Technology integrator Carousel Industries has expanded its U.S. sales reach south and west and hired four new executives to push the company’s unified communications and collaboration platform solutions and services to midmarket and enterprise customers.
Chief among the appointments is Rhonda Wingate, Carousel’s new Collaboration president, who will oversee the company’s collaboration practice, including its […]
Absolute Software (ABT) welcomed former EMC executive Geoff Haydon as its new CEO last week, as the endpoint security company looks to stabilize its current leadership. Haydon, who also was named to the company’s Board of Directors, will be responsible for leading the company’s global business efforts.
“We are extremely pleased to have someone of […]
Among a slew of management changes, German software maker SAP (SAP) has promoted Rodolpho Cardenuto to head a new Global Partner Operations organization, tasking him with responsibility for SAP’s partner ecosystem both for cloud and on-premise software. Cardenuto previously led SAP’s Americas unit for the past year and a half.
“The formation of our new […]
As newly hired Red Hat (RHT) channel chief D. Robert Martin settles down into his new role at the billion dollar open source software company, channel partners are waiting to hear more about what he has in store for Red Hat’s channel partner program.
Red Hat April 1 announced it had hired Martin as its […]
Will Knight, a former 15-year Microsoft (MSFT) veteran, is Rackspace Hosting’s (RAX) new channel sales head, charged with building strategic partner relationships and sprinkling the program with incentives to improve profitability and sales.
Knight’s role is to show Rackspace’s partners how to make more money by simplifying the program and clarifying how to best engage […]
Longtime Microsoft (MSFT) executive Antoine Leblond, a 25-year company veteran and head of Windows Services, said he will exit after March 31, to “go out and see what the non-Microsoft world has to offer,” as he told colleagues in an email.
Leblond spent 20 years in Microsoft’s Office unit, mostly working with ex-Windows boss and […]
Symantec’s (SYMC) board of directors abruptly ousted President and Chief Executive Steve Bennett, whose tenure at the security company’s helm lasted a short but eventful 20 months, replacing him on an interim basis with board member Michael Brown, a former Quantum (QTM) boss.
Bennett, who took previous chief Enrique Salem’s job in July 2012, vowed […]
Aruba Networks (ARUN) has named former Avaya channel exec Karl Soderlund to its Worldwide Channels position. The announcement was made at Aruba Atmosphere, the company’s annual partner conference this week in Las Vegas.
As vice president of Worldwide Channels, Soderlund will be responsible for all things channel-related, including recruitment, developing global alliances and managing Aruba’s […]
Salesforce.com (CRM) on Thursday said it has appointed Ret. U.S. Gen. and former Secretary of State Colin Powell to its board of directors, effective March 13.
Powell joins a board comprised of leaders including Salesforce chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and John Roos, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
Benioff, who is well-known in the tech […]
Four months after departing Microsoft (MSFT), former channel chief Jon Roskill now is at the helm of Acumatica, a 7-year-old, cloud-based ERP specialist focused on SMBs.
Roskill, a 20-year, high-profile Microsoft channel veteran, takes Acumatica’s top spot immediately from outgoing chief executive Yury Larichev. He said the ERP market’s potential and Acumatica’s commitment to sell […]
