Channel chiefs

Dell Financial Services has "really ramped up its presence" with roughly $5 billion financed via 2,000 partners across North America and Europe this year.

AVG Technologies, after layoffs and a key channel resignation, has hired Cisco Systems veteran Fred Gerritse to fix its SMB software business, sources say.

Today's update involves Microsoft cloud PBX services; a new Office 365 SKU; who paid a $13M compliance fine; visiting Gary Pica; and IT Nation 2015.

CA Technologies Channel Chief Alyssa Fitzpatrick describes how her company is evolving for modern partner opportunities. Next Stop: CA World 2015.

Microsoft says 5,000 resellers now promote Surface devices to customers. Here's a closer look at the numbers & partner program perks.

Wendy Bahr's take on the changing IT landscape; immediate Cisco partner opportunities across software, security and services; and the need to simplify.

MapR's new president and COO -- Oracle veteran Matt Mills -- will drive the company's big data Hadoop sales. A key route to market: IT channel partners.

Symantec's new channel partner program, called Symantec Secure One, launched with no mention of MSPs, managed services & recurring cloud revenue.