Google aims to make a splash with first Canadian Google Cloud Platform region
It was only a matter of time before Google opened its first Canadian region. This February, after announcing…
Hashtag Trending – U.S gov’t halts Qualcomm takeover; IT outage cripples Air Canada; Musk promises Mars rockets next year
The U.S. government is trying to delay a hostile takeover of Qualcomm on national security grounds. An…
Avaya completes acquisition of Spoken, announces new cloud service
In addition to completing the acquisition of Spoken Communications – initially announced last month in New Orleans…
More than just plumbing: How IBM Cloud is optimized for business environments
Companies that embrace Big Blue as a cloud partner are benefitting from a business-first strategy that will…
CDN’s #7 Newsmaker of the Year – Rola Dagher & Bernadette Wightman
After three years at the helm of Cisco Canada, Bernadette Wightman passed the torch to Rola Dagher.…
Is there too much tech in sports? – Tech in Sports Ep. 34
The Tech in Sports crew explores all the latest sports tech news from the last week, including…
Hashtag Trending – Alexa is creepy now; baseball on Facebook; nanotech vision
People are waiting to see if Alexa’s laughing fits are really over, Facebook signs an exclusive deal…
CDN Top 100 Solution Providers – put yourself on the map
Every year CDN compiles a list of the top 100 solution providers in Canada based on revenue…
CDN’s #8 Newsmaker of the Year – Mitchell Martin
One of 2017’s more prominent tech acquisitions was distributor Synnex’ acquisition of Westcon-Comstor for $600 million. The…
Technology sector has strong showing in Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies list
Four technology companies made it on Deloitte’s latest Best Managed Companies list. The 25th annual list, released…
Mitel launches new consolidated global partner program
Business communications company Mitel is combining its heritage partner program with recently acquired ShoreTell’s legacy program into…
Tech Data adds Cisco Spark and Cisco Umbrella Cloud Solutions to StreamOne
Resellers across Canada can now access Cisco Spark and Cisco Umbrella cloud security on Tech Data’s StreamOne…
Hashtag Trending – Alexa is laughing at you, Snap cuts over 100 jobs, Amazon commits billions more to food industry
A weird Alexa bug has Alexa-enabled devices creepily laughing without being prompted, the company behind Snapchat is cutting over 100 jobs, and Amazon commits many more billions of dollars to the food industry. From Reddit – In news that will mak…
A channel perspective on International Women’s Day: Dell EMC’s Deanna Thomson talks diversity, equality in tech
The technology channel is a notoriously male-dominated field, which makes it an interesting case study for International…
Hashtag Trending – Dx3 Canada; Oculus bricked; Rhode Island proposes porn block
Amazon Canada’s leader says ecommerce has a lot of room to grow, Oculus Rift users are forced…