The top 25 newsmakers of 2007 – Number 8: Mark Snider, Charlie Spano
It takes two for Ingram Micro Canada as it reaffirms its North American strategy, and the distributor also saw two of its noted executives leave the company for family reasons
The top 25 newsmakers of 2007 – Number 7: Steve Mills
Big Blue pulled the trigger on a blockbuster deal to acquire Ottawa-based Cognos for $5 billion
The top 25 newsmakers of 2007 – Number 6: Michael Murphy
Security fraudsters go commercial in 2007, but Symantec Canada has continued securing organizations and educating the masses for 25 years
The top 25 newsmakers of 2007 – Number 5: Phil Sorgen
The Microsoft Canada president speaks of a new development centre in Canada and some successes seen both inside and outside of the company
The top 25 newsmakers of 2007: Number 4: Wendy Lucas
Dimension Data opens up a new Canadian office in Toronto and the Canadian area vice-president sums up a successful launch
The top 25 newsmakers of 2007 – Number 2: Hubert Kelly, Rick Reid, Dave McDonald
While the curtain came down on the long-running NexInnovations drama this year, the final act was far from anti-climatic
The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2007 – Number 1: Greg Davis
The former Dell Canada GM takes on the job of a lifetime to build and foster a solution provider channel in a totally direct organization
2008 IT channel predictions
Google, SaaS, Dell, Apple, Second Life, RIM, Cognos and a big shakeout will make headlines next year
Giveways are a tell-tale sign
Are vendors trying to buy their way into their clients’ hearts?
Dell is the newsmaker of the year
NexInnovations, D&H Distributing and Dimension Data gave Dell a run for its money
Intuit stresses usability in upcoming QuickBooks 2008 release
At an event in Toronto recently, Intuit Canada gave members of the accounting industry a peak under the hood of QuickBooks 2008, the next release of the company’s flagship product.
Brains II bolsters break-fix business
Softchoice and Brains II partner to service former Nex customers after VAR acquires the remaining assets
Dell’s direct to partner program
Direct vendor wants to bring its operational efficiencies to the channel for mutual benefit
Computer Data Source to expand through Canadian partnerships
IT services company wants to recruit resellers to help grow its base
Open source CMSes prove well worth the price
We look at five free offerings boasting solid Web publishing features that challenge their commercial competitors