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.
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.
Hiring neurodiverse people has given us an edge, says AirGate CEO
A Microsoft partner that has successfully hired and integrated neurodiverse people into its workforce shares its story.
Avaya’s ‘All-In’ strategy resonates with partners, but expect a wait and see approach in Canada
Canadian partners chime in about Avaya’s strategy for 2020
Canadian municipalities are on an island fighting ransomware, and hackers are barely trying
Ransomware reared its ugly head many times this year, but as the barrier to entry for deploying ransomware becomes frighteningly low, experts are warning that municipalities are becoming increasingly vulnerable.
Canadian expansion woes haven’t stopped OVHcloud from betting big on the Great White North
OVHcloud has come a long way since its early days as a web hosting provider in 1999, and so has its Canadian presence in the past several years despite significant challenges.
Exclusive: New NPD Group data helps VARs navigate complex security landscape
New data from NPD Group shows a sharp 18 per cent increase in the number of security software solutions going through distributors from 2017 and 2018.
Manufacturing spending billions on IoT, but still can’t patch Windows or remember passwords
The manufacturing industry is spending billions of dollars on IoT, but it continues to do a terrible job of securing its connected devices.
Lenovo’s channel sales surge after massive apology tour and restructuring
After going back to the drawing board, Lenovo decided the best way to achieve market-share dominance was by combining elements of its data centre and intelligent devices groups.
Partners humbled by pool guy’s wise words at Cisco Marketing Velocity
More than 200 channel marketers listened intently to Marcus Sheridan and his story about swimming pools during Cisco Systems’ Marketing Velocity event Wednesday.
HashiCorp leans on Toronto firm to be the boots on the ground in Canada
California’s HashiCorp has quietly built a strong portfolio of open source solutions, and is now leaning on a Toronto partner to get them into the hands of customers north of the border.
HP successfully redubs Tom Cruise movie, plus other partner takeaways from HP Reinvent 2019
While the hardware giant wasn’t shy about talking products, it focused a lot on differentiation this week, encouraging partners to invest in the ability to service the HP products being resold, specifically printers.
MSP? VAR? Who cares! It’s about what you can do, not what label you fall under, says IDC analyst
By 2020, 80 per cent of partners will be defined by multiple labels, says IDC.
Equity firm’s purchase of Carbon60 and GT.net a big deal for Canada, says CEO
After quietly announcing an investment from M/C Partners and a merger with a similar-looking managed cloud services…
Small teams, code-driven outcomes key to helping enterprises manage cloud, says AWS partner
Not unlike that one friend who got a tattoo 10 years ago and now wants it covered up, some enterprises have been experiencing a similar phenomenon when it comes to the cloud services they’ve shifted workloads to.