SHARE
Facebook X Pinterest WhatsApp

Tech Data’s IBM One Team Brings Together Support Units, VARs

Distributor Tech Data has launched IBM One Team, a single point of contact for its IBM units and VARs, to encourage cross-selling and higher attach rates across the IBM portfolio, Tech Data officials announced the week of May 15. IBM One Team will aggregate all Tech Data’s IBM sales, marketing and technical support under one […]

Written By
thumbnail John Hazard
John Hazard
May 16, 2006
Channel Insider content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More

Distributor Tech Data has launched IBM One Team, a single point of contact for its IBM units and VARs, to encourage cross-selling and higher attach rates across the IBM portfolio, Tech Data officials announced the week of May 15.

IBM One Team will aggregate all Tech Data’s IBM sales, marketing and technical support under one umbrella to drive more product into the solution, said Pete Peterson, Tech Data’s vice president of Systems Product Marketing, in Clearwater, Fla.

The team is made up of dedicated sales representatives, product specialists and systems engineers cross-trained to sell and support IBM’s hardware, software and services, to help VARs fulfill end-to-end IBM solutions and not just move product, Peterson said.

“Our business is about attach rates,” Peterson said. “We succeed by building more product into the solution.”

Cisco has plans to leverage Tech Data’s support and third-party application relations to take SAN (storage area network) technology to market. Click here to read more.

Currently the organization has product champions, but they represent the interests of particular products, Peterson said.

IBM aims blade servers at SMBs (small and midsize businesses.) Read more here.

“These guys go out on a storage call, but they’re not thinking about the server opportunity or the software opportunity involved,” he said. “Broader knowledge of the product portfolio across the staff will encourage entangling solutions whenever possible.”

“It’s not our job to create demand for the products,” he said, “but to create a connection between the manufacturer and the opportunity.”

The move marks a step up for the distributor to more solution-driven strategies, Peterson said.

Recommended for you...

June Roundup: M&A Moves Across the Shifting Channel Landscape
Jordan Smith
Jul 7, 2025
Leadership Roundup: New CEOs Highlight June Moves
Jordan Smith
Jul 2, 2025
Workspan AI Looks to Solve Channel Ecosystem Complexity
Victoria Durgin
Jun 25, 2025
May Roundup: Mergers and Acquisitions From Around the Channel
Jordan Smith
Jun 2, 2025
Channel Insider Logo

Channel Insider combines news and technology recommendations to keep channel partners, value-added resellers, IT solution providers, MSPs, and SaaS providers informed on the changing IT landscape. These resources provide product comparisons, in-depth analysis of vendors, and interviews with subject matter experts to provide vendors with critical information for their operations.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2025 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.