Would $84 be enough for you to dump Windows XP?
With more than one third of businesses and users still running Windows XP, the OS Microsoft Corp.…
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.
Xerox snags CA executive to lead global channel marketing
Xerox has snagged an executive from rival CA Technologies to lead a new push marketing push for…
Gartner predicts the future: Lots of tablets, not many BlackBerries
Predicting the future can be a risky proposition. Analyst firm Gartner is giving it a shot with…
SAP will double addressable channel market by 2015
The new North American channel chief for business software vendor SAG AG met the channel press on…
Silver anniversary for Montreal-based solution provider
When Montreal’s Acceo Solutions got its start in 1988, it was known as Conceptum. Microsoft’s Windows 2.1…
Synnex reports earnings decline and tight margins, but stays in the black
Distributor Synnex Corp. reported its first quarter financial results on Thursday, recording net income of $33.4 million…
Celebrate May Day with D&H Canada in Montreal
Complementing its annual trade show in the Toronto area every fall, distributor D&H Canada is taking its…
BlackBerry earnings: Profit is in, Lazaridis is out
Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone maker released its fourth quarter financial earnings Thursday morning, and BlackBerry maker had some…
Calgary solution provider earns “Everest-like” vendor certification
Calgary-based solution provider Long View has joined the elite ranks of partners of virtualization vendor VMware, with…
Belkin claims it has the “ultimate” iPad keyboard case
There may be other iPad keyboard cases on the market, but Belkin claims its offering is the…
Which VARs are winning contracts from Shared Services Canada
While last week’s federal budget didn’t contain much of an update the government’s consolidation of IT procurement…
Microsoft snags Oracle’s channel chief to lead North American sales & marketing
Microsoft Corp. has reached into the ranks of a rival, snagging Oracle worldwide channel chief Judson Althoff…
Public cloud concerns remain but Amazon gets the nod: report
To the private or to the public cloud, that is the question. According to a survey of…
Intel promises Santa will bring cheaper Ultrabooks
If Intel Corp. has its way, Santa Claus will be leaving cheaper Ultrabook laptops under many Christmas…
Pay your taxes with your credit card
If you owe the government money on your taxes this year, perhaps earning credit card points on…