Mobile CRM market on the rise
SalesLogix developer uses key Canadian acquisition and the BlackBerry to foster mobile CRM adoption through the channel in North America
New, but not necessarily improved
The IT industry thrives on bringing out new products, but some of them are duds
Breaking in is hard to do
Looking for solution providers in Canada? Well, it’s not as easy as it used to be
Microsoft hopes Vista isn’t put on ice
It was -4C inside a downtown Toronto house of ice Microsoft built to showcase what Windows Vista can do for consumers’ PCs
2007: The year of Vista?
There are many reasons for and against the new operating system this year
Microsoft, HP form tag team
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have inked a three-year agreement to spend US$300 million creating integrated hardware and software products aimed at corporate enterprises
Cisco’s 2007 plans will depend on partners
Channel must adjust breadth or depth of skill sets such as VoIP, which will have a high adoption rate this year, to reap new rewards, company says at C-Scape conference
In Silicon Valley Europe things aren’t in clover
Although Ireland has attracted big IT companies, but local firms are struggling
The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 1: ATI/AMD David Orton
The CEO of ATI orchestrated the biggest deal in Canadian IT business history, giving AMD a bigger foothold in Canada. That’s why we chose him top newsmaker of the year
The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 Number 3: Tech Data Rick Reid
A new distribution centre in B.C., more TechSelect members and record revenues made it merely a
The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 Number 2: Northern Micro Herman Yeh
Until federal bureaucrats came out with a proposal to overhaul the procurement of printers, he was a relatively unknown head of an Ottawa solution provider. Then he decided he wasn’t going to take it anymore
The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 25: Broken Batteries
For Sony, recalls of millions of laptop batteries and slow PlayStation 3 sales made 2006 a year worth forgetting
The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 24: Frank Abate
Being acquired doesn’t always mean a happy ending. This VAR co-owner found out the hard way
The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 23: Netsuite Canada Marc Huffman
NetSuite Canada GM led the charge for the software as a service movement here
The Top 25 Newsmakers of 2006 – Number 22: Skydata Howard Goldberg
He pioneered value-added distribution in Canada for more than a decade, then sold Skydata to Arrow