Partnership bolsters ability to deploy expedited cloud modernization solutions from domestic ISVs to Canadian public sector and commercial clients
TEMPE, Ariz., November 18, 2020 – Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ: NSIT), the global integrator of Insight Intelligent Technology Solutions™ for organizations of all sizes, announced its Canada operations has partnered with ThinkOn Inc., Canada’s only wholesale provider of storage, compute and networking resources, to deploy expedited cloud integration solutions and public sector security clearance.
Insight Canada partnered with ThinkOn to further support Canadian independent software vendors (ISV) through ThinkOn’s GCloud.ca Marketplace, which is designed to simplify and accelerate the selection and procurement of approved domestic-based cloud services to Canada’s governments. Launched in August, GCloud.ca helps governments across Alberta, Ontario and Quebec process, manage and store data securely and in compliance with regulations and policies.
With deep experience in Cloud + Data Center Transformation, Insight possesses a deep technical knowledge base to assist government agencies and private-sector businesses of any size in understanding successful pathways to IT modernization. Insight is able to accelerate cloud solution integration down to weeks rather than months thanks to its more than 5,300 trusted partnerships across global solution providers and ISVs.
“Our partnership with ThinkOn reinforces a collective ability to extend each of our provider networks and catalogs of software and infrastructure solutions and services to Canada’s public agencies as well as the private sector. We’re providing a powerful combination of flexible and cost-effective solutions that will help clients transform and secure their infrastructure to amplify the value of their data,” said John Dathan, senior vice president and general manager of Insight Canada.
Both Insight and ThinkOn deliver critical data management and information asset protection knowledge and solutions to help companies optimize IT infrastructure investments. Insight prescribes end-to-end technology services, from IT consulting and strategy development for platforms and workloads, to implementation and long-term management of on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud data ecosystems.
ThinkOn maximizes compute, network and storage resources, working with vendor partners to build secure, scalable solutions for enterprise application hosting, big data analytics and flexible disaster recovery-as-a-service. With more than 1,100 commercial and public sector clients, ThinkOn is recognized as one of the top accelerated growth services prospects nationally.
“Insight Canada is a fabulous partner to be an agent for ThinkOn in our federal government Cloud First program. Their extensive knowledge of cloud, their breadth of sales coverage, and their executive support for this program is a winning formula for government clients, Insight and ThinkOn,” said Craig McLellan, founder and CEO, ThinkOn.
For more information on Insight, visit ca.insight.com or call 800-INSIGHT.
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About Insight
Today, every business is a technology business. Insight Enterprises Inc. empowers organizations of all sizes with Insight Intelligent Technology Solutions™ and services to maximize the business value of IT. As a Fortune 500-ranked global provider of Digital Innovation, Cloud + Data Center Transformation, Connected Workforce, and Supply Chain Optimization solutions and services, we help clients successfully manage their IT today while transforming for tomorrow. From IT strategy and design to implementation and management, our employees help clients innovate and optimize their operations to run business smarter. Discover more at www.insight.com. NSIT
About ThinkOn Inc.
ThinkOn is an exclusive wholesale provider of cloud infrastructure and data management services with over 150 partners and over 1,100 end subscribers in the commercial and public sector. ThinkOn’s cloud is engineered for high availability, reliability, and scalability to meet the requirements of every government workload. Headquartered in Toronto, the company delivers true data protection and privacy with a government compliant service delivery infrastructure spanning three regions in Canada.
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