The Road Ahead
With competition from start-ups and major vendors, ISVs have to decide if they’re going to continue on the path they’re on, or drive towards a new business model. Some are choosing to offer software as a service
Former Novell chief a pioneer
Orem, Utah – Ray Noorda, president and CEO of Novell Inc. from 1983 to 1995, passed away…
Seeing the bigger picture
A former CTO of a consulting company had the foresight to acquire the rights to the firm’s software to build his own ISV business
Canadians and open source software
How a Toronto company is helping to bring open source to IP telephony
Everyone wants to be an MSP
Being a managed service provider apparently offers limitless opportunities, which is why Ingram is now one
Going grey
Computer brokers are becoming more than an irritant for the channel
Vendor fair shines the spotlight on VoIP
Gentek’s second annual vendor fair gave resellers, ISVs, ISPs and IT consultants an opportunity to check out the latest developments in voice over IP, network security and broadband products
TechSelect looks long term
Distributor hones the skill set of its TechSelect partner base, which totals 43 VARs in Canada
Bell Micro launches MSP program in U.S. first
Canadian resellers will have to wait until the early part of next year for Bell Microproducts’ new…
Ingram to offer managed services
Distributor forms partnership with Ottawa-based Level Platform to deliver a Seismic product
What will fill data centre holes?
Virtualization will cut into the number of servers VARs will sell, but not necessarily slice into their revenues, say partners and hardware manufacturers
Google search finds Compugen
Company signs national systems integrator for its enterprise search products to get greater reach. But it will likely add only one more VAR
SMBs need to invest in ICT
Canadian small and medium businesses need to think about investments in information and communication technology as a…
Taking an expansive view
We look at five of the latest 19-inch panels and discovered that while close, each has distinctive merits