2016 Women of the Channel

June 6, 2016 by Leave a comment

Tina PeeplesBob Laclede_65x85By Bob Laclede, Channels VP

We’re thrilled to announce that immixGroup’s own Tina Peeples (pictured) and several leaders from our parent company, Arrow Electronics, were named to the Channel Company’s CRN Women of the Channel for 2016.

Working with Tina the last few years, I’m not surprised she’s being recognized. The 7-year immixGroup veteran has tirelessly led the company’s renewals business through 52 percent growth in the last year, along with overseeing the sales ops and inside sales teams. You’ll often hear Tina talk about “protect, predict, and grow” when describing how her team approaches a customer’s public sector business.

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Time to Wring Complexity out of Public Sector Deal Registration

August 12, 2015 by Leave a comment

Bob Laclede 100x135by Bob Laclede, Vice President, Channels

There’s Time to Wring Complexity out of Public Sector Deal Registrationlittle doubt that deal registration continues to pull its weight as a mechanism to reward and encourage reseller partners. But when it comes down to managing day-to-day deals in the real world, many partners find existing programs a bit of a chore, our latest research finds.

In particular, the challenges of registering, submitting, updating, and maintaining deals represent significant administrative burdens to partners, according to the Government Channel Leadership Council’s (GCLC) 2015 State of Public Sector Deal Registration survey. The research, conducted in the first quarter of 2015, queried 120 partners 100 vendors that deal in the public sector marketplace.

Immediately clear in this year’s research: Channel partners surveyed want vendors to wring out complexity in current programs and streamline the registration and approval processes. Some 39 percent of partners say that vendors’ deal registration programs are only moderately clear, concise, and well-documented, with 15 percent giving OEMs overall poor marks for the clarity and usability of their programs.

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