With approximately 50 million new small to medium businesses starting globally each year—which is more than 125,000 per day—is it any wonder why the SMB market continues to be the fastest growing market in the IT industry? According to a recent SMB study, global IT spending by SMBs was up 15% year-over-year in Q1 2012. Combine this Read more…
Tags: McAfee Channel, McAfee Rewards, Partner Acceleration Resource Center, SMB, SMB Specialization
As we’ve promised, 2012 is all about Investing in, Growing with and Optimizing for you, our partners. And what better way to start than by investing in two key partner enablement advancements, including a new, more robust learning platform and a new, more flexible continuing education approach to earning McAfee annual certifications. If you haven’t Read more…
Tags: 2012 Virtual Sales Kickoff, channel partner, Channel Partners, Channel Program, Gavin Struthers, McAfee Channel, McAfee Partner Learning Center, SMB, SMB Extravaganza, SMB Specialization
On Jan. 26, I hosted my first Global Channel Partner Quarterly Town Hall Meeting. For those that joined thank you and please don’t hesitate to let me know how we could improve these sessions by providing a comment to this blog. If you didn’t have the opportunity to join the call, an on-demand recording can Read more…
Tags: Accredited Channel Engineer, ACE, Channel Partner Town Hall, Commercial and Enterprise Deal Registration, Enhanced Deal Registration, McAfee Rewards, PARC, Partner Acceleration Resource Center, SMB Extravaganza, SMB Specialization, Virtual Sales Kickoff 2012
Dear Valued McAfee Channel Partner, As I take a moment to pause and reflect on 2011 I can’t help but think what a year! The past 12 months were filled with momentous occasions and while I’d like to write about all of them, I know it isn’t practical, so let me highlight a few: Intel Read more…
Tags: Accredited Channel Engineer, ACE, Alex Thurber, Enhanced Deal Registration, intel, McAfee Channel, McAfee Partner, Mike Decesare, Partner Acceleration Resource Center, Renee James, SMB, SMB Advisor Tool, SMB Extravaganza, SMB Specialization, thurber, Todd Gebhart
On September 12, I hosted a Global Channel Partner Town Hall. In case you missed it, here is the replay. During the opening of this Town Hall, I mentioned that many of you, our partners from around the world, have told me when it comes to partnering, communications is the number one area we need Read more…
Tags: Accredited Channel Engineer, Alex Thurber, Channel Partner Town Hall, Commercial and Enterprise Deal Registration, Partner Summit, SaaS, SaaS Monthly Specialization, SMB Specialization, thurber, Todd Gebhart
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