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Mark Sutor on Trust X Alliance in the AI age: The original distributor as platform

This episode of In The Channel is sponsored by Ingram Micro Canada. Mark Sutor, president of Access Group and Canadian co-president on the Trust X Alliance Global Advisory Board, joins the show to ...
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A major Canadian distribution leadership change, fresh identity security research, and workforce challenges in security operations headline the day.

Welcome to The Buzz from ChannelBuzz.ca, I’m Robert Dutt, today is Tuesday, July 21, 2026, and here’s what’s happening in the channel today. TD SYNNEX has appointed Chris Fabes as President of Canada, ...
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Exclusive Networks’ Carrie Hopkins on building specialist distribution in Canada and what Ignition means for partners

Carrie Hopkins, senior director of business development and sales for Exclusive Networks Canada Exclusive Networks describes itself as a specialist distributor — hyper-focused on cybersecurity and ...
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The Buzz: OpenAI launches partner network, Carbon60 makes the MSP 501, and RecordPoint goes channel-first

Welcome to The Buzz from ChannelBuzz.ca, I’m Robert Dutt, today is Thursday, July 16, and here’s what’s happening in the channel today. OpenAI’s inaugural Partner Network is officially live as of ...
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Xerox IT Solutions’ Curtis Dery on HPE’s financing moves, channel-only expansion, and why AI is a ‘digital goldmine’

Curtis Dery, executive vice president at Xerox IT Solutions Canada Curtis Dery, executive vice president at Xerox IT Solutions Canada (doing business as Powerland), has been living the HPE GreenLake ...
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Long View’s Dave Frederickson on HPE’s rediscovered mojo, the quote-cycle crisis, and why AI starts with data

Dave Frederickson, executive vice president of strategic alliances and business development at Long View Systems There are not many people who can look at HPE Discover 2026 from the vantage point of ...
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HPE Financial Services’ Brad Shapiro on new partner financing offers and the ITAD opportunity in AI refreshes

Brad Shapiro, senior vice president and chief sales officer of HPE Financial Services HPE Financial Services is making a concerted push to be less of a “best-kept secret” and more of a deal-closing ...
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The Buzz: an end-of-week look at the HPE Discover 2026 details that matter for partners

Today’s headline news for Canadian IT solution providers: HPE Discover 2026 wraps up in Las Vegas today, and if you’ve been following our coverage, you know we’ve had plenty to unpack this week. For ...
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HPE compute software VP Justin McGarry on why Compute Ops Management is a business growth platform for MSPs

Justin McGarry, vice president of product management for compute software at HPE At HPE Discover 2026 in Las Vegas this week, In The Channel sat down with Justin McGarry, vice president of product ...
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The Buzz: Fidelma Russo makes the economic case for on-prem AI as HPE unveils Morpheus 9 and Vultr buys big

This epsisode of The Buzz is brought to you by HPE Discover 2026. Check out our full coverage of the event on ChannelBuzz.ca — you’ll find out HPE Discover 2026 News Hub in the menu bar at the top of ...
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Betting on HPE networking: Ben Fallon on self-driving networks, SASE security, and what partners can expect in November

At HPE Discover Las Vegas this week, HPE pushed its networking story to the centre of the event – from autonomous AIOps capabilities to a unified SASE platform – and the channel is central to how it ...
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The Buzz: HPE Discover keynote day: self-driving networks take centre stage as HPE makes its AI-era argument

HPE used keynote day at HPE Discover 2026 in Las Vegas to make a clear argument: networking is the foundation of the AI era. In the afternoon general session, Rami Rahim, HPE’s EVP and GM of ...