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Dell Precision 5550 workstation laptop review: nearly perfect

The Dell Precision 5550 nails all the needs of a content creator in an impressively small body.

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Dell Precision 5550 workstation laptop review: nearly perfect

The Dell Precision 5550 nails all the needs of a content creator in an impressively small body.

8 min read

Barracuda updates Cloud to Cloud Backup platform to match Microsoft Office 365 growth

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Eaton acquires Tripp Lite for $1.65B to expand edge computing business

Power management company Eaton says its edge computing and distributed IT product portfolio is getting a boost after agreeing to acquire Tripp Lite, a supplier of power quality items like surge protectors and data centre enclosures.

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Commvault Metallic adds support for Salesforce, Microsoft, Oracle, and HyperScale X

Commvault has announced another expansion of its Metallic Backup as a Service platform, this time adding new features and enterprise workload support.

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Supermicro launches GPU test drive program for NVIDIA NVLink and high-end Supermicro platforms

Qualified channel partners can now sink their teeth into Supermicro Computer’s STEP program to remotely test the ODM’s two high-end Supermicro systems

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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

Zayo to open fibre network stretching from Montreal to Albany this month

Communication infrastructure firm Zayo Group says it plans to deploy its third fibre network route from Montreal, Que., to Albany, N.Y., by the end of January.

Container space is crowded, but Red Hat is ‘very optimistic’ heading into 2020, says exec

IBM has frequently touted the $1 trillion hybrid cloud market ever since it purchased Red Hat, and Red Hat Canada’s country manager Claude Reeves is “very optimistic” about the opportunities channel partners will have next year to get in on that action.

Cisco launches Silicon One, enters component biz

At its Internet for the Future event, Cisco announced Silicon One, a single chip family that can handle both the complexity of routing and the high-speed, power-frugal requirements of switching; in the past, those extremely different functions have been performed by separate silicon architectures.

TeraGo partners with Nokia for 5G fixed wireless trials in Ontario

Using fixed wireless 5G millimetre wave equipment from Nokia, network solutions provider TeraGo is launching technical trials in the Greater Toronto Area and the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area beginning in the first quarter of 2020.

Samsung to power Videotron’s 5G and 4G LTE-A networks

Videotron has selected Samsung Canada to power its 5G and 4G LTA-A services. Starting in 2020, Samsung…

AWS Outposts an ‘interesting proposition’ for enterprise clients, says partner

On Dec. 3, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it was ready to take orders and install…

Lenovo and Pivot3 team up to deliver new edge computing solutions

Modern, high definition IP video surveillance systems generate massive amounts of sensitive data. Capturing, securing, and making…

AMD’s new 64 core Threadripper 3990X processor coming 2020

It looks like AMD has saved the best for last. Following its recent announcement of the third-gen Threadripper processors, AMD yesterday confirmed that its monstrous Threadripper 3990X will arrive in 2020.

Channel partners discuss Dell’s journey to record-high NPS

Dell Canada’s channel chief recently revealed a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 78 in Canada, the seventh-highest score out of all the regions that Dell Technologies operates in. A couple of partners spoke to CDN about how that happened.

Pivot3 expands its global partner program

Hyperconverged solutions provider Pivot3 is updating its global partner program with a three-tier system, and expanding training to include online certifications, on-site workshops, and deep-dive training for professional services.

Softchoice launches Backup-as-a-Service

Softchoice recently debuted its Backup-as-a-Service offering, which includes a fully managed and cloud-connected backup and recovery solution for on-premises environments.