Mark Wyllie, CEO of Flagship Solutions Group, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based solution provider and IBM channel partner, on last week's announcement that IBM's popular channel chief, Marc Dupaquier (pictured), will leave after 33 years with the technology giant. Wyllie said Dupaquier's biggest achievement was pulling together the disparate channel initiatives and programs scattered across IBM's hardware, software and service product groups.

"The 'one channel' was long overdue. It was a challenge to get that done, to get most people on the same page."