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Zscaler Appoints HP, Symantec Exec Global VP of Sales

Zscaler has named William Welch as its global vice president of Sales and chief revenue officer, responsible for furthering the company’s worldwide growth.

Cyber-security providerZscaler has appointedWilliam Welch as the company’s latest global vice president of Sales and chief revenue officer, tasked with growing the company’s sales and channel organizations and furthering Zscaler’s growth worldwide.

Welch […]

Steve Newton Appointed Aria Networks CEO

Aria Networks has appointed Steve Newton as CEO, replacing former company head Tony Fallow.

Aria Networks has appointed Steve Newtonchief executive officer, replacing former CEO Tony Fallows, who has left to pursue other opportunities, according to the company.

The announcement comes in conjunction with the close of a new funding round expected to help the company […]

Birch Communications Taps Former IBM Program Manager as Vice President

Birch Communications today announced it has hired former IBM Program Manager Michelle Ansley as its vice president and chief administration officer. What will her role entail? Here are the details.

Birch Communications Vice President and Chief Administration Officer Michelle Ansley.

Birch Communicationstoday announced it has added former IBM (IBM) Program Manager Michelle Ansley as its vice […]

Avnet Taps Patrick Zammit to Lead ATS

Patrick Zammit replaces Phil Gallagher as global president of Avnet Technology Solutions, where he will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the division.

Patrick Zammit, global president of Avnet Technology Solutions

Avnet (AVT) has named Patrick Zammit as the new global president of Avnet Technology Solutions, responsible for masterminding the strategic direction and daily […]

NetSuite Names Former Microsoft Exec Studer to CMO Post

NetSuite has named Fred Studer, a former Microsoft and Oracle top marketing executive, to its chief marketing officer post, and charged him with overseeing the company’s worldwide marketing initiatives.

Cloud CRM and ERP provider NetSuite (N) has named Fred Studer, a former Microsoft (MSFT) and Oracle (ORCL) top marketing executive, to its chief marketing officer […]

Unisys Taps Altabef, Former Dell Services President, as New Chief Executive

Unisys has named Peter Altabef, a 20-year industry veteran with extensive channel experience, as its new president and chief executive.

Unisys (UIS) has named Peter Altabef, a 20-year industry veteran with extensive channel experience, as its new president and chief executive, replacing J. Edward Coleman, who abruptly announced in early October he would step down […]

Trace3 Names Tyler Beecher New CEO

IT solution provider Trace3 has appointed Tyler Beecher as its latest chief executive officer, succeeding company founder Hayes Drumwright, who will take on a new leadership position as executive chairman of Trace3.
In his new role as CEO, Beecher will be tasked with helping Trace3 to reach its eventual $1 billion annual revenue goal. He […]

Adam Famularo Named Verizon Channel Chief

Verizon (VZ) has appointed channel veteran Adam Famularo as the new vice president of Global Channels, the company announced this week.
Prior to joining Verizon earlier this month, Famularo spent the past 16 years at CA Technologies (CA), where he worked directly with channel partners and solution providers to create channel organizations, MSP channels and […]

Michael Dell Revels in IT Industry Disruption

A few years ago no would have predicted Dell would be the only end-to-end supplier of IT systems in the market, much less the fact that 40 percent of its revenues are now generated by its channel partners.
At the Dell World 2014 conference this week Michael Dell made it clear that as the CEO […]

8X8, RingCentral Leaders in UCaaS Market

Unified communications (UC) providers 8×8 and RingCentral are the two companies dominating the UC-as-a-service (USaaS) market in the third quarter of 2014, according to a new study by Synergy Research Group. 8×8 and RingCentral each own a market share of just under 13 percent, cementing them as the twin 800-pound gorillas in the UCaaS […]