June 2, 2007 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Australian domain name registrar and Web hosting provider SmartyHost (smartyhost.com.au) announced on Monday it has hired Doug Elliot as its first national business development manager.
Elliot will work on developing its hardware-as-a-service model, Vigabyte and boosting channel participation. He joins SmartyHost from IT services provider NEC where he previously spent 10 years as the company’s southern region manager and national channel manager.
“This stage I’ve got a lot of ideas in the pipeline,” Elliot says. “It’s a very simple partner model and everyone knows what margins you are going to make. I will be working with our current partners, like Optus, as well as bringing on new resellers by getting out into the market, telling them who we are, what we are doing and what we can offer.”
Vigabyte provides a virtual infrastructure data suite which customers can use to provision and deliver virtual and dedicated servers in real-time. Elliot says its new channel strategy would include developing a formal partner program that is scheduled to launch later this month. Elliot says all types of resellers could sell SmartyHost’s hardware-as-a-service.
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