Deal registering your granny

Jack Gilbert
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Deal registration has become a staple of the channel, but with resellers desperate to secure these protected opportunities, questions have been raised about ‘unscrupulous' tactics, reports Jack Gilbert

There is a saying in the channel that resellers are so committed to getting deals locked in with vendors and protected from other partners, that they would deal register their grandmothers. In p...

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