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      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 1: ATI/AMD David Orton

      Channel StrategyBy Neil SuttonDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      The CEO of ATI orchestrated the biggest deal in Canadian IT business history, giving AMD a bigger foothold in Canada. That’s why we chose him top newsmaker of the year

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 Number 3: Tech Data Rick Reid

      Channel StrategyBy Howard SolomonDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      A new distribution centre in B.C., more TechSelect members and record revenues made it merely a

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 Number 2: Northern Micro Herman Yeh

      Channel StrategyBy Howard SolomonDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      Until federal bureaucrats came out with a proposal to overhaul the procurement of printers, he was a relatively unknown head of an Ottawa solution provider. Then he decided he wasn’t going to take it anymore

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 25: Broken Batteries

      Channel StrategyBy ITBusiness StaffDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      For Sony, recalls of millions of laptop batteries and slow PlayStation 3 sales made 2006 a year worth forgetting

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 24: Frank Abate

      Channel StrategyBy Buket OktemDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      Being acquired doesn’t always mean a happy ending. This VAR co-owner found out the hard way

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 23: Netsuite Canada Marc Huffman

      Channel StrategyBy ITBusiness StaffDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      NetSuite Canada GM led the charge for the software as a service movement here

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 22: Skydata Howard Goldberg

      Channel StrategyBy ITBusiness StaffDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      He pioneered value-added distribution in Canada for more than a decade, then sold Skydata to Arrow

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 21: Novell Canada Ross Chevalier

      Channel StrategyBy Howard SolomonDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      Major updates were rolled out this year, but the big gest events took place just as 2006 was coming to an end

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 20: AutoDesk Al Steel

      Channel StrategyBy Buket OktemDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      The acquisition this year of a Canadian company has helped Autodesk fatten its bottom line

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 19: Symantec Canada Fred Patterson

      Channel StrategyBy ITBusiness StaffDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      Channel manager helped to put many program pieces together and streamline it for partners

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 18: Synnex Canada Jim Estill

      Channel StrategyBy Howard SolomonDecember 11, 2006Leave a comment

      A big acquisition highlighted his year, making the company dominant in printer supply distribution

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 17: OnX Sheldon Pollack

      Channel StrategyBy Howard SolomonDecember 8, 2006Leave a comment

      He’s splitting the company he co-founded to save it. Now Pollack has to build the publicly-traded firm again

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 15: BEA Canada Linda Whelan

      Channel StrategyBy ITBusiness StaffDecember 8, 2006Leave a comment

      She builts a reseller channel from scratch and mades a name for BEA Systems in Canada

      The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 14: Open Text John Shackleton

      Channel StrategyBy Howard SolomonDecember 8, 2006Leave a comment

      The long-time Open Text executive outbid a competitor to get Hummingbird, but will the merger fly

      The Top 25 Newsmaker of 2006 – Number 12: Cisco Canada Ross Pellizzari

      Channel StrategyBy Buket OktemDecember 8, 2006Leave a comment

      This year marked the debut of new specialization certifications Cisco hopes will make VARs more profitable

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