Canadian dollar parity requires a new business approach
SAP Canada wants companies to leverage technology to go global
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.
PDF the centerpiece of Corel’s WordPerfect X4
New functionalities designed to appeal to the office suite’s core users in the legal and government markets
NetSuite unveils one system for the world
Company launches OneWorld add-on module to directly compete with SAP in the global enterprise space
Dimension Data looks to grow as the economy tightens
The South African solution provider is looking to add market-share, and isn’t ruling-out Canadian acquisitions
Security and privacy need to come together
EDS advises bringing the privacy and security functions together
SAP wants more All-in-One partners in Canada
The ERP vendor is also bringing its SME referral program to Canada and is helping partners recruit new talent
SAP closes in on Business Objects partners
Company invites Business Objects partners to join PartnerEdge program, but one analyst says the integration isn’t happening fast enough
Six must-have enterprise data centre skills
IBM outlines its skills strategy for the enterprise data centre
IBM appoints Big Blue veteran as new channel chief
Richard Hume will replace a retiring Ravi Marwaha, but little change is expected for Canadian partners
SAP to rely on channel for SME growth
New fast-start solutions with IBM and HP to drive channel opportunity, but capacity building will be a challenge
IBM hitches a cloud ride with Google
A series of green IT initiatives are also meeting with partner approval
IBM launching a platform for SMB opportunity
The vendor sees its Blue Business Platform as the way to help solution providers and ISVs drive new applications into the SMB space
IBM directs channel to enterprise data centres
New channel program to help partners capture data centre opportunity
Pillar Data adds to its partner program
New Emerald tier expected to better support the storage vendor’s top partners
IBM and D&H extend their credit offerings to partners
Industry stakeholders say there’s no Canadian credit crunch, it’s about empowering partner business