Cisco to double Partner-Led resources in Canada

BOSTON – Cisco Systems announced at its annual Partner Summit that they plan to double its investment in Partner-Led resources from $75 million to $150 million. The Canadian portion of that investment has

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 7th, 2013 Paolo Del Nibletto

Resellers are firing vendors at a clip of one per year

Networking vendor Enterasys Networks announced findings from a global survey of reseller partners on top channel trends, which found 25 per cent of resellers have fired a vendor in the last 12 months. The

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 13th, 2013 CDN Staff

Top 100 Solution Providers: Regional Winners

This award category was created to recognize great channel partners in a specific region of Canada. This first-time winner of the Western Solution Provider of the Year has been serving the B.C. and

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 7th, 2013 CDN Staff

Another high tech vendor going private

Facing declines in sales and what one analyst called "stale" product line, BMC Software of Houston, Tex., has a deal to be bought for almost $7 billion. While almost every technology company wants

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 7th, 2013 Howard Solomon

Say goodbye to the Iomega brand

Get ready to say goodbye to the Iomega brand, and hello to LenovoEMC. EMC Corp. bought Iomega in 2008 to grow its consumer and SMB storage offerings, and formed an alliance with Lenovo

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“To the cloud!” pays off for Microsoft, partners

While Microsoft's "to the cloud!" commercials drew amusement in tech circles, the vendor's embrace of cloud computing is paying off for the vendor, and for its channel partners. According to a report from

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 30th, 2013 CDN Staff

Top 100 Solution Providers Mashup

More than 200 people from solution provider organizations across Canada attended the annual CDN Top 100 Solution Providers event held at the Paramount Conference and Event Venue in North Toronto. Click here to

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 25th, 2013 Paolo Del Nibletto

IBM shuffles executives as CEO tells employees to “step up”

An executive shuffle is underway at Big Blue, and IBM president and CEO Ginni Rometty is telling all employees that they need to pick up their game, following disappointing financial results last week

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Microsoft Canada’s No. 2 executive suddenly leaves company

Mark Dodds, the No. 2 executive at Microsoft Canada and the vice-president of small-to-mid-market solutions and partners (SMS&P), is no longer with the Mississauga, Ont.-based software vendor, CDN has learned from multiple sources.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 24th, 2013 Paolo Del Nibletto

A first timer’s look at the Top 100 Solution Providers event

Walking into a hall packed with the top people from the IT channel world is not something that you witness everyday. People were solemnly seated ready for the first workshop of the day.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 19th, 2013 Wolston Lobo

A new winner emerges from the Top 100 Solution Provider event

TORONTO - Compugen’s reign at the top of the CDN Top 100 Solution Provider list lasted just a year, as Softchoice reclaims a position it held for seven years. Softchoice narrowly beat out

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 16th, 2013 Paolo Del Nibletto

Dell gets some channel muscle

Channel veteran Frank Vitagliano has joined Dell Computer as its vice president of channel sales. Vitagliano will be reporting to Greg Davis, the company's channel chief and former GM of Dell Canada. Vitagliano will be

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 15th, 2013 CDN Staff

Another U.S. direct market reseller comes to Canada

Hot off the heels of SoftwareOne coming to Canada is El Segundo, Calif.-based PC Mall Inc. According to two sources with knowledge of the situation, the company has already started operations and is

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 11th, 2013 Paolo Del Nibletto

Cisco gets new global partner marketing lead

It took some seven months, but networking vendor Cisco Systems has found its next partner marketing chief. In a blog posting late last week, Bruce Klein, Cisco’s senior vice-president for U.S. public theatre,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 1st, 2013 CDN Staff