Westcon Group Technology Podcasts

Listen to Christine Lawrence, Westcon Product Sales Manager, and Mark Gloeckler, Brocade National Partner Manager, as they discuss the Enterprise Campus and Data Center solutions.

Join Westcon and Avaya for a Look into the LEAP Center

Join Steve Bernard, Vice President of Convergence for Westcon Group North America, as he discusses the launch of Avaya in the LEAP Center. Steve discusses Westcon's partnership with Avaya on this exiting real-world lab environment and how you can leverage it to accelerate your Avaya Data Network sales cycle. 

Steve Bernard

Vice President, Westcon Group North America

Steven Bernard has over 30 years of experience in the communications industry. He joined Westcon five years ago as General Manager and Vice President of Voda One (now Westcon Convergence), the Westcon business unit focused on distributing Avaya and complementary unified communications solutions in the US. During his tenure, Westcon Convergence has enjoyed steady growth, increased market share and was named the 2008 Avaya North American Distributor of the Year. Steve held senior management positions at AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Avaya, in direct sales and channel sales, before joining Westcon. He resides in Flemington, NJ.

Comstor Health Tech Connect Program
The multi-billion dollar healthcare market is beginning to take shape and there awaits tremendous potential for those companies poised and prepared to act in the healthcare technology space. With activity around healthcare grants anticipated to gain momentum in 2010 and into the foreseeable future, the Health Tech Connect series offers grant-application information and techniques designed to position you for success.

Watch as Beverly Santicola, President, US Government Grants, explains the importance of developing grant writers in Rural areas around the country and how a program like Westcon/Comstor HealthTech Connect Community can help along the way in getting the kind of healthcare that every American deserves.

to find out more go to: http://healthtechconnect.com

"Compelling relationships with the right individuals in the IT and Networking organizations are clearly going to help you improve your win rate."

- Jeff W. Smith, Principal Consultant, True Upside Consulting

Learn the most important elements of winning federal contracts, how to really differentiate yourself from the competition, and the most important dynamics of marketing your firm to the federal government. With Stu Schwartzreich, Director of Federal Programs, and Jeff W. Smith, Principal Consultant, True Upside Consulting.

In this episode of Westcon Group Technology Podcast, Moe Scwartz, Director of Strategic Technology Initiatives for Westcon Group discusses the Next-Generation (SIP/VoIP Network Architecture - offered by Avaya Aura and Audio Codes. to learn more about the technology that Moses talks about or to contact a local account manager:  go to:http://us.convergencepoint.westcon.com/content/contact/

Moses Schwartz, Director of Strategic Technology Initiatives for Westcon Group,briefly discusses the impact on VoIP Security. This is the first of a series of recordings about security on the web. This podcast was released on November 16, 2009.

In the episode of Westcon Group Technology podcast, Moses Schwartz, Director Strategic Technology Initiatives for Westcon Group, talks about in order to remain competitve in today's business environment, organizations must meet the challenge of finding ways to optimize their networks for accessibility, application delivery and application focused security.

If you are interested in persuing this topic further, contact:
Westcon Security http://us.securitypoint.westcon.com/content/contact/

and they wil be able to assist you with your security needs

At Westcon we partner with a variety of resellers, integrators and value-added resellers, in the small, mid-sized and enterprise markets.
In this podcast you will see the impact that Westcon has on one of its resellers Carousel Industries.
Westcon continues to build relationships with its customers.

Westcon Technology Podcast: A+ Communications
In this edition of the Westcon Technology Podcast, we spoke to Pat Astor of A+ Communications about a recent call center installation that was completed at a software development and testing manufacturer.

Part 1 of a three part podcast on Westcon's Federal Market. Westcon offers a unique set of specialized programs designed to help our reseller partners differentiate themselves from their competition by efficiently and effectively pursuing opportunities in this complex market. By providing a carefully selected set of Government-centric tools and services, Westcon augments a reseller’s expertise and positions them to aggressively and successfully pursue opportunities in this highly-competitive market. Listen as Stu Schwartzreich, Director, Federal, discusses the advantages of the Federal Market.