COMPANY NEWS
DCC wins Symantec Distributor Of The Year 2019 Drive Control Corporation (DCC) walked away with three distribution accolades at the Symantec Partner Engage event, held Tuesday (15 October 2019) at Langhams in Fourways, Gauteng.
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CC won Symantec Distributor of the Year, Christelle Kotze was awarded Symantec Distribution Support Person of the Year, and Bradley Mangan won Symantec Distribution Salesperson of the Year. “Symantec’s recognition speaks volumes of our partnership and commitment to the South African channel. Our team consistently walks the extra mile to ensure that we build and grow Symantec’s business in a very competitive marketplace, “says Fred Mitchell, division manager: software solutions at DCC. “Winning accolades like these is never only one individual but a team effort and the DCC team has proven to be head and
Pictured left to right: Fred Mitchell, Christelle Kotze and Bradley Mangan from DCC.
shoulders above the rest. Congratulations to the entire DCC software team and a big thank you to Symantec,” DCC has been an official Symantec distributor since 2006 and is responsible for
the company’s complete range of security software solutions. The distributor would also like to congratulate EOH for winning Symantec Reseller Partner of the Year and NECXon for its runner up accolade.
Cisco appoints channel lead
for Sub-Saharan Africa partner organisation Cisco’s Channel Partner Organisation is one of the most respected in the industry. To lead the Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) partner organisation, Brendan Cuthbertson has been appointed as the channel lead and will report directly to the GM for SubSaharan Africa, Clayton Naidoo.
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isco’s Channel Partner Organisation is one of the most respected in the industry. To lead the Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) partner organisation, Brendan Cuthbertson has been appointed as the channel lead and will report directly to the GM for
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Sub-Saharan Africa, Clayton Naidoo. This appointment will build on his current role as lead of Channel Sales for Southern Africa. This appointment will build on his current role as lead of Channel Sales for Southern Africa. Mr Cuthbertson joined Cisco in 2006 where he was part of a team that set up and ran Cisco Capital across Africa. Following that, he joined Cisco’s partner organisation where he has held several different roles. Cisco made some changes to align its partner organisation with the global partner organisation and incorporate partner segmentation. In doing this, Cisco believes in providing opportunities to personnel from within its organisation, as Cisco has some of the best industry talent. In addition to Cuthbertson, Cisco also made the following appointments:
• Kuda Mlingo, in addition to his current role as Strategic Partner Business Manager for Gold partners in East Africa, leads the partner organisation for the same region, aligning with the Regional Leader, Sally Kimeu. • Isioma Udeozo leads the English speaking West Africa Channel business whilst leading the Perform strategy for SSA in collaboration with Olakunle Oloruntimehin. • Shain Rahim, leads the Business Acceleration and Partner Transformation Team for SSA. Most recently, Shain led the Partner Organisation for East Africa and Indian Ocean Islands over the past two years.
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