Jonathan Pickering

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Career so far: Various Cisco networking roles within the telecoms sector. I worked my way up to being network manager for Colt Telecom. Five years ago I set up Block Solutions.

If you could be anyone else for a week, who would you be and what would you do? Tiger Woods without the mistakes.

What would you have as your last meal? Curry.

What is the best corporate jolly you have ever been on/taken partners on? A skiing trip to Norway with Cisco.

Do you see the cloud as a threat or an opportunity? Opportunity.

Have any of your predictions come true this year? The rapid movement towards consolidation in the datacentre.

What do you see as the channel’s biggest challenge in 2011? Manageable growth – growing but doing it in a measured way.

What is the best part of your day? I like the whole day – I enjoy my job and I enjoy being with the family.

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