Tag Archives: Diane Krakora
What is in a Name?
by Diane Krakora – CEO What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. - Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) Boy, I certainly hope William Shakespeare was right! After 14 years … Continue reading
January 18, 2012 | Leave a commentAmazon Consulting’s Approach to a Unified Global Partner Program
by Diane Krakora – CEO In our previous blog post, we introduced Quest Software and its business partner needs. Unifying the channel program for Quest and its partner community became a vital corporate priority. Quest engaged Amazon Consulting to help … Continue reading
December 27, 2011 | Leave a commentOur Approach to a Unified Global Partner Program
by Diane Krakora – CEO We have been discussing partner specializations over the past few weeks, so I’d like to share a story of partner program and defined specialization success. Imagine a corporation that, after a period of growth by … Continue reading
December 19, 2011 | Leave a commentThe Cloud Era of Channel Success: Is Your Organization Partner-Ready?
by Diane Krakora – CEO At the recent Channel Cloud Summit event, Diane Ruth, Executive Director of Business Development at Boomi (the Saas integration leader that was recently purchased by Dell), discussed their strategy for success with partners. Ruth’s first … Continue reading
December 12, 2011 | Leave a comment5 Steps to Building a Successful Channel Program in the Cloud
by Diane Krakora – CEO Ron Huddleston, SVP ISV Alliances at Salesforce.com spoke at the Cloud Channel Summit event a couple weeks ago. He stressed the channel is not shifting to a cloud platform as fast as the market and … Continue reading
December 5, 2011 | 1 CommentIt’s About Building Trusted Relationships
by Diane Krakora – CEO At the recent Cloud Channel Summit event, Marc Sternberg, CEO Rising Tide Media, was bullish on the opportunities to partner with cloud services. He commented that with cloud computing gaining broad based market acceptance and … Continue reading
November 28, 2011 | Leave a commentThe New “VAR”
By Diane Krakora, CEO You are probably thinking “Diane, the ‘VAR’ label, is so passé – get with the times, girl.” And you’re right. We transitioned off the ‘VAR’ label to ‘Solution Provider’ years ago, as reselling took a back … Continue reading
November 14, 2011 | Leave a comment$50 Million Man
by Diane Krakora, CEO If you had $50 million to invest, what would you do with it? Buy a company? Spend it on product research? Create your dream campus and throw a party for the employees? I’d bolster my partner … Continue reading
September 7, 2011 | Leave a commentIs Perception Reality?
Diane Krakora – CEO, Amazon Consulting My mom called last week asking me to go computer shopping with her. Now, I love shopping, so I’m inclined to grab my keys immediately, however I kinda remember buying her an HP Omni … Continue reading
August 29, 2011 | Leave a commentNavigating in a Channel-Less World
Is The Utility Market Ready for SmartGrid Technology? Diane Krakora – CEO, Amazon Consulting While I’m no expert on marriage, I do know the difficulty in answering the age-old question, how old should you be to get married? History tells … Continue reading
August 10, 2011 | Leave a commentAdd to Google
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