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
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
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
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
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
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
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