#17 Newsmaker: Michael Sharun of EMC
Sharun has had a busy year preparing partners for the cloud
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#16 Newsmaker: Lynn Smurthwaite-Murphy of Westcon Group
A promotion, new partnerships and other successes are what keep Smurthwaite-Murphy busy
#15 Newsmaker: Melissa Alvares of Softchoice
Alvares is the sustainability programs manager at Softchoice
#10 Newsmaker: Peter Diniz of Avnet/Bell Micro
After guiding Bell Micro to new heights, Peter Diniz has a new global role with its new parent, Avnet
#11 Newsmaker: Barry Morrison of Hitachi Data Systems Canada
Morrison has Hitachi’s channel humming as it brings a new virtual storage platform to the market
#12 Newsmaker: Mike Lazardis of Research in Motion
Always eagerly written-off, Lazardis and RIM proved the naysayers wrong once again this year
#13 Newsmaker: Mitchell Martin of Synnex Canada
Following in the footsteps of Jim Estill, Martin and Synnex had a strong year
#14 Newsmaker: Harry Zarek of Compugen
A new building caps another year of defying the odds for Zarek and the solution provider
#7 Newsmaker: Donna Wittmann of Cisco Canada
Following a parting of ways with long-time partner HP, Cisco set out to expand its architecture strategy and encourage partner specialization
#8 Newsmaker: Mark Ciprietti of D-Link Canada
Taking over for Nick Tidd, Ciprietti continued to build D-Link’s channel in Canada as the vendor set out to compete with the big boys of networking
#9 Newsmaker: Craig West of NetSuite
With an eye-catching offer of 100 per cent margins, West and NetSuite got aggressive in the channel in 2010
#5 Newsmaker: Ross Allen of McAfee
After years of quiet, steady growth in Canada, a pending acquisition by chipmaker Intel has people talking about McAfee again
#6 Newsmaker: Judson Althoff of Oracle
Oracle’s channel chief is leading the direct-first software giant into the channel, and is trying to convince partners there’s opportunity with Oracle
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