The new Microsoft Cloud Partner Program will radically change how the vendor works with solution providers, likely reducing the companies in its channel ranks....
Nina Harding, Google’s global chief of partner strategy and programs, joins POD2112 to talk about how Google’s legacy of innovation is helping to make solution providers “imagineers” that devise new ideas, craft new solutions, and create new services in and around the Google Cloud. ...
Richard McLeod, global vice president of enterprise software channels at BlackBerry, joins POD2112 to talk about the company’s transformation and evolution, and where it wants to go with partners....
Eric Hembree, director of IoT at Ingram Micro, is leading the charge in developing the IoT channel. Hembree joins Pod2112 to discuss the current and future state of the IoT market and channel. ...
Chorus Communications’ Rob Molinaro joins Pod2112 to discuss his company’s IoT initiative, the resources it’s providing partners, and its expectations for getting ahead of the IoT market curve....
Michael Dolbec from GE Ventures talks to Pod2112 about the future of IoT and what makes a digital start-up investment-worthy in today’s competitive climate....
Rod Baptie, president of Baptie & Co., has long talked about the potential power of specialized channel partners. Even with this influx of non-traditional partners, he believes the IT channel is still in the early days of leveraging specialized channels....
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....
Mike Gold, CEO of Intermedia, joins Pod2112 to discuss what it takes to beat back commoditization and maintain profitability for vendors and partners alike....