Why businesses will (maybe) like Office 2013
CDN CURATED: Three reasons why businesses will like Microsoft’s Office 2013. Will it be enough?
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.
Weary Waterloo: The pink slips fly every Thursday at RIM
CDN CURATED: Waterloo’s civic pride rides on the struggling technology giant
Cisco’s new channel boss is a familiar face to Canada
CDN CURATED: Wendy Bahr is replacing Jim Sherriff as Cisco’s Americas channel chief
Jeff Jedras: Big data and the death of privacy
With big data comes big responsibilities
Dell refreshes business laptops, desktops with Ivy Bridge, consumer-inspired designs
The PC vendor’s refreshed Latitude and Optiplex business laptops and desktops boost performance for BYOD world
Check Point ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 2013
It’s free and it works, but the iPad referral contest is just tacky
Avnet launches cloud solutions for the channel with Savvis
The distributor’s new Cloud Solutions Team will focus on off-premise cloud solutions delivered through partners
Eugene Kaspersky’s five top security concerns include big data
The security CEO laments the death of privacy and explains why online voting is necessary to save democracy
EMC opens more of enterprise market to the channel
More than half of EMC’s business is already through the channel, and new engagement rules are set to drive that number higher
EMC announces channel program enhancements at EMC World
IT infrastructure vendor EMC makes major channel announcement at annual user conference
Managed security services comes to the channel
Kaspersky Lab launches managed services program for security resellers
MSP or bust: Climbing aboard the managed services bandwagon
Vendors are eager to help you make the transition and the lure of recurring revenue is tempting. What flavour of managed services is right for your business?
NetSuite looks to provide home for cloud-hungry Sage partners
The cloud ERP vendor recently held roadshow stops in Toronto and Vancouver with an eye to recruiting dissatisfied Sage and Microsoft partners
NetSuite launches “commerce as a service” platform
Channel program for SuiteCommerce will follow late in 2012
Kaspersky launches managed security service provider program
New program offers low barrier to entry and allows partners to wrap-in own services and support