2015 Partner Program Guide: 5-Star Storage Vendors
Storage Superstars
Storage might seem like a pretty basic technology with cost and capacity the governing forces. But with exploding volumes of big data, there's a huge demand for storage systems. That means more opportunities for solution providers. It also means more 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 the 5-Star designees in the storage technology space.
Accelerite
Program Name: Accelerite Partner program
Year Program Established: 2007
Number of North American Partners: 500
North American Channel Chief: Eric Webster
URL: www.accelerite.com
Asigra
Program Name: Asigra Hybrid Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2009
Number of North American Partners: 425
North American Channel Chief: Eran Farajun
URL: www.asigra.com
AVG
Program Name: AVG U.S. Channel Program
Year Program Established: 2001
Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed
North American Channel Chief: Marco La Vecchia
URL: www.avg.com
Axcient
Program Name: Axcient Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2006
Number of North American Partners: 2,100
North American Channel Chief: Justin Moore
URL: www.axcient.com
Barracuda Networks
Program Name: Barracuda Networks Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2004
Number of North American Partners: 4,660
North American Channel Chief: Glenn Esposito
URL: www.barracuda.com
BMC Software
Program Name: BMC Partner Advantage
Year Program Established: 2012
Number of North American Partners: 77
North American Channel Chief: Brian Marvin
URL: www.bmc.com
Brocade Communications Systems
Program Name: Brocade Alliance Partner Network
Year Program Established: 2008
Number of North American Partners: 3,627
North American Channel Chief: Mike Newcomb
URL: www.brocade.com
Carbonite
Program Name: Carbonite Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2013
Number of North American Partners: 5,313
North American Channel Chief: David Maffei
URL: www.carbonite.com
CenturyLink
Program Name: CenturyLink Channel Alliance
Year Program Established: 1998
Number of North American Partners: 177
North American Channel Chief: Blake Wetzel
URL: www.centurylink.com
Cisco Systems
Program Name: Cisco Solution Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2014
Number of North American Partners: 497
North American Channel Chief: Wendy Bahr
URL: www.cisco.com
Cisco Systems
Program Name: Cisco Channel Partner Program
Year Program Established: 1996
Number of North American Partners: 20,438
North American Channel Chief: Wendy Bahr
URL: www.cisco.com
Citrix Systems
Program Name: Citrix Partner Network
Year Program Established: 1989
Number of North American Partners: 2,900
North American Channel Chief: Rafael Garzon
URL: www.citrix.com
CommVault Systems
Program Name: PartnerAdvantage
Year Program Established: 2012
Number of North American Partners: 800
North American Channel Chief: Scott Skidmore
URL: www.commvault.com
Condusiv Technologies
Program Name: Condusiv Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2012
Number of North American Partners: 1,920
North American Channel Chief: Nick Tidd
URL: www.condusiv.com
Datto
Program Name: Datto Partner Plus Program
Year Program Established: 2013
Number of North American Partners: 7,200
North American Channel Chief: Rob Rae
URL: www.datto.com
Dell
Program Name: Dell PartnerDirect
Year Program Established: 2007
Number of North American Partners: 55,000
North American Channel Chief: Jim DeFoe
URL: www.dell.com
docStar
Program Name: docStar Global Partner Program
Year Program Established: 1996
Number of North American Partners: 150
North American Channel Chief: Greg Cooke
URL: www.docstar.com
eFolder
Program Name: eFolder Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2006
Number of North American Partners: 2,300
North American Channel Chief: Jan Spring
URL: www.efolder.net
EMC
Program Name: EMC Business Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2012
Number of North American Partners: 3,500
North American Channel Chief: Gregg Ambulos
URL: www.emc.com
Emulex
Program Name: Emulex Connect Partner program
Year Program Established: 2011
Number of North American Partners: 822
North American Channel Chief: John Alfieri
URL: www.emulex.com
Gridstore
Program Name: Gridstore Accelerate Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2011
Number of North American Partners: 50
North American Channel Chief: Victoria Grey
URL: www.gridstore.com
Hewlett-Packard
Program Name: HP PartnerOne
Year Program Established: 2002
Number of North American Partners: 40,000
North American Channel Chief: Scott Dunsire
URL: www.hp.com
Hitachi Data Systems
Program Name: Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2003
Number of North American Partners: 560
North American Channel Chief: Christopher White
URL: www.hds.com
IBM
Program Name: IBM PartnerWorld
Year Program Established: 1999
Number of North American Partners: 32,382
North American Channel Chief: Tami Duncan
URL: www.ibm.com
Imation
Program Name: Imation Storage Solutions Channel Program
Year Program Established: 2013
Number of North American Partners: 336
North American Channel Chief: Mike Cirrincione
Intronis
Program Name: Intronis Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2008
Number of North American Partners: 2,650
North American Channel Chief: Rob Merklinger
URL: www.intronis.com
Kaseya
Program Name: Kaseya Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2013
Number of North American Partners: 138
North American Channel Chief: Roger Hodskins
URL: www.kaseya.com
Laserfiche
Program Name: Laserfiche VAR Program
Year Program Established: 1994
Number of North American Partners: 400
North American Channel Chief: Hedy Belttary
URL: www.laserfiche.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
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
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
NexGen Storage
Program Name: Priority Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2015
Number of North American Partners: 160
North American Channel Chief: Mike Koponen
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
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
Quantum
Program Name: Quantum Alliance
Year Program Established: 2002
Number of North American Partners: 6,671
North American Channel Chief: Steve Burrows
URL: www.quantum.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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Western Digital
Program Name: myWD Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2012
Number of North American Partners: 3,500
North American Channel Chief: Bud Cary
URL: www.wdc.com
