Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 52 | Page 12

NEWS

Comstor unveils Cisco sales incentive for partners

Comstor , a Cisco distributor and part of Westcon-Comstor , has launched its latest reseller incentive for 2021 , where partners in South Africa stand in line to win a Fiat Panda 4x4 .

The programme is designed to help resellers motivate and encourage teams to increase overall Cisco sales through Comstor during the incentive period and runs until the end of July 2021 .
One of the largest Cisco distributors in Africa , Comstor works with partners to identify business opportunities and increase revenue while providing a range of value-added offerings includes sales and technical training and certifications . With the most extensive global Cisco distribution footprint , Comstor ’ s latest programme is available to partners who reach a set revenue target during the incentive period . Eligible partners stand a chance to win the grand prize .
“ The Cisco architectures are now more relevant than ever . As they are the very premise of what teams need to build secure , connected , collaborative solutions that form the very foundation of the digital remote workplace ,” said Louise Taute , Comstor Director , Southern Africa , Westcon-Comstor .
Louise Taute , Comstor Director , Southern Africa ,
Westcon-Comstor
“ We are thrilled to be extending this initiative for partners , and we hope that resellers are motivated to take part , increase their sales to stand a chance to win .”

Armis appoints Tim Mackie as Vice President of Worldwide Channels

Armis , a provider of agentless device security platform , has appointed Tim Mackie as the new Worldwide Vice President , Channel .

As part of Armis ’ commitment to its global channel partner programme and the accelerating demand for businesses to collaborate with it , Mackie has been appointed to lead this high growth function .
“ Tim ’ s reputation , experience and success building high growth and sustainable partner programmes that have directly assisted firms to scale their ability to partner , resale , deploy , advise and generate new lines of revenue with partners across the globe is simply unmatched and will help us continue to rapidly grow our channel presence and support our partners ,” said Brian Gumbel , Chief Revenue Officer , Armis . “ We welcome him to our team and look forward to his experience and enthusiasm as we provide more innovation and more value to our reselling partners .”
Despite the impact of COVID-19 , Armis ’ dedication to healthcare systems and continued rapid expansion into OT and IT drove excessive revenue , customer and partner growth .
Since launching the Armis Reseller Channel programme last June , we have scaled our program to encompass North America , EMEA , South East Asia , Australia , New Zealand and Japan .
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