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Edison Peres to Leave Cisco One of Cisco’s most long-standing channel executives has announced his intentions to leave, as the company continues management changes in the wake of the retirement of former CEO John Chambers. Senior channels vice president Edison Peres intends to leave the company within the next few months, but will reportedly continue […]

By Ken Presti, Senior Consultant, Channel Impact Logicalis Acquires MCPc’s Advanced Technology Integration Group Logicalis, an international IT solutions and managed services provider, has conditionally agreed to acquire MCPc’s Advanced Technology Integration Group (ATIG), and integrate the Midwest focused solution provider into its US operation. ATIG provides IT and professional services including data center, unified […]

By Ken Presti, Senior Consultant, Channel Impact Unisys Names New Leadership for Public Sector Unisys Corporation has announced to key appointments for its government sector organization; a portion of the business that represented nearly 45% of the company’s Q1 revenue. Jennifer L. Napper has joined Unisys as group vice president of the Department of Defense […]

By Ken Presti, Senior Consultant, Channel Impact Centrify Launches New Channel Tier Centrify Corporation has announced a new partner category for national system integrators and consultants as part of an overall plan to support and accelerate the deployment and identity integration of SaaS applications, including Office 365. As part of the program, national systems integrators […]

By Ken Presti, Senior Consultant, Channel Impact Cisco Names Wendy Bahr to Lead Worldwide Partner Organization Cisco has named a long-time company insider to lead its Worldwide Partner Organization under incoming CEO Chuck Robbins. Wendy Bahr will become the company’s new senior vice president of the Worldwide Partner Organization, replacing Bruce Klein who has filled […]

By Ken Presti, Senior Consultant, Channel Impact IBM and Box Forge Global Partnership to Transform Work in the Cloud IBM and Los Altos, Calif.-based Box have announced a global partnership to support cloud offers. The companies plan to integrate Box’s cloud content collaboration platform with IBM’s Analytic, social solutions, security technologies and the IBM Cloud. […]

By Ken Presti, Senior Consultant, Channel Impact Tech Data Introduces New Solutions and Services Tech Data Corporation unveiled several new solutions and services, mostly around cloud and vertical markets. Among the highlights, TDCloud, the company’s provisioning, billing, and marketing engine, has now been extended to global availability. The Tech Data Cloud Solutions Store will now […]

By Ken Presti, Senior Consultant, Channel Impact Proofpoint Names Industry Veterans in Two Marketing Leadership Roles SUNNYVALE, Calif., – June 18, 2015 – Proofpoint, Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based security and compliance company, announced the appointment of Luanne Tierney to the position of senior vice president of Marketing and Ryan Kalember to the position of senior […]

By Ken Presti, Senior Consultant, Channel Impact D&H Adds “Cisco Pro” Partner Enablement Program D&H Distributing has implemented a new partner enablement program to reward and support resellers who increase their sales of Cisco products. The three-tiered “Cisco PRO” (Partner Revenue Opportunities) program is aimed at D&H’s Cisco Registered, Cisco Select, and Cisco Premier Partners, […]

By Ken Presti, Senior Consultant, Channel Impact Pulse Secure Announces Global Partner Program Pulse Secure, a San Jose-based provider of access and mobile security solutions for the enterprise and service providers, has announced the launch of its global partner program known as, “Pulse Secure Connect Now.” Rather than requiring certifications, the new program mandates joint […]