Quotes Of The Week From The Channel: June 19-23

What were solution providers talking about with CRN last week? Here's what a few shared about such news as the naming of a new president at a top vendor, and another vendor's rollout of new marketing tools to help its partners.

Christopher Opat, senior vice president of cloud technology services at CompuCom, on the unveiling of a new service by the solution provider giant that will put enterprise-grade network monitoring and reporting in the hands of small and midsized businesses.

"We look at SmartNOC as an attractive entry point into a relationship with our customers. Our goal is to create customer delight by simplifying a set of rather difficult conversations."