By Sean Blanda, Director of Content, Crossbeam For such a touch-and-go relationship, it’s funny we call it “channel partnership.” Most partner relationships are a bit of a dance. We want to help one another, but there’s a bit of a mistrust at play. In a perfect world, you and your partner would both share all […]
While so many channel marketers struggle to get partners to take advantage of the market development funds (MDF) they offer, the situation at Red Hat, a leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, is substantially different. In the past two years, the number of partners that are participating in the company’s MDF program has climbed […]
ZINFI Technologies, a unified channel management (UCM) solutions provider and supplier of through-channel marketing automation and partner relationship management (PRM) software, and SugarCRM, a customer experience applications vendor, are offering an integrated CRM-PRM solution. ZINFI’s PRM platform is powered by a set of do-it-yourself tools for small to large enterprises to automate and manage their channels effectively. ZINFI’s […]
Heather K. Margolis, founder and CEO of Channel Maven, is a renowned member of the channel marketing vanguard. At companies including EMC, EqualLogic and Dell, she spearheaded initiatives that resulted in smarter channel programs. For more than a decade, Channel Maven has been a go-to provider of strategic channel marketing communications to channel and Partner […]
Recognizing that B2B buyers give more credence to comments from colleagues and peers, user reviews and third-party/analyst reports, marketers are striving to make sure that these go-to sources are more proactively making recommendations about their products and services. Rather than wait for a prospect to ask advice about a business issue or recommendation on a […]
Transforming channel marketing programs to address prevailing challenges and seize new business opportunities will be addressed by the profession’s most influential thought-leaders at the B2B Marketing Exchange (B2BMX) in Scottsdale, AZ, February 24-26, 2020. In presentations, panel discussions and workshops, attendees will hear how channel professionals will strive to exceed expectations and hurdle obstacles by optimizing […]
Ingram Micro Cloud announced the global availability of its Go-to-Market Hub for partners and the Go-to-Market Builder for vendors. The Go-to-Market Hub provides partners with a single destination for through-channel marketing automation, with sales enablement content and tools across the Ingram Micro Cloud portfolio of cloud products. The Go-to-Market Builder provides vendors with a tool to […]
ConnectWise, a leading provider of business automation software for technology solution providers (TSPs), has announced a strategic partnership with Webinfinity, a provider of SaaS-based solutions for driving personalized engagement at scale. ConnectWise also announced its acquisition of Continuum and ITBoost. The convergence of ConnectWise’s platform with the service-enabled RMM, security and NOC/SOC and Help Desk […]
Channel leader Heather Tenuto has joined Zift Solutions, the enterprise channel management solution provider, as chief revenue officer. Prior to joining Zift, Tenuto was VP of SMB Sales and Indirect Channels at Office Depot, and Vice President of Channels at ShoreTel. In her new role as CRO, Tenuto will be responsible for optimizing sales strategy […]
Impartner, a channel management platform provider, has received $20 million in growth capital financing from Vector Capital, a global private equity firm specializing in transformational investments in technology businesses. The financing will allow Impartner to further accelerate its growth by increasing sales and marketing expenditure and acquiring complementary technologies. “Impartner has a proven track record of helping […]