#3 Newsmaker: Tony Clement of the Government of Canada
In 2011, the president of the Treasury Board worked to make shared IT services across the federal government a reality
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.
#5 Newsmaker: Mark Aboud of SAP Canada
With Mark Aboud leading the way in Canada, the German company has been working hard to be more channel friendly
HP Canada removes channel chief position
In a restructuring of the vendor’s partner organization, John Cammalleri gives up the channel chief role with channel responsibility now residing within the business units
Nick Tidd, senior managers exit D-Link North America
The networking vendor promises its commitment to the channel remains firm as Tidd tells CDN the company is looking to go in a new direction
Citrix’s new channel chief ups investment in SMB market
The virtualization vendor has a new focus on the SMB and is looking for new partners to tackle the opportunity
How the channel can tackle mobile security
At this year’s Channel Elite Awards, Info-Tech analyst James Quin discussed how solution providers can take on the security challenges that come with consumerization
SAP plans “big leap” into channel for 2012
Going into 2012, all but 150 named accounts in Canada will be open to the reseller channel
Government partners missed out by staying on show floor
Public sector IT is undergoing a transformation, and those partners that don’t change will get left behind
Toronto solution provider acquired by services company
Quartet Service is acquiring KLM Solutions, a hardware and software solutions provider, to harness the cloud computing opportunity
IT service delivery reform the talk of GTEC 2011
Go behind the scenes of Canada’s largest government IT conference and tradeshow
Intel helping partners build digital signage, surveillance practices
Developing partner adjacencies is a key part of Intel’s channel strategy for 2012
Laptop-hungry SMBs drive Canadian PC demand in Q3
Despite reports of its death and market challenges from possible spinoffs to flooding, IDC reports resilience in Canada’s PC market
Lenovo #2 in worldwide PC rankings; gaining ground in Canada
The Chinese PC maker is celebrating its move into second place in global PC sales, and is gaining ground in Canada
One on one with Treasury Board president Tony Clement
From open government to shared services, the federal government’s twitterer-in-chief talks tech with IT World Canada