Tarkan Maner, CEO and chairman of Nexenta, knows a thing or two about staying ahead of disruption. His company is moving beyond flash storage to software defined storage and software defined infrastructure....
Taylor Macdonald, senior vp of channel sales at Intacct, knows a lot about specialized partners, and he shares his insights of finding, working with and rewarding nontraditional partners....
Vendors talk about the need for transformation, but many companies wait too long to make necessary changes to remain competitive and relevant because they lack the courage to take risks....
Michael Parker, the CMO of Internet of Things security startup Armis and star of the YouTube hit “Deadpool Musical - Beauty and the Beast ‘Gaston’ Parody,” joins Pod2112 to talk about effective use of humor in tech marketing. ...
Kevin Gilroy, executive vice president of Samsung Electronics, knows a thing or two about building the right solutions for their market, simplifying complex systems and delighting customers to keep them engaged. Gilroy shares his insights and approaches to delighting customers....
Channel chiefs should define the key performance indicators that measure the operational effectiveness and success factors before someone else defines it for them....
Julie Parrish, a well-known channel veteran and current chief marketing officer of security vendor RedSeal, joins Pod2112 to talk about how channel pros can curate their careers to crossover into non-channel jobs. ...
The takeover of Whole Foods by Amazon rattled the retail grocery world, with many predicting legacy supermarkets already lost to the digital behemoth. The tech market is watching wearily as Amazon encroaches on its turf. It’s time to stop fearing Amazon and embrace it. ...
Channel chief Kim King joins Pod2112 to talk about the IoT pivot and the lessons learned in creating an IoT-centric organization, culture, and channel....
Everyone knows the IT market is changing, and that will cause changes in the channel’s composition. Plotting the channel’s future state requires understanding the capabilities and capacities of existing partners. ...
The gaining popularity of managed services among vendors and solution providers, the importance of building strong services businesses and the mistakes large vendors make in transitioning to managed services and recurring revenue models....
Synnex’s acquisition of Westcon is another example of distributors consolidating to gain economies of scale during a period of mission transformation. ...