Rise of the cloud brokers
Watch the CDN channel debate on the new cloud broker model to find out where your stand
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COMPANIES TO WATCH: Others that piqued our interest
Meet a few other up and coming vendors that caught our eyes this year
STATE OF THE CHANNEL: Partner priorities and revenue streams for 2012
Learn where partners are investing, where they’re making their money, and their priorities for the year
Slideshow: CDN’s Top Newsmakers of 2011: Part One
Meet our first 13 newsmakers, and learn what put them on our list
SAP promotes North American channel boss to global role
Kevin Gilroy will lead global indirect channels
New leadership at Samsung Canada
James Politeski takes the reins as the subsidiary president
N-Able grew 200 per cent in the SMB in 2011
MSPs got a lot of free training and enablement programs from N-Able in 2011
RIM selling PlayBooks at odd prices
The PlayBook got off to a promising start but sales have gone downhill since its first three months on the market
Poor pricing practices damage MSP profitability
New research reveals how artificial services commoditization is hurting managed services providers
Hottest tablets for your holiday wishlist
Which device is the best purchase for a loved one (or yourself) this season?
#6 Newsmaker: Eric Gales of Microsoft Canada
The company had several big news stories in 2011, including the beta launch of Windows 8 and the acquisition of Skype
#7 Newsmaker: Renee Bergeron of Ingram Micro North America
This year, the distributor announced several cloud initiatives and partnered with new vendors
#8 Newsmaker: Bruce Ross of IBM Canada
After 100 years, the company is still making headlines, this year around the cloud and with several acquisitions
2011 in acquisitions: Vendors hungrily snapped-up competitors
A hand-picked selection of the technology company mergers and acquisitions that mattered this year, from IBM and Oracle to Microsoft, HP, Salesforce.com and more
#9 Newsmaker: Ed Vos of Onx Enterprise Solutions
This year, Onx broke out of its Canadian shell and earned several partner awards