Playing the right ace
Acer Canada, the company with $599 laptops, beat Lenovo for third place in PC sales last year. In an interview its Canadian general manager credits the channel
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Synnex Canada dives deeper into CE
Canadian distributor carving its own road into consumer electronics by purchasing Redmond Group, which markets everything from clock radios to TVs
Small Montreal ERP vendor looking for partners
ALCiE hopes to lure partners with a free version of its application
Auto online advisor for Cisco partners
E-consulting and unified contract management centre are new aids that will be appreciated, says one VAR
Meet Intel’s new North American channels director
I’m no bureaucrat, says Nick Davision, who pledges to listen to partners
Displaying success
When a courier chain of more than 300 stores needed a digital sign solution, CCi had the answer – but it wasn’t only the technology that won the deal
Small chassis PCs coming to system builders
Three case manufacturers are about to release small form factor chassis for buyers who want to save space
Channel not crazy about Intel’s VBI program
Many system builders balk at Verified By Intel warranty program
Software vendor turns to Arrow to build channel base
Distributor Arrow ECS extends data management offerings with CommVault
Intel overhauls Inside program
System builders are more upbeat with the chipmaking giant than the previous year as company gains strength in quad core CPUs over rival AMD
Vericept embraces the channel
Software company launches partner program with goal of selling almost entirely through VARs
EMC fleshes out UltraScale line
EMC Corp. has filled out its Clarrion CX3 UltraScale line with a low-end model that includes both iSCSI and Fibre Channel connectivity.
Adobe preparing to add presence to its applications
Enterprise instant messaging company has technologies that can add collaboration capabilities to Connect, Acrobat
Steady as she goes for new HP channel chief
Adrian Jones says he wants to continue the company’s roll
Business Objects tries to start quick
Lets partners create and sell add-on packs aimed at mid-market. A Toronto VAR sees the possibilities