Compuware pushing ANZ partner network

Peter Dinham
Wednesday, 04 November 2009 12:26

IT People - People

Compuware is looking to expand business with its partner network in Australia and New Zealand with the appointment today of a new manager, channels and alliance for ANZ.

Steve Jobson, vice president for Compuware Australia, New Zealand and Japan, announced the appointment of Franco Flore with responsibility for “implementing the Compuware Partner Network (CPN) in Australia and New Zealand,” which he said includes “new solution service offerings and go-to-market resources that enable business partners to effectively address the significant application delivery and IT management challenges confronting organisations.”

Flore said it was his role to "seek out and develop business partners that can best deliver real and lasting business service delivery solutions for our customers.”  According to Flore, “the Compuware Partner Network supports partners of all sizes and types, from specialty boutique partners to local and global value added resellers and integrators, and even OEMs. We partner with companies that have the knowledge to implement our business service delivery solutions and guarantee high levels of customer satisfaction.”

Flore said Compuware’s business service delivery approach ensures that organisations maximise the business value of IT by “improving customer value and reducing costs and includes both IT service management and IT portfolio management solutions.”

Flore first joined Compuware in South Africa in 1996 as a consultant, later transferring to product marketing before moving to Europe to take up a position as Compuware’s product manager for its application delivery management solutions. Prior to joining Compuware, he worked as an IT analyst in applications development for a South African mining group.