SAP AG (SAP) Global Ecosystem and Channels President Eric Duffaut, who has been with the company since 2005, has made a personal decision to leave the company, according to an SAP spokesperson.
Mark Ferrer, COO of SAP’s Global Customer Operations (GCO), will serve as the new leader of the division, working closely with ecosystem and […]
Security vendor Sophos continued its 2013 roll by hiring John Keenan, a 13-year Dell (DELL) SonicWall veteran, to head its North America sales efforts.
Keenan’s background is marked by some 20 years of sales and management experience, most recently with Dell SonicWall, where, as North America sales vice president, he is credited with constructing a […]
Apple (AAPL) is again breaking the mold of traditional IT hiring, reaching into clothing manufacturer titan Levi Strauss for Enrique Atienza to serve in a top director capacity in its U.S. retail operation, according to a 9to5Mac report.
The account, which cites sources knowledgeable with Atienza’s hiring, said that he has left his job as […]
Cisco Systems (CSCO) CEO John Chambers plans to stick around for another one to three years. Roughly 10 Cisco executives are in the running to be the networking giant’s next CEO. We originally thought Rob Lloyd, president, development and sales, had the inside edge for Cisco’s CEO post. Now, our resident blogger is starting to think […]
Web security vendor Websense has named Shawn Pearson, a former channel sales executive at EMC’s (EMC) RSA security division, as its new worldwide channel sales chief and charged him with driving adoption of the company’s flagship Triton platform among partners.
Pearson, whose official title is worldwide channel sales vice president, commands a 17-year security channel […]
Unified communications provider ShoreTel (SHOR) named Don Joos, the company’s current Global Services vice president, as its new president and chief executive, succeeding Peter Blackmore, who’s retiring after nearly three years on the job in which he doubled sales, scaled global operations and boosted the company’s growth.
ShoreTel announced Joos’s ascension at the same time […]
Flash storage maker Virident Systems has tapped Dawn Ruszel, a former EMC (EMC) partner sales manager, as Worldwide Channels senior director.
With flash storage gaining in the marketplace as prices come down, the technology is fast becoming a must-have for solutions-oriented partners. VIrident is moving from relying on its direct sales team to incorporating partners […]
Cisco Systems (CSCO) has tapped Andrew Sage, its former worldwide Partner Led vice president and Small Business Sales vice president, as its new Americas Distribution vice president, taking Julie Hens’ former post when she was elevated to Worldwide Distribution vice president last week.
Wendy Bahr, Cisco Americas Partner Organization senior vice president, in co-authoring a […]
IT solutions and services provider Dimension Data has named Mark Slaga, a 13-year company veteran, as chief executive of its Americas operation.
Slaga, who was promoted from his chief operating officer (COO) slot, will succeed Jere Brown, who is retiring at the end of the year after seven years in the Americas top slot and […]
Cisco Systems (CSCO) last week promoted Julie Hens to handle its distribution-related programs and relationships worldwide, a responsibility Edison Peres, the vendor’s worldwide channels senior vice president, called a “critical piece of our go-to-market channel strategy, representing $13 billion a year in revenue for Cisco.”
Hens, whose new title officially is Worldwide Distribution vice president, […]
