Hashtag Trending – Google makes it easier to build the next Pokémon Go; iHeartMedia files for bankruptcy; Tesla producing flawed parts?
Google has opened its Maps app to developers hoping to create the next Pokémon Go. iHeartRadio owner…
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to the channel: build for the cloud
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger continues to make clear that he’s a lot more interested in channel partners…
D&H Canada’s focus on SMBs helping spur double-digit growth
Canada consists of a small population spread out across a vast geography, something that is reflected in…
BlackBerry extends John Chen’s contract to 2023
BlackBerry Ltd. is betting on CEO John Chen for the long run. The two announced an agreement…
Canadian company becomes world’s largest Oracle Commerce service provider
After combining forces with Thinkwrap Commerce and Spark::red last month, solution provider Tenzing has become the world’s…
Who is the top public cloud provider in Canada?
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected. A previous version of the story applied rankings to different cloud…
CDN’s #3 Newsmaker of the Year – Kevin Peesker
Kevin Peesker began 2017 as the head of Dell EMC Canada, but stepped down from the position…
Hashtag Trending – Theranos CEO settles fraud charges; former Equifax CIO charged with insider trading; big tech remembers Stephen Hawking
Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes settles the fraud charges against her company. The former CIO of…
Pivot3 announces new HCI solution, targets small businesses and branch offices
Pivot3 wants to bring its hyperconverged solution to small-to-medium-sized business and remote branch offices. Acuity X3 Series…
CDN’s #4 Newsmaker of the Year – Zack Dickson & Charlie Atkinson
If year one of HPE Canada was categorized as learning to become more agile and easier to…
Bell strengthens its connect-first cloud strategy with AWS partnership
BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada is one step closer to its goal of being a one-stop-shop for public…
Hashtag Trending – China’s using sunglasses to spy on people; 3D-printed homes for $10,000 USD; a new startup will preserve your brain
Beijing police are using AI-powered sunglasses to spy on people. A Texas company can 3D print a…
Salesforce targets small businesses with release of Essentials
Small businesses spend 23 per cent of their workdays manually inputting data, so Salesforce is optimizing its…
CDN’s #5 Newsmaker of the Year – Ed Galasso
2017 was a year of change for Tech Data Canada. The distributor saw an entirely new leadership…
CDN’s #6 Newsmaker of the Year – Eric Gales
Eric Gales and Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a busy 2017, filled with partnerships, revamped channel partner…