Microsoft’s Gavriella Schuster says accepting that you’re sometimes a partner and sometimes a competitor is necessary for finding success in the complex technology market. ...
Wireless networking vendor Aerohive’s Michael O’Brien joins Pod2112 to discuss how MSPs are tapping into the business intelligence opportunities with managed WiFi....
Far from a set-it-and-forget-it arrangement, recurring-revenue cloud accounts need nurturing and support throughout the life of the contract to maximize profit and value....
Too often, vendors build programs solely to service their own needs. They need to take more consideration of what partners need and partner business models to drive better channel results....
Former VAR turned service provider Andrew Plato of security specialist Anitian joins Pod2112 to discuss everything that’s wrong with the conventional vendor-partner reseller model and why reselling product is increasingly less advantageous. Every vendor needs to hear this....
Michelle Ragusa-McBain, a customer, partner experience manager at Cisco, and chairperson of the CompTIA Advancing Women in Technology community, joins Pod2112 to discuss the need to support women’s technology careers and the resources available to women who have, or aspire to have, careers in technology....
It’s an old maxim that still holds true today: quality, not quantity. Vendors should stop counting channel partners and start celebrating the high performers....
An astronomy analogy is quite appropriate when discussing vendor-partner relationships; think of vendors as stars that need to maintain just-right conditions to keep partners in their orbit....
If you follow certain steps, and leverage all the cloud has to offer, very high indeed....
Matt Nachtrab, the new CEO of eFolder, joins 2112 to talk about embracing and committing to the entrepreneur spirit rather than taking another job in a big, bureaucratic corporation....
A best-in-class pre-sales team anticipates and evaluates customer needs, guides customers’ business transformations, and boosts profitability....
Quick – what’s an SLA? RMM? Can you name three vendor strategies for mitigating channel conflict? So much to learn. So little time. With 2112, the classroom’s just a mouse click away....