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Is Your Executive Sponsor Truly Engaged?

Peter Simoons

In alliance management, one of the most important success factors lies in the proactive involvement of senior executives. Unfortunately too often, executive sponsors are not really involved or not appointed at all. A true executive sponsor plays a critical role. When actively involved, they serve as strategic champions, lending visibility, credibility and momentum to the alliance.

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3 secrets to commercial collaborations

Stellar Partnerships

The supermarket shelves are awash with commercial collaborations as brands join forces to create new experiences for consumers. Some are inspired successes and others should never have seen the light of day. The latest innovations include Donut King cinnamon flavoured Twisties, Green Tea KitKat and a mac and cheese flavoured ice cream. I still have nightmares about the Vegemite chocolate that was thankfully withdrawn quickly.

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Video: Descope Reinvents Customer Identity and Access Management with Secure Drag-and-Drop Solution

Channel Insider

In this episode of Partner POV, sponsored by AWS, host Katie Bavoso dives into how Descope is revolutionizing customer identity and access management (CIAM) with a drag-and-drop platform that makes security seamless and user-friendly. Guest Rishi Bhargava, Co-Founder of Descope, is joined by Katherine Walther, Vice President of Innovation at MSP and Descope channel partner Trace3, who details her company’s experience partnering with Descope to meet emerging customer demands.

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Top 13 Talent Management Consultants, Services, Companies, & Consulting Firms

Jake Jorgovan

If you really want to outshine the competition, having great products isn’t enough; you need great people behind them. That’s where talent management comes in. Whether you’re running a global enterprise or just getting your startup off the ground, your ability to attract, grow, and keep top talent can make or break your success. Of course, building an all-star team takes more than good intentions.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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How to drive ROI with your PRM investment?

Mindmatrix Blog

Partner Relationship Management (PRM) is more than just a technological solution—it’s a growth enabler. With the right strategy, your PRM platform can unlock measurable returns across partner productivity, engagement, and revenue performance. But despite heavy investments in PRM tools, many organizations fail to realize their full value. Common challenges, such as siloed partnerships, data sharing difficulties, and quantifying results, often hinder PRM success.

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How Are People Actually Using AI in Their Partner Programs?

Chaneltivity

Everyone says they’re “using AI,” but what does that actually mean when it comes to their partner program? What are they using AI for? What AI tools do they use? Have their AI experiments moved the needle in a significant way? We decided to find out. Below, we unpack seven crowd-sourced use cases for AI in partner programs, with real-life anecdotes — straight from teams testing, iterating, and learning what works. 7 Ways to Use AI in Your Partner Program 1.

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Mitel Unveils New Unified Global Partner Program

Channel Insider

Mitel has launched a revamped global partner experience that consolidates its Mitel and Unify partner ecosystems under a single framework. The Ottawa-based communications company announced the program on June 26, stressing it’s a strategic response to growing market demand for hybrid unified communications and contact center solutions. Communications market shift drives strategic investment The development comes as organizations move toward communication strategies that offer greater flexibility

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Building Teams That Lift Others Up

INSEAD Knowledge

The need for workplaces that are truly inclusive, caring, and equitable is growing intensely. So, how can leaders create an environment where employees feel empowered to help one another, support diversity initiatives and contribute to community causes?Prior research has linked this kind of prosocial behaviour to personality traits or the immediate impact of certain leadership styles.

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How JEA Aligns Strategy & Breaks Down Silos with ClearPoint

ClearPoint Strategy

Platform The Platform Productivity Features ClearPoint offers the most robust platform available, ensuring that your strategy execution keeps up with your strategy. ClearPoint was purpose-built to remove the friction in the management reporting process, so you can focus on getting things done. Data Collection Automate your strategy and cut your reporting time 70%.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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PRM Strategy for Large Manufacturing Companies: Leveraging Automation for Growth

ZinFi

Optimizing Partner Management with Automation for Manufacturers: Large manufacturing companies frequently encounter significant complexities in managing their extensive dealer networks and distribution channels. Manual partner onboarding and performance tracking processes lead to operational inefficiencies, compliance risks, and missed revenue opportunities across their global sales channels.

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Rebuilding Relevance: Where Platform Thinking Sparks Regeneration with the Digital Phoenix Effect

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Why legacy companies must reinvent how they create value – and leverage the power of ecosystems. “Transformation doesn’t start with what you do. It starts with where you look.” Across boardrooms and strategy offsites, one question echoes louder than ever: how can legacy companies regenerate themselves in a platform-dominated economy? Over the past decade, digital platforms have reshaped the business landscape – from how we move (Uber) to how we learn (Coursera) to how we relax (Spotify).

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SecurityBridge CRO on SAP Security & Global Partner Goals

Channel Insider

SAP security vendor SecurityBridge recently announced the appointment of Roman Shubiger as its new chief revenue officer. Schubiger shared his early priorities, including a commitment to global channel partners, in an interview with Channel Insider. Schubiger joins to expand SecurityBridge globally and deepen its base in Europe Schubiger joined the company in June, bringing over a decade of sales leadership experience in the security space.

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We Spoke to 750+ Fleet Operators To Identify The Growth Gaps Commercial Vehicle Companies are Overlooking

Frost & Sullivan

This blog is based on the recent Frost & Sullivan analyses: Automotive Production Trends and Insights, Global, 2025-2030 , authored by Thanigesh Arumugam Parthasarathi , Automotive Strategy Analyst Top Transformations Driving the Global Automotive Market, 2025 , authored by Joe Praveen , Associate Director-Business Strategy & Innovation Group The New Rules of Commercial Vehicle Growth in India India’s commercial vehicle (CV) sector is evolving rapidly — but not always in ways the industr

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How to Build Competitive Channel Programs: Advice from 7 Channel Experts

The tech world is crowded. And that means the stakes for channel management have never been higher. How do you cut through the noise? Are SPIFFs, business plans, and marketing development funds really worth it? Get real-world, boots-on-the-ground insight into what it takes to build a partner relationship management motion that attracts, trains, retains, and motivates the right partners.

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My Experience with Non-Profits: The Power of Connection

Dinkel Business Development

If I’m being honest, I’ve always viewed big business events from the outside looking in. You know the ones I’m talking about—suits, name badges, carefully rehearsed elevator pitches, and conversations that feel more transactional than human. As someone still carving out my place in the business world, I’ve often wondered where I fit in. How do I, a young professional, navigate spaces filled with people carrying titles like “CEO,” “President,” and “Managing Partner”?

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Partner Relationship Management: Unlocking Value for Manufacturing Channels

ZinFi

TL/DR: Partner relationship management is vital for mid-size manufacturing companies navigating competitive markets. This article explores how a robust PRM strategy enhances channel management, driving revenue growth and boosting partner performance. It details how a comprehensive PRM solution like ZINFI streamlines partner onboarding, improves lead management, empowers sales enablement, and automates incentives.

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How Can a Business Litigation Attorney Help You If You Are Sued?

Tishkoff

Navigating the competitive and ever‑changing business environment demands more than entrepreneurial skills, it also requires astute legal strategy. A business litigation attorney plays a vital role not only when disputes arise, but also in preventing and resolving them efficiently. This comprehensive guide explores what these legal professionals do from drafting contracts to court representation, and from risk prevention to alternative dispute resolution.

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HPE, Juniper Settle With DOJ to Move Forward With Acquisition

Channel Insider

The long, arduous journey for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) acquisition of Juniper Networks is coming to a close, after reaching an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Settlement clears blockbuster acquisition pending final approval Pending court approval, the agreement with the DOJ clears the way for the transaction to close, ending a months-long saga that began in January 2024.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Novotech Earns Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Global Company of the Year Recognition for Excellence in Biotech Clinical Research Services

Frost & Sullivan

SAN ANTONIO , July 3, 2025 — Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Novotech has been awarded the 2025 Global Company of the Year Award in the biotech contract research organization (CRO) industry for its outstanding achievements in clinical trial innovation, strategic execution, and client-centric delivery. This recognition highlights Novotech’s leadership in enabling biotech and small to mid-sized pharma companies to accelerate therapeutic development globally through fl

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PDLDN: The Future is Now: Unpacking Partnerships in Fashion & Beauty through AI, Influence, and Innovation

Partnerize

It was a privilege to organise, curate, and reflect on the recent panel discussion moderated by Molly Lediard from Klarna, diving deep into the future of partnerships in the dynamic fashion and beauty industries. The conversation, featuring Hollie Macdonald from Dr. Barbara Sturm, Matilda Kousa from Fenwick, and Rebecca Betteridge from Selfridges, offered invaluable insights into how our sector is evolving at lightning speed.

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ZINFI Tops G2 Summer 2025 Partner Relationship Management Grid with Highest Customer Satisfaction Score

ZinFi

ZINFI Again Named a G2 Leader in Partner Relationship Management for Summer 2025, Achieving Highest Satisfaction Rating in the Industry. Pleasanton, CA — July 7, 2025 – ZINFI Technologies, Inc. , a company leading the definition and creation of Unified Partner Management (UPM) solutions, today announced that it has once again been named a Leader in the G2 Grid® Report for Partner Relationship Management (PRM) for Summer 2025.

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PSMJ's Buyers

PSMJ Resources Blog

Here are 10 key items that directly impact how the market will value your A/E firm

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Google Cloud Adds More AI Firepower for Partners

Channel Insider

Google Cloud has just introduced a couple of new AI-powered tools designed to help partners work faster, smarter, and with less friction—an ongoing theme across the channel right now. The two additions, SOW Analyzer and Bot-Assisted Live Chat, build on Google’s growing list of partner-focused AI tools. And like much of the new generation of AI in the channel, they’re less about novelty and more about practical, day-to-day gains: cutting back on tedious processes, reducing the back-and-forth, and

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Future-ready Cloud Strategies: 8 Ways to Thrive Amid the Transformation of Managed Cloud Infrastructure and Application Services

Frost & Sullivan

This blog is based on the competitive analysis, Frost Radar™: Managed Cloud Services, 2025 , by Frost & Sullivan’s growth expert, Anisha Vinny , from the Cloud Technologies team. Today, IT stacks are growing increasingly intricate, with businesses striving to unify legacy infrastructure, multi-cloud environments, and edge architectures. Additionally, data generated by increasing adoption of AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G are adding to this complexity, introducing multifaceted chal

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What Does OKR Stand For? A Beginner's Guide

ClearPoint Strategy

Platform The Platform Productivity Features ClearPoint offers the most robust platform available, ensuring that your strategy execution keeps up with your strategy. ClearPoint was purpose-built to remove the friction in the management reporting process, so you can focus on getting things done. Data Collection Automate your strategy and cut your reporting time 70%.

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Why SDR Enablement Fails—and How to Fix It with Learning Management Automation

ZinFi

SDR enablement often fails. Traditional methods lack depth and consistency. Companies need strategic training and coaching. Learning management automation helps fix this. It creates immersive onboarding and ongoing development. SDRs need grit, coachability, and tech fluency. A coaching culture and smart metrics ensure success. This systematic approach boosts performance and retention.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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[On-Demand Webinar] Partner Perspective: Linkby

Partnerize

Our Partner Perspective series sets out to learn from the best of the best and pick up a few secrets to their success along the way. In this installment, we sat down with Pete Richardson, Head of Partnerships at Linkby and here’s what he had to say. The post [On-Demand Webinar] Partner Perspective: Linkby appeared first on Partnerize.

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Vicarius Partner Exec on Atera Integration & MSP Security

Channel Insider

Remediation platform vendor Vicarius recently announced its integration with RMM/PSA software provider Atera. The move comes as the company continues to deepen its channel focus and build out support for partners. We spoke with Tanya Alfonso, VP of channel sales at Vicarius, about the integration and why the company sees such an opportunity with its channel partners in the remediation space. vRX platform joins Atera’s App Center marketplace as security remains top priority The integration blends

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Ameresco Receives Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Global Company of the Year Award for Excellence in Energy Services

Frost & Sullivan

San Antonio, TX — July 1, 2025 — Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Ameresco has been awarded the 2025 Global Company of the Year Award in the energy services industry for its outstanding achievements in customer-driven innovation, strategic execution, and sustainable energy impact. This recognition highlights Ameresco’s consistent leadership in delivering measurable energy performance outcomes, strengthening its position as a trusted partner in a complex and evolving global energ

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