2015 Partner Programs Guide: 5-Star Cloud Vendors (Part 2)

Clouds Moving In

Cloud computing continues as one of the most dynamic segments of the IT industry. The challenge for solution providers today is identifying the opportunities and threats posed by the new computing technologies and, if possible, capitalizing on them. That means a greater need for technical, marketing, sales and financial assistance from IT vendors.

The 2015 Partner Program Guide offers the information solution providers need to evaluate IT vendors they work with or are considering working with. The guide is based on detailed applications vendors submitted outlining all aspects of their partner programs.

As part of the Partner Program Guide, CRN designates some programs as 5-Star Partner Programs. Here we present 5-Star designees in the cloud computing space, L-Z.

LANDesk Software

Program Name: LANDesk Partner Program

Year Program Established: 1985

Number of North American Partners: 500

North American Channel Chief: Reza Parsia

URL: www.landesk.com

Lenovo

Program Name: Lenovo Partner Network

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 29,000

North American Channel Chief: Sammy Kinlaw

URL: www.lenovo.com

Maxta

Program Name: Maxta Value-Added Partner (MVP) Program

Year Program Established: 2015

Number of North American Partners: 52

North American Channel Chief: Jim Fitzgerald

URL: www.maxta.com

Mellanox Technologies

Program Name: Mellanox PartnerFirst Program

Year Program Established: 2008

Number of North American Partners: 1,000

North American Channel Chief: Darrin Chen

URL: www.mellanox.com

Microsoft

Program Name: Microsoft Partner Network

Year Program Established: 2010

Number of North American Partners: Not Disclosed

North American Channel Chief: Jenni Flinders

URL: www.microsoft.com

Mimecast

Program Name: Mimecast Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2011

Number of North American Partners: Not Disclosed

North American Channel Chief: Sean Broderick

URL: www.mimecast.com

Motorola Solutions

Program Name: PartnerEmpower Program

Year Program Established: 2010

Number of North American Partners: 2,692

North American Channel Chief: Scott Adler

URL: www.motorolasolutions.com

N-able by SolarWinds

Program Name: N-able by SolarWinds Channel Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2001

Number of North American Partners: 1,962

North American Channel Chief: Mike Cullen

URL: www.n-able.com

NEC Display Solutions

Program Name: NEC Partner Net

Year Program Established: 2002

Number of North American Partners: 3,727

North American Channel Chief: Betsy Larson

URL: www.necdisplay.com

NetApp

Program Name: NetApp Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2002

Number of North American Partners: 1,045

North American Channel Chief: Regina Kunkle

URL: www.netapp.com

NetSuite

Program Name: NetSuite Solution Provider Program

Year Program Established: 2002

Number of North American Partners: 200

North American Channel Chief: Craig West

URL: www.netsuite.com

Nimble Storage

Program Name: Nimble Storage Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2015

Number of North American Partners: 881

North American Channel Chief: Keith Malcove

URL: www.nimblestorage.com

Nutanix

Program Name: Nutanix Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2013

Number of North American Partners: 600

North American Channel Chief: Steve Kaplan

URL: www.nutanix.com

Oracle

Program Name: Oracle PartnerNetwork

Year Program Established: 1999

Number of North American Partners: 5,400

North American Channel Chief: Tom LaRocca

URL: www.oracle.com

Palo Alto Networks

Program Name: NextWave Program

Year Program Established: 2010

Number of North American Partners: 1,202

North American Channel Chief: Todd Palmer

URL: www.paloaltonetworks.com

Polycom

Program Name: Choice Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2009

Number of North American Partners: 2,341

North American Channel Chief: Barb Huelskamp

URL: www.polycom.com

Progress Software

Program Name: Progress Partner+

Year Program Established: 2001

Number of North American Partners: 644

North American Channel Chief: Kimberly King

URL: www.progress.com

PTC

Program Name: PTC Channel Advantage Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2000

Number of North American Partners: 24

North American Channel Chief: Gary Smith

URL: www.ptc.com

Pulse Secure

Program Name: Connect Now Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2015

Number of North American Partners: 537

North American Channel Chief: Douglas Erickson

URL: www.pulsesecure.net

Pure Storage

Program Name: Pure Partner Program (P3)

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: 100

North American Channel Chief: Anne Colbeck

URL: www.purestorage.com

QLogic

Program Name: Signature Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2000

Number of North American Partners: 2,048

North American Channel Chief: Ryan Klein

URL: www.qlogic.com

Red Hat

Program Name: Red Hat Connect

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 1,220

North American Channel Chief: D. Robert Martin

URL: www.redhat.com

Reflexion Networks

Program Name: PartnersFirst

Year Program Established: 2008

Number of North American Partners: 4,232

North American Channel Chief: Scott Barlow

URL: www.reflexion.net

Revolabs

Program Name: CORE Reseller Program

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: 300

North American Channel Chief: Curtiss Singleton

URL: www.revolabs.com/home

Riverbed Technology

Program Name: Riverbed Performance Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 850

North American Channel Chief: Lynn Tinney

URL: www.riverbed.com

RSA

Program Name: RSA SecurWorld Program

Year Program Established: 2004

Number of North American Partners: 1,408

North American Channel Chief: Tom Weldon

URL: www.emc.com/rsa

Ruckus Wireless

Program Name: Ruckus Big Dog Channel Program

Year Program Established: 2007

Number of North American Partners: 3,703

North American Channel Chief: Ron Gill

URL: www.ruckuswireless.com

Sage

Program Name: Sage Partner Advantage Program

Year Program Established: 2003

Number of North American Partners: 800

North American Channel Chief: Donald Deshaies

URL: www.sage.com

Samsung Electronics America

Program Name: STEP (Samsung Team of Empowered Partners)

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 13,000

North American Channel Chief: Richard Hutton

URL: www.samsung.com/business

SAP

Program Name: SAP PartnerEdge Program

Year Program Established: 2005

Number of North American Partners: 3,137

North American Channel Chief: John Graham

URL: www.sap.com

Server Technology

Program Name: Power Rewards Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2002

Number of North American Partners: 175

North American Channel Chief: Mike Johnston

URL: www.servertech.com

ServiceKey

Program Name: Independent Service & Maintenance Organization (ISMO Program)

Year Program Established: 2004

Number of North American Partners: 251

North American Channel Chief: Danielle Thiery

URL: www.servicekey.com

ShoreTel

Program Name: ShoreTel Champion Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2002

Number of North American Partners: Not Disclosed

North American Channel Chief: Sam Koury

URL: www.shoretel.com

Siemens PLM Software

Program Name: Americas Channel Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2007

Number of North American Partners: 87

North American Channel Chief: Kevin Piccola

URL: www.siemens.com/plm

Silver Peak

Program Name: Silver Peak Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2011

Number of North American Partners: 200

North American Channel Chief: Bob Bruce

URL: www.silver-peak.com

SimpliVity

Program Name: SimpliVity PartnerAdvantage

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 250

North American Channel Chief: George Hope

URL: www.simplivity.com

Sophos

Program Name: Sophos Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 2,715

North American Channel Chief: John Keenan

URL: www.sophos.com

SOTI

Program Name: SOTI Altitude Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2005

Number of North American Partners: Not Disclosed

North American Channel Chief: Crystal Wong

URL: www.soti.net

Splunk

Program Name: Splunk Partner+ Program

Year Program Established: 2007

Number of North American Partners: 277

North American Channel Chief: Aldo Dossola

URL: www.splunk.com

Star2Star Communications

Program Name: Star2Star Channel Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 532

North American Channel Chief: Michelle Accardi-Petersen

URL: www.star2star.com

StorageCraft Technology

Program Name: StorageCraft Profit-Ability Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2010

Number of North American Partners: 4,500

North American Channel Chief: Fred Trovato

URL: www.storagecraft.com

Symantec

Program Name: Symantec Partner Program

Year Program Established: 1999

Number of North American Partners: 6,392

North American Channel Chief: Rick Kramer

URL: www.symantec.com

Tegile Systems

Program Name: Tegile Flash Advantage

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: 236

North American Channel Chief: Bill Cordero

URL: www.tegile.com

Toshiba America Information Systems, Business Solutions Division

Program Name: Toshiba Preferred Partner Program

Year Program Established: 1985

Number of North American Partners: 3,000

North American Channel Chief: Richard Vaughn

URL: www.toshiba.com/us

Trend Micro

Program Name: Trend Micro Partner Program

Year Program Established: 1998

Number of North American Partners: 6,000

North American Channel Chief: Partha Panda

URL: www.trendmicro.com

Unify

Program Name: Unify Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 86

North American Channel Chief: Todd Freefield

URL: www.unify.com/us

Unitrends

Program Name: Unitrends Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: 1,277

North American Channel Chief: Bob Gagnon

URL: www.unitrends.com

Veeam Software

Program Name: Veeam ProPartner Program

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 3,700

North American Channel Chief: Chris Moore

URL: www.veeam.com

Verizon

Program Name: Verizon Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2013

Number of North American Partners: Not disclosed

North American Channel Chief: Matthew Montgomery

URL: www.verizon.com

ViewSonic

Program Name: Finch Club

Year Program Established: 2008

Number of North American Partners: 15,000

North American Channel Chief: Brian Igoe

URL: www.viewsonic.com

VMware

Program Name: VMware Solution Provider Program

Year Program Established: 2003

Number of North American Partners: 22,063

North American Channel Chief: Frank Rauch

URL: www.vmware.com

Xerox

Program Name: Xerox Global Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2015

Number of North American Partners: 11,000

North American Channel Chief: Kurt Schmelz

URL: www.xerox.com

Zebra Technologies

Program Name: PartnerEmpower Program

Year Program Established: 2010

Number of North American Partners: 3,050

North American Channel Chief: Eileen Eck

URL: www.zebra.com