2015 Partner Programs Guide: 5-Star Software Vendors (Part 1)

Standouts In Software

You can install the most powerful IT hardware possible. But the real value behind all that compute power is the software that runs everything from the system's basic operations to the high-level applications. But software is complex and, for solution providers, that can mean a greater need for technical, marketing, sales and financial assistance from IT vendors.

The 2014 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, The Channel Company designates some programs as 5-Star Partner Programs. Here we present the 5-Star designees in the software space, A-K.

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

Acumatica

Program Name: Acumatica Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: 244

North American Channel Chief: Richard Duffy

URL: www.acumatica.com

Adallom

Program Name: Adallom Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2015

Number of North American Partners: 50

North American Channel Chief: Steve Kazan

URL: www.adallom.com

Adtran

Program Name: ADvantage Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 4,133

North American Channel Chief: Ted Cole

URL: www.adtran.com

AlgoSec

Program Name: AlgoSec Channel Program

Year Program Established: 2007

Number of North American Partners: 85

North American Channel Chief: Neil McNamara

URL: www.algosec.com

Allot Communications

Program Name: Allot Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 60

North American Channel Chief: Greg Parcel

URL: www.allot.com

Aruba Networks

Program Name: Aruba PartnerEdge Program

Year Program Established: 2007

Number of North American Partners: 1,500

North American Channel Chief: Jim Harold

URL: www.arubanetworks.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

AT&T

Program Name: AT&T Partner Exchange

Year Program Established: 2013

Number of North American Partners: 279

North American Channel Chief: Brooks McCorcle

URL: www.att.com/partnerexchange

Avaya

Program Name: Avaya Connect

Year Program Established: 2009

Number of North American Partners: 2,271

North American Channel Chief: Joe Lohmeier

URL: www.avaya.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

Bit9 + Carbon Black

Program Name: Security Reliance Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2010

Number of North American Partners: 135

North American Channel Chief: Jessica Couto

URL: www.bit9.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

Ciena

Program Name: BizConnect Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 44

North American Channel Chief: Nigel Williams

URL: www.ciena.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

Comcast Business

Program Name: Comcast Business Solutions Provider Program

Year Program Established: 2011

Number of North American Partners: 3,000

North American Channel Chief: Craig Schlagbaum

URL: www.business.comcast.com/solutions-provider

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

Digium

Program Name: Digium Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2007

Number of North American Partners: 2,514

North American Channel Chief: Jim Butler

URL: www.digium.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

Epicor Software

Program Name: Epicor Inspired Partner Network

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: 93

North American Channel Chief: Matt Bauer

URL: www.epicor.com

ESET

Program Name: ESET Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 1,000

North American Channel Chief: Gerald Choung

URL: www.eset.com

Extreme Networks

Program Name: Extreme Partner Network

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: 615

North American Channel Chief: Bob Gault

URL: www.extremenetworks.com

FireEye

Program Name: FireEye Fuel Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2010

Number of North American Partners: 358

North American Channel Chief: Steve Pataky

URL: www.fireeye.com

FireMon

Program Name: FireMon Ignite

Year Program Established: 2011

Number of North American Partners: 82

North American Channel Chief: Todd DeBell

URL: www.firemon.com

ForeScout Technologies

Program Name: ForeScout Game Changer Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2005

Number of North American Partners: 115

North American Channel Chief: Devin Archer

URL: www.forescout.com

Fortinet

Program Name: FortiPartner Program

Year Program Established: 2002

Number of North American Partners: 7,500

North American Channel Chief: Joseph Sykora

URL: www.fortinet.com

FreedomVoice

Program Name: FreedomVoice Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 358

North American Channel Chief: Chris Sterbenc

URL: www.freedomiq.com

Gigamon

Program Name: Gigamon Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2015

Number of North American Partners: 223

North American Channel Chief: Scott Sullivan

URL: www.gigamon.com

Globalscape

Program Name: Globalscape Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 158

North American Channel Chief: Christopher Cleary

URL: www.globalscape.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

Guidance Software

Program Name: Guidance Software Global Partner Program

Year Program Established: 1997

Number of North American Partners: 171

North American Channel Chief: Ron Harlow

URL: www.guidancesoftware.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

Hexis Cyber Solutions

Program Name: Hexis Cyber Solutions Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 45

North American Channel Chief: Patrick Reilly

URL: www.hexiscyber.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

URL: www.imation.com/nexsan

Infor

Program Name: Infor Partner Network

Year Program Established: 2011

Number of North American Partners: 173

North American Channel Chief: Jeff Abbott

URL: www.infor.com

Intacct

Program Name: Intacct Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2010

Number of North American Partners: 327

North American Channel Chief: Taylor Macdonald

URL: www.intacct.com

Intel

Program Name: Intel Technology Provider Program

Year Program Established: 1980

Number of North American Partners: 23,692

North American Channel Chief: Todd Garrigues

URL: www.intel.com

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

Ixia

Program Name: Channel Xcelerate Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 220

North American Channel Chief: Lori Cornmesser

URL: www.ixiacom.com

Juniper Networks

Program Name: Juniper Networks Partner Advantage

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: 11,635

North American Channel Chief: Jonathan Belcher

URL: www.juniper.net

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

Kaspersky Lab

Program Name: Kaspersky Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2008

Number of North American Partners: 2,500

North American Channel Chief: John Murdock

URL: www.kaspersky.com

Kemp Technologies

Program Name: Kemp Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2004

Number of North American Partners: 602

North American Channel Chief: Mark Housman

URL: www.kemptechnologies.com

Kerio Technologies

Program Name: Kerio Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2001

Number of North American Partners: 1,848

North American Channel Chief: Karen Miller

URL: www.kerio.com