EC News DeskThe eight and final virtual summit in the Channel Insights Series took place on December 15. Titled Reliable, Relevant, Transparent: How Channel Should Imbibe These Disciplines, the virtual summit discussed effective channel management. The virtual summit was hosted by Global CIO Forum in association with CONTEXT.
Creating a robust plan provides the foundation for success, and has five areas of focus:
- Identify which company objectives rely on channel management
- Assess your current route-to-market strength
- Understand your ability and need to scale across multiple dimensions
- Define your growth strategies for each desired business outcome
- Cascade accountability throughout your organisation
The speakers
To impart insights on imbibing the disciplines of reliability, relevancy and transparency, the virtual summit brought on stage Adam Simon, Global Managing Director and CFO at CONTEXT and Tim Davies, Country Manager, Middle East at CONTEXT. Joining them were Houssam Mobied, CEO at Memory Technology Middle East; Santosh Varghese, Vice President, Toshiba Gulf; and Howard Davies, CEO and Co-Founder at CONTEXT.
About Channel Insights Series
The Channel Insights Series aims to empower various segments of the supply chain and distribution industry with actionable insights and clarity on the way forward. Over eight sessions, the series will table case studies, research notes, survey results, and analysis of how various organisations have responded to the challenges created by the pandemic.
The Channel Insights Series is a unique opportunity for the entire channel community to gather and surge ahead. It will bring together vendors, distributors, resellers, retailers and other key players. Participants include senior executives from Dell Technologies, Jacky’s Business Solutions, Mindware, Aruba, Spectrami, Mam International, and many more.
About GCF Unite VirtualSummit
Global CIO Forum’s GCF Unite VirtualSummit is an online webinar that is aimed towards creating a global technology leaders’ community whose ultimate goal is to Integrate, Influence, Impact CIOs and tech leaders. The GCF Unite VirtualSummit will host a series of events in multiple chapters and 30+ countries featuring successful local tech leaders, CIOs, IT directors, innovators, educators and investors who share business leadership best practices, and lessons learned on the road to building great future with help of technocrats and technology.
About Global CIO Forum
The role of a CIO is one of the most critical one in today’s business and industry. Today, CIOs hold the future of innovation, productivity and competitiveness in their hands. At the Global CIO Forum, we not only provide our members with an exchange forum for best IT leadership strategies and practices to enhance business results, but we are also developing a strong voice to ensure that CIOs are represented at key industry and government decision tables. In other words: Integrate. Influence. Impact.
The Global CIO Forum’s mission is to represents IT Executives and CIOs globally. Currently working in META region and with expansion plans globally, the Global CIO Forum is a non-profit community of CIOs and IT leaders whose mission is to facilitate networking, sharing of best practices and executive development, and to collaborate on issues faced by the CIOs and IT executives.
