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.
We could not reach Thurber, a former CRN Channel Chief, for comment. Nor did our resident blogger call Watchguard for comment because, um, the […]
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 centers; hybrid cloud services and mobile management opportunities.
O’Callaghan is well-known within channel circles, having previously held senior sales and indirect sales positions […]
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) to grow even faster. And Rackspace has had some executive turnover in its channel partner program. So who’s driving the […]
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 positions at Proxim and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO). So what are Jones’ top priorities? Here are some clues.
Jones shifted into the […]
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 reports to Dick Faulkner, Sophos North American Sales vice president.
Krause’s background includes prior stints in channel sales, marketing and operations […]
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 Frank Vitagliano, the iconoclastic channel guru, is the vendor’s new channel sales vice president, just as our sources told him. […]
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 a slot vacant since last summer after Amanda Jobbins unexpectedly left the networking giant.
Liebo, who joined Cisco in 2005 after […]
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, comes only a few days after Oracle announced disappointing Q3 2013 earnings. This could be a huge win for Microsoft […]
Global distribution behemoth Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM) has promoted Kirk Robinson to senior vice president, Commercial Markets and Global Accounts for North America, expanding his prior role to include ownership of the distributor’s global accounts and supervision of additional strategic key business units. He is responsible for managing the business leaders responsible for Ingram’s […]
Storage area networking vendor Brocade Communications (NASDAQ: BRCD) has named Lloyd Carney, a 30-year high tech industry veteran, as its new chief executive replacing Michael Klayko, who held the post since 2005 and whose planned resignation the company announced some four months ago as it continues to search for a suitable buyer.
Carney, who most […]
