Notable Quotes For The Week Of July 24-28

What were solution provider executives talking about with CRN last week? Here are last week's quotes from the channel on news items that included Mitel's agreement to acquire ShoreTel and an agreement between Dell Technologies and VMware.

Scott Winslow (pictured), CEO of Winslow Technology Group, of Waltham, Mass., on an arrangement between Dell Technologies and VMware in which Dell Financial Services had been selected as the preferred financing vehicle for VMware, which helps Dell EMC's partner recruitment efforts.

"Our business with [Dell Financial Services] has increased a lot. We're up twofold over last year, and I do see more deals coming in that way. It's not typically just VMware. We're doing a lot as a package with server, storage, networking and VMware, and [Dell Financial Services] is a nice way for us to not have to worry about the receivables issue if the customer is a slow payer."