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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://en.community.dell.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Channel Partnerships Increase with Community</title><link>http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2008/04/23/channel-partnerships-increase-with-community.aspx</link><description>Since Michael discussed our channel strategy with Ed Moltzen back in May, there have been lots of questions about how we work with partners. There have also been questions, concerns and general confusion about our PartnerDirect program. When our PartnerDirect</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>re: Channel Partnerships Increase with Community</title><link>http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2008/04/23/channel-partnerships-increase-with-community.aspx#57820</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:11:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e3197daa-ef0d-4a70-8402-29215ff9a0f2:57820</guid><dc:creator>Daniel Versola</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;My company is excited to hear Dell&amp;#39;s new strategies and focus on the Partner Program.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;For many years we have been out there selling the product as a middle man.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Now we can truly work as a team and with the new products and services, we are able to bring value to our clients.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Having an outlet online to be able to voice our opinions and get answers to our questions is one step in the right direction.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We are looking forward to a closer Business Relationship with Dell as a Partner.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;After all &lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:black;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;Building relationships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:black;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;"&gt; is &lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;key&lt;/span&gt; to &lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;success&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:black;LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;"&gt;daniel versola / cto / currie computers, inc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.community.dell.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=57820" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Channel Partnerships Increase with Community</title><link>http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2008/04/23/channel-partnerships-increase-with-community.aspx#57509</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:21:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e3197daa-ef0d-4a70-8402-29215ff9a0f2:57509</guid><dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Most of the vendor channel blogs I&amp;#39;ve read are from companies that already have long-established partner programs. I&amp;#39;m looking forward to see how Dell uses its blog to increase its channel presence. Should be an interesting social media/Web 2.0 experiment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.community.dell.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=57509" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>