Cisco’s “Made in Canada” plan offers speed to market
Cisco Canada is implementing a “Made in Canada” configuration plan for its Business Edition 6000 collaboration system…
BlackBerry not worried about Boeing’s self-destructing smartphone
Media reports are calling it a potential BlackBerry killer, but the Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone manufacturer doesn’t appear…
Newsmaker #5 Bob Elliott, SAP Canada
Change was a constant in 2013 and change was something that SAP Canada embraced throughout the year.…
Security as a service could create a more secure future
SAN FRANCISCO – With all the weekly headlines about new malware, dangerous threats, and unforeseen attack vectors,…
BlackBerry reaffirms commitment to enterprise market, highly regulated industries
While former CEO Thorsten Heins may be gone from BlackBerry, the enterprise-focused strategy he laid out before…
New growth strategies for up-selling
As my most loyal readers and customers know, I’m a huge fan of and believer in retaining…
McAfee launches McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange
Security vendor McAfee (soon to be known as Intel security) has launched McAfee Threat Intelligence exchange, which…
Turning cloud computing into a security advantage
SAN FRANCISCO – After the warnings about the cloud and its potential threats to security, it seems…
Newsmaker #6 Dan Fortin, IBM Canada
IBM has been making serious investments in Canada in recent years, from research centres to data centres,…
Newsmaker #7 Rick Reid, Tech Data Canada
The only executive to make each CDN Top 25 Newsmaker list since its inception in 2001, Rick…
Do you have to invest in cloud now or can it wait?
Although almost 90 per cent of resellers in North America currently report some cloud “involvement”, at present…
Hurray for social media: The Oscars go mobile
Canadian movie fans watching the Oscars this weekend will have their smartphones close at hand. A survey…
10 public cloud security concerns you shouldn’t ignore
SAN FRANCISCO – It’s not news that businesses are moving more of their data to the cloud.…
Newsmaker #8 Gavin Garbutt, N-Able/SolarWinds
2013 saw the last of the original Canadian managed services providers N-Able Technologies get acquired. Ottawa-based N-Able…
Newsmaker #9 Mitchell Martin, Synnex Canada
The Canadian distribution market got a little smaller in 2013. The biggest deal saw Synnex Canada acquire…