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OutSystems appoints Robson Grieve as Chief Marketing Officer
OutSystems, a global leader in low-code
application development, has appointed
Robson Grieve as Chief Marketing Officer,
reporting to Paulo Rosado, OutSystems
Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
Grieve will have responsibility for
OutSystems marketing strategy, including
product, brand, demand generation,
communications, technology alliances and
overall go-to-market strategy to support
OutSystems rapid growth.
Rosado said: “OutSystems has built
the market-leading approach to low-code
development across the entire development
lifecycle and right now we are experiencing
significant growth in the community and
ecosystem that surrounds us. We are excited
to welcome Robson to the OutSystems
senior leadership team as our global CMO.
His experience leading marketing and
building go-to-market models for fastgrowing
SaaS companies, such as New Relic
and Concur, is a perfect addition to our team
right now.”
Robson Grieve is the
new Chief Marketing
Officer at OutSystems
Grieve has held senior positions across
all aspects of marketing in his 20-plus year
career. Most recently he was CMO of Pure
Storage. Prior to Pure Storage, he was CMO
at software analytics company New Relic.
Grieve said: “OutSystems is on an
impressive growth trajectory because the
platform solves some really important
problems for customers. Leading industry
analysts like Gartner are talking about how
low-code is going to surpass traditional
coding as the app delivery platform of
choice because of time-to-market, speed-ofdelivery
and compelling productivity gains.”
Blue Networks and Infrastructure obtains
Cisco Gold Partner Certification
Blue Networks and Infrastructure (BNI),
one of South Africa’s newly started
Exempt Micro Enterprises (EME), has
been certified as a Cisco Gold Partner in
South Africa – the highest certification
level attainable within the Cisco Channel
Partner Programme.
The annual certification follows BNI
meeting rigorous standards set out by Cisco
to demonstrate it is qualified to sell, install,
and support Cisco solutions in South Africa.
“Cisco is privileged to work with some of
the best channel partners around the world,
and it is our honour to welcome BNI as a
Cisco Gold Partner
in South Africa,”
said Clayton Naidoo,
General Manager,
Cisco Sub
Saharan Africa.
“BNI joined
the Cisco EDGE
Programme in June
2019, which aims
to share business
knowledge, help
develop small and
medium businesses
in the digital age, speed up their entry to
market and, as a result, create new jobs
for the local economy. BNI has shown
tremendous commitment since joining the
programme. Cisco is proud to see the reward
of our efforts around the EDGE Programme.”
Debbie Lane, Senior Product Manager
at BNI, added: “BNI benefitted enormously
from the Cisco EDGE programme, whereby
small and medium businesses had the
opportunity to attend multiple weekly
training sessions remotely or at the various
national Cisco EDGE Incubation Centres.
“BNI’s close relationship and strategic
partnership with Cisco will enable us to
provide end-to-end solutions to our clients.
With the latest technologies and moving
with the latest trends and our niche in-house
solutions, we guarantee our commitment
to our clients in providing industry-leading
solutions in the market space.”
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