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No office? No problem. Softchoice undergoes rebrand, unveils new logo

One of Canada’s most prominent IT players says its latest rebrand is much more than a logo swap.

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No office? No problem. Softchoice undergoes rebrand, unveils new logo

One of Canada’s most prominent IT players says its latest rebrand is much more than a logo swap.

2 min read

Dead and dying: end of support approaches for these products

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Cisco announces intent to acquire Dashbase

Cisco couldn’t help itself but produce a bit of breaking news before the New Year by announcing its intent to acquire enterprise software firm Dashbase.

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The sloppy ‘digital stampede’ that was 2020, and what it means for 2021

We spoke to experts about the lessons learned from the rapid and often sloppy rollout of technology in 2020.

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RingCentral launches free smart video meetings, Glip Pro

RingCentral today announced a new product called Glip Pro, a free, unlimited collaboration tool with video and audio conferencing, integration with team messaging and file sharing, plus other important tools.

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Software Videos

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BlackBerry QNX digital cockpit platform unveiled – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

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Accept Mastercard card payments with a smartphone app

Mastercard will let you withdraw cash from an ATM with a smartphone

Exploring Nuance’s voice-first AI – All Hands on Tech

Exploring Intel’s autonomous car – All Hands on Tech

Software News

IBM Global Services to the channel: We need you

Big Blue’s global services boss has ambitious growth targets to meet, and he needs the channel’s help

IBM wants partners to specialize in the cloud

Big Blue has launched cloud and security specializations to help partners differentiate in this emerging opportunity

Citrix and the virtualization channel opportunity

The virtualization vendor outlines the channel opportunity around cloud computing and desktop virtualization

Citrix partners with Cisco, and why resellers shouldn’t fear the cloud

Cisco may have an alliance with VMware and EMC, but a partnership with Citrix could see its partners selling Xen Desktop

IBM Lotus chief to rebrand company image

Exclusive Q&A with the Canadian-born general manager of Lotus software Alistair Rennie

SAP brings Business ByDesign to Canada

The software vendor is looking for a new breed of partners to bring its on-demand ERP to Canadian businesses

Microsoft is killing the cloud

Its consumer campaign is sowing market confusion and diving the final nail in the popular buzzword

Microsoft financials buoyed by gaming, office software

The company reports record second-quarter revenue, though year-on-year quarterly growth was more moderate

IBM challenges Microsoft, Citrix with channel-exclusive virtualization play

IBM’s virtual desktop offering targets the mid-market customer and will be deployed exclusively through the channel

Microsoft’s server president to step down

Bob Muglia is retiring from Microsoft server tools

CRM and ERP vendor sees Canada as untapped channel market

Salesboom seeks more channel and market activities in its homeland this year

#6 Newsmaker: Judson Althoff of Oracle

Oracle’s channel chief is leading the direct-first software giant into the channel, and is trying to convince partners there’s opportunity with Oracle