SaaS can mean risky business for organizations: report
A new report from Toronto-based solution provider Softchoice is raising concerns about the impact of software-as-a-service (SaaS)…
A veteran technology and business journalist, Jeff Jedras began his career in technology journalism in the late 1990s, covering the booming (and later busting) Ottawa technology sector for Silicon Valley North and the Ottawa Business Journal, as well as everything from municipal politics to real estate.He later covered the technology scene in Vancouver before joining IT World Canada in Toronto in 2005, covering enterprise IT for ComputerWorld Canada. He would go on to cover the channel as an assistant editor with CDN.His writing has appeared in the Vancouver Sun, the Ottawa Citizen and a wide range of industry trade publications.
Partners to take lead on Office 365 support
Microsoft has launched a new Office 365 Partner admin centre that it says will give partners new…
Dell puts a cloud in your pocket
Why yes, that is the cloud in my pocket. Dell is creating what it calls a new…
Avaya brings contact centre functionality to midmarket
Networking equipment vendor Avaya is targeting midmarket customers with the launch of a new contact centre platform…
Lenovo reorganizes to be more than just PCs
Lenovo is best known in North America as the Chinese PC vendor that bought IBM’s PC business,…
Dell decouples hardware and software for bare-metal storage
Dell says it wants to disrupt the traditional model of network storage, by decoupling hardware and software…
Flash storage vendor enhances channel program
Networked Flash storage appliance vendor Astute Networks has announced a number of enhancements to its AstuteNet program…
BlackBerry OS update to bring FM radio, picture passwords
Picture passwords and listening to local FM radio stations without using the data connection are among the…
HP arms channel with new infrastructure solutions, services for SMBs
Hewlett-Packard Co. is arming channel partners with new infrastructure solutions and services in areas such as virtualization…
Microsoft’s SkyDrive to become OneDrive
What’s in a name? Would cloud storage by another name smell as sweet? Microsoft is about to…
SAP partners with cloud service providers
Business software vendor SAP AG wants to make it easier for solution providers and enterprise customers to…
Canadian partner gets SAP recognition
Toronto-based solution provider Illumiti has gotten some special recognition from German business software vendor SAP AG. Illumiti…
Microsoft doubles Surface sales with channel assist
Microsoft Corp. reported record revenue for its second quarter ending Dec. 31st, and a doubling of Surface…
SAS Canada will grow workforce by nine per cent in 2014
Business software and analytics vendor SAS Institute reported Thursday that it surpassed $3.02 billion in global revenue…
Strong Americas demand fuels Avnet’s bottom line
Strong demand from the Americas fueled year-over-year organic growth for distributor Avnet Inc., which released its second…