VAR Bits – Psion opens up office in Tokyo
Psion opens up office in Tokyo Mississauga, Ont. — Psion Teklogix Inc. opened up a new office…
Trends – Companies still unprepared for major disasters
Companies still unprepared for major disasters Mountain View, Calif. — Veritas Software Corp. has released its third…
People
CIO appointed to Hummingbird advisory board Toronto — Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Gowlings) Chief Information Officer Sandra…
VAR Bits – Electrohome facility sold for $5.5 million
Kitchener, Ont. — Electrohome Limited sold its 292,000 square foot facility in Kitchener, Ontario last month to…
Trends – LCDs to battle plasma in large display market
Menlo Park, Calif. — Market research from Pacific Media Associates (PMA) indicates that the first major battle…
People – Samsung hires Greg Milkovich
Mississauga, Ont. — Samsung Electronics Canada Inc. appointed long-time IT channel veteran Greg Milkovich to executive director…
CDN presents the Top 25 Newsmakers of 2003
Our third annual ranking includes some fresh faces alongside industry veterans who have changed the Canadian channel landscape. Find out who made the cut, and why
Solange Dugas Bazier, President of GB Micro Electronics
GB Micro president almost did not make the list. Thanks to her partners the company is celebrating 20 years in business
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Tom Turchet, VP of mid-markets for IBM Canada
IBM Canada takes Express lanes to SMB markets with utility computing, e-business on demand and the channelrn
Dave Walsh, VP Marketing Ingram Micro Canada
Walsh creates Canadian SMB Alliance with the support of 21 vendor partners such as NEC and IBM’s software divisionrn
Sean O’Mahoney, CEO FatPort
WiFi service providers like FatPort are bringing wireless internet connectivity to bars, hotels and even hospitals
Brad Keates, Channel Manager Sun Microsystems Canada
Sun sharpens its Blade strategy but not at the expense of its reseller base thanks to this newsmakerrn
Kevin Krempulac, VP Channels Symantec
Serious lack of security-focus VARs was a challenge picked up by Symantec Canada’s head of channels this yearrn
Barbara Klein, CFO CDW
Resellers start shaking in your boots because CDW is coming to town after acquiring select assets from Microwarehouse Canadarn
Harry Hart, CEO Hartco
The chairman of the Hartco empire appointed Patrick Waid to run day-to-day operations, but kept the CEO title for himselfrn