HP’s first ultrabook: The Folio 13
Slightly heavier than you’d expect, HP’s Folio is still an attractive business ultraportable
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.
New PartnerDirect specialization sends Dell partners to the cloud
The cloud services and solutions specialization will open new offerings to partners and help them move up in Dell’s partner program
Desktop virtualization a channel growth opportunity today
After a long build-up, several recent surveys confirm desktop virtualization is finally ready for prime time
Citrix launches SMB partner specialization
The new Citrix Solution Advisor SMB specialist program will bring new partners into the Citrix fold to harness the hunger for virtualization from smaller businesses
New Epson printers are exclusive to reseller channel
WorkForce Pro C Series promise lower printing costs as Epson aims to boost its channel presence
Ottawa cloud security company acquired by U.S. vendor
IT security provider SafeNet has acquired Ottawa-based Cryptocard
UFile Online and TurboTax Online
Our annual review of tax preparation software goes to the cloud
HP refreshes workstations with eight-core Intel Xeon processors
Three updated Z Series workstations targeted at a range of graphics and processing-intensive users
One on one with IBM’s new global channel chief
IBM’s Mark Hennessy shares his three priorities for the channel with CDN
Rometty carries on Palmisano’s course for IBM, partners
In her first PartnerWorld keynote, new Big Blue CEO Virginia Rometty pledged allegiance to the channel and recommitted to the course of her predecessor
Hardware and software together means more cash for partners
IBM also launched several initiatives to help partners go deeper into cloud computing
Canada tops U.S. in PC growth in 2011
Canadian PC shipments hit a new high in 2011, despite hard drive shortages late in the year
Network security assessments a partner conversation starter
Check Point is offering incentives to partners that complete network security assessments with potential clients
Autonomy and HP’s 10.3 billion reasons to like big data
The vendor sees big revenue opportunities for partners around cloud computing, but when it comes to Autonomy, some partners wonder if it’s channel-ready
Meg Whitman brings the swagger back to Hewlett-Packard
HP’s new CEO preached stability and brought HP back to its hardware routes in her global partner conference keynote