Technologies World – Day 2

Dell Technologies World – Day 1

Samsung Space Monitor keeps your desk tidy – All Hands on Tech

Rumbo knows where you’ll park before you get there – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

Dell unveils Latitude 7400 and XPS 13 – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

Inside SAP’s Toronto HQ

Infrastructure News

Dell Technologies launches PowerScale, its new unified unstructured storage array line

Dell Technologies this morning announced the launch of a new unified unstructured storage array line called Dell EMC PowerScale.

MSPs on Reddit talk ticket headaches, taking on experienced clients, and a ConnectWise vulnerability

It’s another MSP subreddit roundup!

Aruba unveils cloud-native Edge Services Platform

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, says its new edge platform can predict and resolve problems at the network edge before they happen.

Commvault launches Metallic SaaS offering in Canada

Commvault has launched Metallic in Canada, their first expansion beyond the U.S.

Telus ditches Huawei for Nokia and Ericsson for its 5G network

Telus today announced that it has selected Nokia and Ericsson to build its 5G network, retracting its original plan to include Huawei.

Bell prepares for year-end spectrum auction by selling 25 data centres to Equinix

Bell Canada Enterprises sold 25 data centres held in 13 data centre sites for CA$1.04 billion to U.S. data centre company Equinix.

Cisco is buying internet monitoring solution ThousandEyes

While Cisco wouldn’t say what it plans to pay, the tech giant announced Thursday it plans to buy internet monitoring solution startup ThousandEyes.

Students, educators and parents struggling to adapt to new learning dynamic

What Zhen Zhao envisioned to be a regular visit to his parents in Ottawa has turned into an indefinite stay.

ICT spending forecast ‘looks worse now’ than it did last month, says IDC Canada

Barely a month ago, IDC Canada’s Nigel Wallis said during a webinar that the novel coronavirus crisis has contributed to the most significant deceleration in ICT spending in modern times.

More than 90,000 join IBM for Digital Think conference

IBM’s big launch was Watson AIOps, which uses machine learning and AI to automate detection, diagnosis, and response to anomalies in IT infrastructure.

Beanfield Metroconnect buys Aptum’s WAN business for latest expansion

Aptum Technologies this week announced the completion of a transaction with Beanfield Metroconnect for Aptum’s WAN business, capping off a very active couple of months for the global hybrid cloud and managed services provider.