Robert Dutt

Mar 20, 2025 | channelbuzz.ca | Robert Dutt

With chips designed to accelerate AI now available across the company’s portfolio of PCs and edge systems, Intel is focusing on building an ecosystem around AI at the edge. The chipmaker has announced that its OEM and ODM partners will launch a series of edge systems designed for AI applications later this year. It has also introduced new tools to build and validate AI edge applications, as well as software to assist in building and deploying edge-based AI systems and applications at scale.

Mar 19, 2025 | channelbuzz.ca | Robert Dutt

NASHVILLE—At its annual Amplify Partner Conference this week, HP CEO Enrique Lores told partners his company was not a PC or printer vendor but focused on the future of work. It’s part of the company’s push to focus on “One HP,” a strategy that stresses a better-together message about its hardware and software and emphasizes user experiences more than the technology components themselves.

Mar 10, 2025 | channelbuzz.ca | Robert Dutt

vPro, Intel’s built-into-the-hardware security and manageability system for its commercial-grade processors, has been around for almost two decades, including its roots as Intel Active Management technology. Despite that long runway and the technology’s embedding in so much of the company’s processor lineup, the company has seen slow pickup. Jen Larson, general manager for commercial client segments at Intel, reports vPro activation in the low single digits.

Mar 3, 2025 | channelbuzz.ca | Robert Dutt

Acronis has appointed company veteran Stephen Nichols as its first-ever country manager for Canada. He says this move shows an increased focus on the Canadian market for the MSP-focused security and backup vendor. Previously a technical director of solutions engineering for Acronis, Nichols will move into a more sales and marketing role and take charge of all of the company’s efforts in Canada.

Mar 3, 2025 | channelbuzz.ca | Robert Dutt

BARCELONA — Intel kicked off its presence at this year’s Mobile World Congress here by announcing the system-on-chip (SOC) version of its latest-generation Xeon 6 processors, offering mobile network operators a number of benefits over previous generations. The Xeon 6 SOC adds greater vRAN capacity.