Tech Data Shakeup Not Related To Synnex Merger: Top Exec
Tech Data President of the Americas John O’Shea tells CRN in an exclusive interview that the departure of the company’s North American sales lead had nothing to do with the upcoming merger with Synnex, but was part of a wider shift in executives and business organization aimed at making the distributor more responsive to the needs of an increasingly digital world. By Joseph F. Kovar May 07, 2021, 12:28 PM EDT
Prepping For The Future In More Ways Than One
A top Tech Data executive said a recent sales department reshuffling is unrelated to the company’s pending merger with Synnex, which would create a $57 billion tech goliath.
Tech Data Has The ‘Key Codes’ For Partners To Unlock The IBM Hybrid Cloud-AI Model
Tech Data has built its IBM-Red Hat portfolio to help partners overcome the “talent gap” that has prevented many of them from taking the hybrid cloud-AI plunge. By Steven Burke February 23, 2021, 11:00 AM EST
Tech Data’s breakthrough cloud offerings, including Practice Builder and Click To Run, are providing the firepower for solution providers to quickly unlock the value of the robust IBM-Red Hat software portfolio, said Tech Data President of the Americas John O’Shea (pictured).
“If you want the key codes, we’ve got them,” said O’Shea, speaking about the blockbuster IBM-Red Hat OpenShift hybrid cloud AI opportunity. “Come get them. We are going to help you make sure that you can navigate and really drive the opportunity.”
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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna’s ‘Deeply, Deeply Passionate’ Plan To Make IBM-Red Hat No. 1 In Hybrid Cloud, AI
IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna is transforming the company into a hybrid cloud and AI powerhouse focused on a $1 trillion market opportunity with a plan to double its revenue with partners over the next three to five years. By Steven Burke February 22, 2021, 09:00 AM EST
When EY Global Chairman and CEO Carmine Di Sibio broke bread with IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna last July at a luncheon meeting, the two companies were more “frenemies” than partners. “