Giving back is extremely important to us at Channel Impact, and every year we hold an appreciation event for our customers and employees. This year, I wanted to do something a little different and focus our appreciation efforts towards breast cancer prevention. With a growing number of Channel Impact employees, [...]
Nimble Storage Rolls out Partner Program for Cloud Service Providers Nimble Storage, a San Jose-based vendor specializing in predictive flash storage, has announced a new CSP Partner Program customized for partners competing in the cloud services sector. "Cloud service providers are one of our fastest growing channels," said Leonard Iventosch, [...]
Tech Data Corporation to Acquire Technology Solutions Business from Avnet Tech Data Corporation has announced an agreement to acquire the Technology Solutions business from Avnet, Inc. for approximately $2.6 billion. Tech Data expects to achieve annual cost savings of approximately $100 million within two years after closing, primarily from efficiencies [...]
Avnet Names William Amelio as its New CEO Avnet, Inc. has appointed Bill Amelio as its permanent Chief Executive Officer, after functioning as the company's interim CEO since mid July. "Avnet is fortunate to have someone of Bill's character and experience," said Board Chairman William Schumann. "He brings energy and [...]
Dell SonicWALL Unveils New Value-based Partner Program Dell SonicWALL has rolled out its new "Reward for Value" North American partner program for network security channels. The updated program introduces expanded technical enablement and a new sales accreditation program with online learning tools and trainings on the SonicWALL portfolio, as well [...]
BeyondTrust Survey Focuses on Management of Privileged Access BeyondTrust, a Phoenix-based security vendor, has unveiled the results of its Privilege Benchmarking Study based on a worldwide survey of more than 500 IT professionals. Among the key findings, only 14 percent of the respondents regularly cycle their passwords, while 63 percent [...]
Ooma Launches Ooma Office Partner Program Ooma, Inc. has rolled out a new partner program to support the sale Ooma Office small business product line. In addition, the company is introducing an affiliate program that pays commission to partners for sales leads that ultimately result in new customers. "We're excited [...]
Synnex Completes Acquisition of The Minacs Group Pte. Synnex Corporation has completed its acquisition of The Minacs Group Pte, which will be integrated into its Concentrix business segment. This transaction is intended to strengthen domain expertise in Concentrix' automotive industry vertical and accelerate Marketing Optimization and IoT solutions with Minacs' [...]
ScanSource to Acquire Intelisys ScanSource, Inc., a Greenville, South Carolina-based value added distributor has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Intelisys Communications, Inc., a master agent/technology services distributor of business telecommunications and cloud services that claims gross commissions of $120 million for 2015. Intelisys, based in Petaluma, California, provides agents [...]
CompTIA IT Business Confidence Index Declines for Second Straight Quarter A well-know business metric that measures professional opinions on the state of the IT industry is showing reduced expectations among industry executives. The CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence Index fell in Q3, the second consecutive quarter of decline. The Q3 [...]
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