Providing enterprises a secure path to adopt hybrid cloud

Vangelis Lagousakos, General Manager, Channel Sales, Middle East, Russia, Africa and Turkey, Dell Technologies
Vangelis Lagousakos, General Manager, Channel Sales, Middle East, Russia, Africa and Turkey, Dell Technologies.
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3 years ago

Dell Technologies is a leader in digital transformation, providing digital technology solutions, products, and services to drive business success. Some of the key technology sub-segments that Dell caters to include and are not limited to, Data Protection, Data Storage, Servers and Networking, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Laptops, PCs, Monitors and more.

In the region, customers look to Dell Technologies for its market-leading Cloud, Edge, Infrastructure, Security and Workforce Solutions.

Dell Technologies provides a platform with comprehensive hardware and software solutions, including platforms that are ready for the Internet of Things IoT, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Organisations can capture value at the edge with IoT using gateways, embedded PCs, specialised servers, and other solutions to securely process and act on data when and where it matters.

Dell Technologies provides a platform that are ready for the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning

The smart applications have evolved from single-purpose, single-OS and single-application to agile development, cloud-to-edge reach, elastic scalability, artificial intelligence, machine learning-enabled, highly available and software-defined everything.

Dell Technologies cloud expertise provides a simple and secure path for enterprises to adopt hybrid cloud infrastructure. The solutions provide a consistent operating model and simplified management across private clouds, public clouds, and edge locations, reducing the cloud and complexity of multiple clouds and allowing application and business requirements to determine which cloud resources and cloud computing services are ideal for each workload.

Dell EMC ranks first in traditional, on-premises IT and in Private Cloud. Dell also provides infrastructure to nearly 80% of the largest CSPs in the world.

Dell has been listening to partners and incorporating their feedback into every decision. In a time of continued uncertainty, our program structure and engagement with partners remains consistent. This year, we focused on three key areas based on partner feedback: increased opportunity for new customer and line of business acquisition, accelerated growth and profit potential with access to our holistic portfolio, including VMware, and lastly a more streamlined end-to-end experience.

Customers look to Dell Technologies for its market leading Cloud, Edge, Infrastructure, Security and Workforce Solutions

As part of the efforts to strengthen the channel network, channel partners are encouraged to review the appropriate Partner Program Guide based on their business needs and capabilities. These include solution provider, cloud service provider, and OEM partner.


 

Goals and strengths>> His strengths include laser focus on teamwork and collaboration to drive business results, while implementing best practices that drive operational excellence. His varied sales and industry knowledge also help in connecting technology shifts with new business opportunities that the channel can capitalise on.

Offline>> He values spending time with family and makes sure to put in the quality time with his wife, son, and daughter. He also enjoys being with friends, having good and food and listening to music. Traveling to new countries and cities is a great interest of his as he enjoys experiencing and learning different cultures, as is being on the racetrack from time to time.

Start>> In his current role, Vangelis is responsible for developing and enabling a robust partner community across Dell Technologies lines of business in MERAT. Along with his team, they continue to build on the successes of the Dell Technologies partner program by providing partners and distributors with a clear roadmap and investing in skills enablement and training that help them compete and grow in an evolving, digital marketplace. Vangelis reports to Anwar Dahab, Senior Vice President Channel, EMEA.

He joined Dell EMC in 2002 as Sales Director for Large Corporate Accounts in Greece and continued to grow within the company, where he held various senior leadership roles spanning different countries in EMEA. In his current role as the General Manager for Channel Sales in MERAT, Vangelis continues to develop a cohesive ecosystem for the channel partners where they can take advantage of Dell Technologies’ end-to-end technology leadership.

Vangelis is a veteran in the technology industry with over 30 years of experience. His track record of success from his leadership roles at Dell, combined with starting his career in a local IT business, helps drive his vision to provide channel partners with best-in-class strategy and enablement tools.

Having held multiple roles in his career, has meant that he has had to always step out of his comfort zone and relearn new lines of business, products etc. He views this as both an opportunity and a challenge as change can be daunting and rewarding at the same time.


 

The solutions provide an operating model across private clouds, public clouds, edge locations, while reducing complexity of multiple clouds.

 

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