July 2013
Dimension Data Appoints New Americas Chief
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 […]
Cisco Taps Hens for Worldwide Distribution VP
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 […]
Red Hat Hires Former VMware Exec to Handle Global Alliances
Linux vendor Red Hat (RHT) has dipped into VMware’s (VMW) executive ranks to nab Scott Musson, a seven-year veteran of the virtualization vendor, as its new Global Strategic Alliances vice president.
Musson, formerly VMware’s Global […]
June 2013
Lucovsky Rejoins VMware for Mega Cloud Platform Project
Mark Lucovsky has rejoined VMware (NYSE: VMW). He had been working on Cloud Foundry, which VMware is spinning off as part of the Pivotal Initiative. The move comes ahead of VMware’s Q4 2012 earnings, […]
Cisco, McAfee Channel Pro Alex Thurber Joins Watchguard
Cisco Systems (CSCO) and McAfee Channel Veteran Alex Thurber, most recently at TripWire, is joining Watchguard Technologies as VP of sales. Watchguard, a firewall and unified threat management (UTM) specialist, is a 100 percent pure channel company.
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May 2013
New VMware Channel Chief Must Tackle Mobile, Cloud Opportunities
VMware (NYSE:VMW) has officially named Dave O’Callaghan as its senior VP of global channels and alliances. The move, first reported by CRN earlier this month, arrives as VMware marches channel partners toward software-defined data […]
Rackspace Cloud Channel Partner Program: Who Is in Charge?
Rackspace (NYSE:RAX) remains in growth mode. The company’s OpenStack initiatives are gaining momentum and the company has a successful channel partner program. Now for the challenge: Wall Street wants the cloud services provider (CSP) […]
April 2013
Juniper: Chris Jones Succeeds Frank Vitagliano
Juniper (NYSE:JNPR) has named Chris Jones to succeed Frank Vitagliano as its VP for Americas Partner Sales. Vitagliano recently exited Juniper to join Dell (NASDAQ:DELL). Jones, a Juniper veteran, previously held VP-level and director-level […]
Sophos Names Krause New Americas Channel Chief
Security vendor Sophos has tapped Kendra Krause as channel sales vice president to oversee the company’s Americas partner initiatives.
Krause, who Sophos squired away from rival Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), will be based in Chicago. She […]
Dell SMB Channel Sales: Vitagliano’s New Gig
We all know it’s a good idea to pay attention to us. After all, whose ear is closer to the IT channel ground? Not many, as it turns out…Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) confirmed late Friday that […]
Cisco Names Liebo New Global Partner Marketing Leader
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) has turned to an internal top services and customer segment marketing executive to lead its partner-facing marketing initiatives, tapping Sherri Liebo as its new global partner marketing vice president, filling […]
March 2013
Microsoft Hires Oracle Channel Chief Judson Althoff for North America Sales Push
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has hired former Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) Channel Chief Judson Althoff. According to a Microsoft press release, Althoff will become president, North America Sales and Marketing, and corporate VP. Althoff’s leap to Microsoft, effective March 29, […]
