CanWIT makes appeal to young women with new advisory board
CanWIT emphasized the push to appeal to a new generation of young females
Study finds Canadians mobile devices usage dropping
Canadians are not spending as much time with smartphones as we used to, new research suggests
IBM sale of POS unit shakes up the market in Canada
But the legacy of the deal may have more to do with the shift of the POS market to a channel-neutral stream, one analyst says
Avnet arms channel partners with new cloud training program
Three new training and certification courses are designed to help Avnet’s partners learn not only about the cloud, but how they can leverage it to build repeat business and revenue
Two solution providers tap into bring-your-own-cloud trend
Softchoice and Dimension Data Canada have built their own cloud offerings instead of just hopping aboard clouds already out there from the likes of Microsoft or Amazon
New Microsoft Canada channel chief outlines first priorities
Just days into his new job, the former Compugen exec says his top priority is meeting with – and listening to – Microsoft channel customers
Get aggressive on cloud, Windows 8, Turner tells partners at WPC
It’s time to stop playing defense against rivals like Apple and Google and get aggressive, Kevin Turner told 16,000 channel partners at the WPC in Toronto
Surface tablet won’t hurt Microsoft’s OEM partners
Though one Canadian analyst says the tablet has left Microsoft’s OEM partners fuming, the company’s global channel GM says Surface will create new partner opportunities
Windows Phone 8 gets demo but no firm release date at WPC
Microsoft took partners through a demo of Windows Phone 8’s bells and whistles. But what one Canadian partner really wants to see is a simple, compelling story from Microsoft that will grab the attention of consumers and businesses once again
Windows 8 to be released in late October
Microsoft confirms at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto that its long-awaited OS upgrade will finally be made widely available this fall
Cloud backup vendor offers new Canadian channel program
After including only home-based consumer backup products in its reseller program, the Boston-based vendor is adding SMB products to its VAR offerings
Salesforce.com: Less cloud, more social
The on-demand CRM vendor brought it roadshow to Toronto to explain how social is changing business software
SMBs caught in a false sense of IT security
Canada’s smaller companies are adopting newer technologies but not thinking hard enough about potential security risks involved with them, a Symantec survey finds
Autodesk’s out of the box channel strategy
Company to place greater demand on the channel, while offering more support services
Welcome to the two tablet world
Deloitte predicts the rise of the two tablet user this year