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And The Award Goes To…
Before we bid a final farewell, I’d like to take a minute or two to send special congratulations to a few hardworking channel partners who took home some hardware late last month at AMD’s inaugural North America Executive Commercial Channel Summit.
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Looking Forward to a Prosperous 2011
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and this is a great opportunity to look back and evaluate what channel trends worked well for 2010 and predictions of trends that will help us as we move into 2011. Continue reading
Paying For What You Want, Not What You Get
We need to get to a world where buyers, and ultimately users, have evaluation tools in the purchase process that accurately correlate with how they intend to use the product, yet still allow some measure of objectivity. Continue reading
How Goldilocks Helps Us Keep the Spotlight on Channel Partners
The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears drives home an important yet often overlooked point when evaluating different aspects of channel partner support in a channel program. If you recall, she tried three different porridges before finding one that … Continue reading
The domino effect – how the benefits of the AMD Fusion Partner Program are being felt throughout the channel
As we head towards the end of the year, it’s a great opportunity to look back at the way the IT industry has handled one of the most difficult economic periods in history. It’s been challenging to say the least; but I’ve been encouraged by a number of organizations who have looked beyond the short-term problems and invested in initiatives that will bring long-term benefits. Continue reading
We’re Not Talking About Pong Anymore
If the CPU is equivalent to the older, smarter sibling, I contend that the GPU is the better looking, athletic, social butterfly of the PC family. While the CPU isn’t getting any better looking, the GPU is getting a lot … Continue reading
“You can observe a lot by just watching.”
I have to confess, I grew up in a small town in upstate NY, near Albany, and that required a dedicated allegiance to a certain baseball team called the NY Yankees. And, after living in 4 different states, traveling around … Continue reading
Reception to the AMD Fusion Partner Program
The video below, discussing the reception we’ve seen to the AMD Fusion Partner Program, was filmed on the backstage platform of the AMD stage at the 2009 Austin City Limits Festival, just prior to a performance by Flogging Molly (a great show!). … Continue reading
Finding Meaning, And Money, with All-AMD Platform Technologies in the AMD Fusion Partner Program
Today, AMD takes a big step forward in improving its capabilities in sales and marketing, in the channel, with the announcement of the AMD Fusion Partner Program. Continue reading
