As an assistant editor at IT World Canada, Jeff Jedras contributes primarily to CDN and ITBusiness.ca, covering the reseller channel and the small and medium-sized business space.He began his career in technology journalism in the late 1990s, covering the booming (and later busting) Ottawa technology sector for Silicon Valley North and the Ottawa Business Journal, as well as everything from municipal politics to real estate.He later covered the technology scene in Vancouver before joining IT World Canada in Toronto in 2005, covering enterprise IT for ComputerWorld Canada. His writing has appeared in the Vancouver Sun, the Ottawa Citizen and a wide range of industry trade publications.
When Hewlett-Packard Co. president and CEO Meg Whitman addressed channel partners at the vendor’s global partner conference in February, she delivered a “we’re rebuilding, stay the course” message short on new information. She
A senior executive at Hewlett-Packard Co. is getting a new role, and one with a significant channel role. HP said Tuesday that Todd Bradley will leave his role as executive vice president of
SAN FRANCISCO – Recognizing that many households increasingly use a myriad of devices, with different form factors and different operating systems, Russian security vendor Kaspersky Lab is taking a multi-device approach to its
LAS VEGAS – IBM Corp.’s Edge conference brought over 4900 attendees to Sin City to learn more about IBM’s hardware business, including 25 Canadian c-level executives and 63 Canadian partners representing 23 different
LAS VEGAS -- What to do when modern health care becomes too complicated for doctors and nurses? If IBM gets its way, there may soon be an app for that. While IBM’s Watson
LAS VEGAS – Monday was a flash-filled day at the IBM Edge conference, as one after another Big Blue executives made the case for flash-based storage and that a tipping point has arrived.
A flash storage vendor based in San Diego, Astute Networks, is looking for Canadian channel partners to help it bring affordable flash storage to the midmarket, and it’s offering aggressive margins for partners
SCOTTSDALE, AZ. -- As cloud computing begins to move from hype to reality, IT service automation platform vendor N-able says it sees managed service providers (MSP) becoming the gatekeepers to the cloud for
It’s been awhile since we've done a round-up of all the ways you can follow CDN through social media and get the latest channel news in real time, so I thought it would
SCOTTSDALE, AZ. – The primary market for Autotask’s IT process automation platform has traditionally been managed service providers (MSPs) serving the small and medium-sized business (SMB) space, but executives at the vendor’s annual
SCOTTSDALE, AZ. – While Microsoft Corp. may have been late to the cloud party, it’s making up for its tardiness with enthusiasm – and investment. The vendor sent the leaders of its newly
SCOTTSDALE, AZ. – Autotask has gathered its managed services partners and customers for its annual Community Live conference with the goal of education, both of the trends driving IT service automation and how
SCOTTSDALE, AZ. – While the buzz may have died down in recent years about the U.S. Patriot Act, and the possibility that the data of Canadian businesses and customers resident in U.S. data
If there’s one sector of IT that’s said to be immune from an economic downturn, it’s security. And the security market experienced strong growth in 2012, according to market research firm Gartner. In
Like most journalists, I try to sit quietly as an impartial observer during press conferences and conference keynotes. You won’t find us among those rising to applaud a product unveiling. However, I couldn't
