IBM has US$500 million to poach Sun Partners
Big Blue has made financing a battleground as it looks to woo Sun partners disenchanted with the Oracle acquisition
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.
Ontario VAR’s disaster recovery app listed on Public Works portal
Tenet Computer Group hopes the listing of its PINpoint for BlackBerry application Public Works’ Emergency Preparedness Software portal will lead to more government business
HP wants to bring managed print to the midmarket
HP’s new managed enterprise services business unit is focused on the enterprise market, but the next phase will see the channel enabled to bring managed print to the midmarket and SMB
Who is really buying netbooks? You may be surprised
New data from NPD Group suggests our perception of the netbook market, and the reality, may be very different
Video: Indy 500 champ on how technology is changing motor sports
Former Indy 500 champion Gil de Ferran, now the head of the Luczo Dragon Racing team, discusses about how technology is changing modern auto racing
HP and Intel see multicore processing opening new market opportunities
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg sees multicore as a computing revolution, and is re-architecting his company to take advantagern
Video: Inside HP’s small form factor workstation launch
HP recently refreshed its Z-series workstations with the latest Intel Westmere technologyrn
HP shrinks the workstation with small form factor Z200
HP sees the sub-$1,000 workstation opening up new markets for the channel, and launches new mobile workstationrn
Toshiba pushing slates to the SMB market
Two new business-class Port
Video: Check Point launches Abra, a VPN client on a USB stick
Check Point’s Canada country manager, Paul Comessotti, explains the channel play for Abra, a USB stick-based VPN tool
Avaya drops Catalyst Telecom from Canadian distribution strategy
Following a post-Nortel distribution strategy analysis, Catalyst Telecom is the odd distributor out for Avaya in Canada
Intel sees new processors, differentiated desktops and SMB opportunity
Intel used its partner conference to outline a product refresh, new SMB focus, and opportunity to conquer the enterprise
Gaming PCs and high performance computing: Last fortress of system builder margin?
If a system builder knows their craft, and is an expert on the market and their customers’ needs, there is margin to be found in high performance computing, be it gaming PCs or high-end workstations. Find out how resellers can also make money from hardware sales again
Reviewing the 2009 tax filing software programs
We put H&R Block Premium, UFile Standard and QuickTax Standard through their tax preparation paces
Video: Dell’s Vostro 3000 laptops target the SMB market
Dell sees its Vostro 3000 laptop series as channel-optimized to go after the SMB market opportunity