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Quebec solution provider launches e-commerce solution

Acceo Solutions, a Montreal-based solution provider specializing in accounting software, is expanding its offerings with a new e-commerce solution. The new tool, Acomba e-commerce, directly connects to the inventory in a user's Acomba

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Canadian IaaS market to hit $250M by 2016

According to market research firm IDC Canada, the Canadian Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) market will be worth over $250 million by 2016, with a compound annual growth rate of over 50 per cent. IDC Canada

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Ontario VAR joins Dell’s PartnerDirect channel program

Dell Canada has added another channel partner to its PartnerDirect channel program. The latest Dell partner is Jordan Engineering, a software solutions vendor and system integrator based in Beamsville, Ont. and with an

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Top 100 solution provider acquires rental IT company

CDI Computer Dealers Inc. of Toronto has acquired Vernon Technology Solutions, a technology rental business. Vernon will commence operation as a division of the “CDI Group of Companies”. CDI believes this acquisition will enable

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Sage integrates ERP with the cloud

Sage North America announced the availability of Sage Inventory Advisor, a cloud solution that integrates with Sage ERP systems to provide companies with a daily diagnostic of inventory and forecasting. As a cloud-based

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Basware launches mobile invoicing program for SMBs

E-invoicing and purchase to pay solution vendor Basware is seeking to automate invoice handling for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with the launch of a mobile client for its InvoiceReady solution. According to

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Security vendor poaches SMB chief from Apple

Security vendor McAfee has poached its new small and medium-sized business (SMB) chief from Apple. Bill Rielly has joined McAfee as senior vice-president for SMB. He comes to the Intel-owned security company from

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Toronto’s Masonic Temple goes from Jersey Shore to big data

Toronto’s Masonic Temple no longer wants its MTV. Now it wants its IT research and statistics. The historic downtown Toronto building at Yonge and Davensport was originally  built as a Masonic Temple in

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Panasonic signs with local value-added distributor

Panasonic Canada Inc. is partnering with Gentek to distribute Panasonic’s SIP multi-cell DECT wireless handsets. Designed for in-building communications, the KX-UDT series of wireless handsets offer high-quality, encrypted, and mobile voice transmission. Stefan Berens,

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Mitel acquires contact centre and BI vendor

Mitel Networks of Ottawa acquired one of its top suppliers, prairieFyre Software Inc., a privately held vendor of contact center, business analytics, and workforce optimization software. The net cash cost to Mitel for the acquisition of

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New round of IBM layoffs to impact Canada

Big Blue’s global restructuring will impact Canada. As CDN has just learned that approximately 200 workers at the former IBM/Cognos facility where given their walking papers on Thursday. IBM did confirm layoffs were

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Server-on-the-go

Ottawa-based hardware vendor Eurocom Corp. was one of the first to offer a mobile server. Its brand is called Phantom and the company has now issued a new product category called server-on-the-go. Server-on-the-go

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IT failures can cost SMBs $150,000+ per hour

Data protection solution vendor Veeam Software has released the results of its first SMB Virtualization Data Protection report, and it concludes downtime can be costly for the average small and medium-sized business (SMB).

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CDN’s June digital edition: Cisco’s $14 Trillion Bet

The June digital edition of the Computer Dealer News magazine is now available for download and viewing on your desktop, laptop or tablet. Among the stories you can read in this month's CDN

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Asus launches new 7” and 10” Android tablets

Taiwanese PC vendor Asus has announced two new Android tablets: the MeMO Pad HD 7 and the MeMO Pad FHD 10. The MeMO Pad HD 7 is a 7” tablet powered by a

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