Following the crowd: meet the channel tweeters
ChannelWeb has compiled a list of the industry's top tweeters (so far)
A growing throng of channel firms are signing up to social networking sites, lured in by the opportunity to promote their services and engage with their customers in new ways.
A good indication of this is the fact that when ChannelWeb set about compiling a list of the channel's 25 top Twitter users, it soon became apparent that a list of that size would be woefully insufficient.
Therefore, for your delectation is a by no means exhaustive list of VARs, vendors, distributors and analysts who – in no particular order – are regularly updating the channel about their thoughts, findings and a lots of other things.
In the meantime, if there is anyone we have missed off the list who you think should be there, let us know.
Channel faces:
@EricLigman
Microsoft's global partner experience lead
@Lord_Sugar
Owner of public sector VAR Viglen
@KevinBland
Citrix's channel director for the UK, Ireland and South Africa
@PhilJones40
Board director at Brother UK
@LiemNguyen
Dell-Compellent's director of communications
@Mark_J_Evans
Imerja's marketing and communications director
@bruce_hockin
Head of business strategy at distribution giant Avnet
@mpyeager
Matthew Yeager, Computacenter's practice leader for data
@DavidReEllis
Director of new technologies and services at Computerlinks
@SamRoutledge
Softcat solutions director
@melwilks
Datacentre sales director at Magirus
@siceo
AKA Ian French, former C2000 boss and founder of IT consultancy Siceo
@DeclanmWaters
VMware's EMEA PR manager
@richfrombechtle
Richard Gibbons, software manager at VAR Bechtle Direct
@Barrie_VADition
Barrie Desmond, business development director at the distributor
@Widget1
Mark Needham - founder of the specialist distributor
@AndyDow_C2000
Commercial director at Computer 2000
@shayward1
Stewart Hayward, marketing manager at Ingram Micro
@Julie_Emulex
Julie Tatum, EMEA channel marketing manager at Emulex
@grahambunting
Avaya and AudioCodes business leader at Azlan
@annkeefe
Sales director at Kingston Technology
@SimonLHollister
Regional Director at Xirrus
@david_acronis
General manager for Northern Europe at Acronis
@richardhicks
Global sales engineering director at Celestix Networks
@stevo
Dave Stevinson, sales manager at VIP Computers
@ChrisJ_C2000
Chris Jones, marketing executive at Computer 2000
@Donna_C2000
Donna Marie Adams, SMB and PC systems marketing manager at C2000
@rupertcollier
Regional manager for Northern England at Datacore Software
Vendors:
@Emulex
@HDS_UK
@hpnews
@intel
@emc_community
@NetSuite
@novell
@Cisco_Channels
@NetAppUK
@SymantecChannel
@CA_EMEA_Channel
@IBMbpuki
@VMware_Partners
@sageuk
@Brother_UK
@centrixsoftware
@webroot
Distributors:
@Avnet_TS_UK
@wickhill
@COMPUTERLINKS
@CMSPeripherals
@ccidistribution
@IngramMicroInc
@TDComputer2000
@CUhotnews
@WestconPR
@ZyckoUK
@TDMaverick_UK
@Brightstar_UK
@TDAzlan_UK
VARs and SIs:
@BlueChipICT
@Computacenter
@Caretower
@Servium_UK
@ramsac_ltd
@Probrand
@2e2UK
@Misco_UK
@MTI_Technology
@leapfrogavit
@SquareGroup
@softcatLimited
@LanwayLovesIT
@boxcouk
@totalcomputers
@trustmarqueyork
Industry groups and associations:
@CompTIA
@SynaxonUK
@ADISATweet
@FAST_lis
@BSAnews
@cloudSA
Analysts:
@Tiffani_Bova
Vice president of Gartner Research
@KeithHumphreys
Analyst at EuroLAN Research
@SteffWatson
Telecoms industry specialist at MZA
@clivel_98
Quocirca service director, Clive Longbottom
@Tarzey
Quocirca service director, Bob Tarzey
@rob_bamforth
Quocirca's comms and Apple market specialist
@Dale_Vile
Freeform Dynamics analyst
@LockTD
Freeform Dynamics analyst
@RoyIllsley
Principal analyst at Ovum
@Canalys
@TechMarketView
@the451group
@Gartner_inc
@IDCInsights
If we have omitted you, please get in touch – this is an ongoing list!