A look back at Dell Networking and LexisNexis' partnership

I used to have a boss who once told me, “It’s easy to have a great first meeting, but building a partnership is hard.” After all, how many exploratory meetings, introductions, or even first dates have you had where it *seemed* like things were going to work out, but for some reason or another, the relationship just never got off the ground?   

Working for Dell, I get to hear about a lot of customer stories, and see a lot of partnership announcements.  But in a way, some of these stories are “great first meetings;” Dell and partner get together to deliver a solution to solve X. Often, especially if you don’t work for Dell, you might see these stories, nod once, and promptly go on with your life. 

This is what makes the video below really something worthwhile.  Dell has a deep relationship with LexisNexis, developed a case study with Dell in 2012.

At the recent Dell Enterprise Forum in San Jose, our video team had the opportunity to speak to Arjuna Chala, Director of Technology, HPCC Systems, LexisNexis.  Hear what he had to say in his own words about Dell and the partnership with LexisNexis.  It’s really great to hear that we got beyond that “great first meeting” to build the partnership we have today.

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Jonathan Seckler

About the Author: Jonathan Seckler

Jonathan Seckler has built a reputation for creatively bringing technology products to market. With expertise in product positioning, messaging and storytelling, Jonathan focuses on how to communicate with customers to get them to change their behavior. He joined Dell Technologies in 2011 as a product marketing director and currently is Head of Product Marketing for Servers and Networking. While at Dell, he developed a world-class demand generation content strategy, re-built the Server marketing organization from the ground up, and led new initiatives in Networking, AI and Solutions. Prior to Dell, Jonathan managed the Advanced Micro Devices’ Low Power Client Program launching the first AMD system-on-a-chip, the AMD E-series APU. He also managed an award-winning website while at Intuit, and was the Product Director for DART Enterprise, an enterprise-class interactive advertising platform at DoubleClick. In his spare time, Jonathan works on pouring incredible espresso shots.