#11 Newsmaker: David Wright of Citrix Systems

Vendor moves on from the data centre to push desktop virtualization

It was a big year for the company, with several high-profile product releases, new leadership in Canada and the death of co-founder Steve Jobs

The distributor had a busy year in Canada, with the launch of a services division and some cloud-related moves

In 2011, Avaya moved toward being a channel first company and drove the business toward the SMB market

Bockhop led the charge to invest more in partner training and marketing, as the company surpassed Dell in the PC market

Virtualization goes mainstream as it prepares for the post-PC era

An aggressive growth and acquisition strategy create a new printing power

McAfee became part of Intel and launched a new focus on the SMB market

Channel-only offerings and partner incentives to focus on the SMB helped EMC in Canada this year

Dell’s new Canadian channel boss positions himelf as a partner advocate

Under Caragol, the company launched a new channel program and technology roadmap

Both executives left their respective companies this year after successful runs

Under Bar-Haim, the chipmaker unveiled several new products

Under Krempulec’s direction here, the company launched new managed services offerings and partner incentives

Thornton played a major role in the company’s comeback here in 2011