At the beginning of every year, it is natural to look ahead and make predictions for what the year may hold. Earlier this month, we asked Comstor’s Geoff Fancher for his thoughts on cloud, collaboration, and more. We also reached out to…
In a recent discussion with Comstor US Senior Vice President Geoff Fancher, EDGE360 asked him to share his 2015 predictions for the value-added reseller (VAR) and technology areas. Fancher, who has written for EDGE360 in recent months gave us his high-level view…
EDGE360 recently reached out to David McNicholas, Director, US Strategic Business Development for Comstor US, and asked him to share his thoughts on the biggest trends he saw in 2014 in terms of the value added reseller (VAR) space and the managed…
In his recent Thoughts from the EDGE post, The Cloud: You are Either in it to Win It or are Destined to Fall Behind, Geoff Fancher, Senior Vice President, Comstor US, predicted that cloud offerings will continue to grow in popularity and…
If you search for information on cloud computing, you will see more stories about new offerings, new partnerships, and new acquisitions than you could read in a day. In a recent search, I found stories about Cisco’s acquisition of MetaCloud and HP’s…
In a recent article from the McKinsey Quarterly, the authors write, “Marc Andreessen’s observation from more than ten years ago that ‘software is eating the world’ needs an update: software is the world. The software industry continues to grow at a massive clip. More and…
When I began working in distribution more than a dozen years ago, orders were considerably easier to process. I mean, this is IT and here things only get trickier to navigate, so I get it. The “Law of Conservation of Complexity” even…
On January 28, 2024, Cisco announced it is evolving the process it uses to reward Cisco partners for completing lifecycle motions. The move from Lifecycle Incentives 1.0 to 2.0 is like night and day. Cisco is no longer requiring partners to submit…
Until now, Cisco’s product specialization certifications have been tied to one of the four architectures: Enterprise Networks, Data Center, Collaboration and Security. Within these four pillars, there was an advanced certification and a spend requirement for each. As a company, Cisco has…
Development Operations (DevOps) processes, which offer
agility and scale, are becoming more popular with developers who are
increasingly utilizing digital products and services, such as data analytics,
mobile, and cloud. This shift also impacts organizational cybersecurity,
forcing CISOs to move their security and IT approach to…