Chris Rimer, vice president of IBM’s North America Cloud Ecosystems for Business Partners & Channels, joins Pod2112 to talk about the evolving nature of cloud partnerships, alliances, and go-to-market strategies....
Management often challenges channel chiefs to prove the ROI of the channel in a straightforward formula – how many dollars will return to us for every dollar spent? – but channel ROI isn’t that simple...
Carlos Blanco, senior director of Worldwide Cloud Service Providers at Citrix, joins Pod2112 to talk about the need for transforming the role of channel account managers in the cloud computing era....
Success never comes without tough choices. Surprisingly, choosing to win often requires making counterintuitive and courageous decisions....
Alex Hart, a veteran executive of such vendors as Symantec, VMware, and Verizon Enterprise, joins Pod2112 to talk about the partnering fundamentals that remain unchanged amid disruptive technology trends....
Transformational trends are driving vendors to rethink their channel programs, but channel chiefs struggle with finding the right starting point. The answer: Start at the end and work backward....
Tina Gravel, senior vice president of channels and alliances at co-location vendor Cyxtera says, vendors are paying partners for access to customers, and traditional incentives like deal registration work well in this context. ...
Vendors often complain that fulfillment partners get paid too much for doing too little. They’re missing the point of fulfillment and overlooking the value these partners deliver. ...
Natasha Loeffler-Little, head of North America channels at SAP Ariba, joins Pod2112 to talk about the importance of partner time to revenue and strategies for expediting it. ...
Several vendors have recently asked 2112 about the total size of the channel. The only answer: It’s big and getting bigger....
Carolyn Crandall, chief deception officer and chief marketing officer at Attivo Networks, joins Pod2112 to talk about how distributed detection can make enterprise security more effective. ...
Once vendors stop playing catch-up and solution providers approach managed services strategically, not opportunistically, the full potential of the recurring revenue model can be realized....