Inflation Impact on the Channel
Rising prices will likely have a ripple effect through the channel, necessitating adjustments in strategies, programs, and partner relationships. ...
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Sep 2021
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Mar 2020
Channels in the Time of Coronavirus
Precautions to stop the virus’s spread will cause short-term disruptions and long-term changes to the way vendors go to market....
28
Jan 2019
Change Is a Threat Until It’s Not
For guidance on what to do when change comes a-calling, look no further than Chuck Robbins, Satya Nadella, Ginni Rometty, and Mark Hurd...
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Jan 2019
Good Channel Programs Don’t Come Cheap
Spending on channels isn’t a guarantee of success, but starving programs almost always guarantees disappointment....
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Oct 2018
Podcast: The Vendor Perspective on Distribution
Andrew Sage, vice president of Americas distribution at Cisco Systems, joins Pod2112 to discuss the evolving role and value of distribution from a vendor perspective....
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Jul 2018
Vendors: Your Competitors Are Changing
Companies that built the various IT industry segments could always rely on knowing their competition would look and act more or less like them, but that’s no longer true....
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Feb 2018
Competition Exacerbates IT Talent Shortage
The U.S. had 6 million unfilled tech jobs last year, many of them among IT resellers and service providers. Competition between vendors and partners makes filling those jobs more difficult....
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Nov 2017
Podcast: Empowering Women in Tech
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....
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Jun 2017
Amazon is Taking Over the World; Get Used to It
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. ...
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Mar 2017
The Votes Are in for the Best Channel Programs of 2017
Partners speak out on the best vendor channel programs and the vendors that offer the best opportunity for growth. ...
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Jun 2016
Symantec Leaps Forward with Blue Coat Acquisition
Just months after divesting of storage management software specialist Veritas, Symantec is doubling down on its security business by buying Blue Coat, which brings revenue, customers, and hardware....
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May 2016
Dealing with Declining Hardware Value
‘Box-pushing’ continues to be a losing proposition for vendors and their channel partners. Find out how solution providers can adjust their focus from hardware to services....
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