What the world can learn from Canada’s public sector IT innovation
IDC Canada says our public sector is doing interesting things around social networking and service delivery
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.
DataCore arms virtualization partners with affordable storage solution
The storage virtualization and management vendor is recruiting partners across Canada and is offering promotions to target the government and education sectors
Video: Samsung brings the Reclaim to Canada
The Reclaim is Samsung’s newest entry in the messaging phone arena. The vendor also previewed new Google Android and Windows Mobile 6.5 phones coming to Canada in Q4
Ascii Canada wants to fuel channel managed services
The reseller group has partnered with Kaseya to bring a managed services offering to its Canadian members
HP goes big into managed services
The vendor is expanding its relationship with Canon, launching new products and channel program, and is creating a new business unit dedicated to managed services
Acer’s new Nettop PCs hide behind your TV
Acer’s new commercial and consumer Nettops reinvent the PC form factor, and are exclusive to the channel in Canada
Skills shortage: IT companies go back to school
IBM and Samsung explain why it’s important to get children interested in technology, and what role the private sector should play
Hitachi NAS platforms target mid-market space
New Network Attached Storage solutions are specifically designed to meet mid-market needs
The worst may be over for Canadian PC shipments
New IDC Canada data shows signs for optimism, but also indicates a changed PC dynamic will emerge
Video: Kaspersky’s Canadian channel progress
Kaspersky’s general manager for Canada, Kevin Krempulec, discusses the growth of the Canadian business and building a partner ecosystem
Cisco targets midmarket with Smart Business Architecture
The networking vendor says the midmarket-optimized Smart Business Architecture will mean significant dollar and time savings for Cisco partners
Video: Avnet Technology Solutions’ 2009 Compass conference
Reporting from distributor Avnet Technology Solutions’ conference for its Sun Microsystems partners, where Oracle/Sun, and solutions, were hot topics
Shopping BlackBerry App World
In the first article of our series on mobile application stores, Jeff Jedras goes shopping on BlackBerry App World
Kaspersky Lab launches 2010 consumer security software
The Russian Internet security software vendor is touting new features, improved usability in its product refresh
Video: One on one with Phil Gallagher, global president, Avnet Technology Solutions
After six months at the helm of the distributor, Gallagher sits down with CDN to discuss his future plans