Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst tells troops there’s a massive shortage of skills to deliver OpenStack cloud solutions and the company’s OpenShift PaaS offering.
April 2, 2015Mark CoxComments Off on Polycom enhances flexibility with first phase of new partner program
Polycom introduces new and more flexible criteria to reach higher partner levels, while at the same time requiring minimum sales thresholds at all levels and getting more rigorous about joint business plans for upper tier partners.
Avnet’s new Web-based maintenance and renewal tool aims to help partners close business in an important but overlooked part of their recurring revenue stream.
Avnet Technology Solutions poses some thought-provoking questions for Canadian solution providrs building out their cloud business in this contributed blog.
October 20, 2014Mark CoxComments Off on Avnet now authorized as Lenovo distributor for x86 servers
The agreement, which went into effect October 1, covers only the server products acquired from IBM, but Avnet is assessing whether to carry the rest of the Lenovo server portfolio as well.
July 14, 2014Mark CoxComments Off on HP targets mobile workplace with joint Microsoft-Intel program
A new partnership will see HP, Microsoft and Intel work together on a cohessive commercial mobility strategy from hardware through to go-to-market strategy.