2019 Partner Program Guide: 5-Star Peripherals Vendors
Peripherals Power Players
Peripherals products may not have the mission-critical cache of, say, a hyper-converged server or an ERP application. But IT peripherals, from power supplies to printers and flat panel displays to digital signage, remain critical components of any IT operation. And they can still make up a significant part of a solution provider's business.
The 2019 Partner Program Guide offers 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 peripherals space.
Other slide shows in the 5-Star Partner Program Guide series running this week include companies that provide systems and data center, networking and unified communications, cloud, storage, software and security technologies.
Alaris, a Kodak Business
Program Name: Alaris Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2016
Partner Program Tiers: Elite, Premier, Registered
North American Channel Chief: Katie Sullivan-Armento, Sale Director, U.S. & Canada Region
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=136
Dell Inc.
Program Name: Dell EMC Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2017
Partner Program Tiers: Titanium, Platinum, Gold
North American Channel Chief: Gregg Ambulos, SVP, North America Channels
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=13
Eaton
Program Name: PowerAdvantage Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2009
Partner Program Tiers: PowerAdvantage Certified Partner, PowerAdvantage Authorized Partner, PowerAdvantage Registered Partner
North American Channel Chief: Curtiz Gangi, VP, U.S. Channels and Midmarket Segment, Datacenter
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=14
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Program Name: HPE Partner Ready Program
Year Program Established: 2002
Partner Program Tiers: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Business
North American Channel Chief: Terry Richardson, Americas Channels and Alliances Leader
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=18
Hitachi Vantara
Program Name: Hitachi Vantara Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2018
Partner Program Tiers: No Tiers
North American Channel Chief: Kimberly King, VP, Partner Programs and Strategy
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=19
HP Inc.
Program Name: HP Partner First
Year Program Established: 2015
Partner Program Tiers: Partner First Platinum, Partner First Gold, Partner First Silver
North American Channel Chief: Stephanie Dismore, VP and General manager, Americas Channels
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=20
IBM
Program Name: PartnerWorld
Year Program Established: 1999
Partner Program Tiers: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Registered
North American Channel Chief: Dorothy Copeland, VP, IBM Partner Ecosystem, North America
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=21
IGEL North America
Program Name: IGEL Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2016
Partner Program Tiers: Platinum, Gold, Authorized, Reseller
North American Channel Chief: Brad Tompkins, VP of Sales, North America
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=117
Ingram Micro
Program Name: Ingram Micro Trust X Alliance
Year Program Established: 1998
Partner Program Tiers: Velocity, Affinity, Community
North American Channel Chief: Paul Bay, Executive VP and Group President of the Americas
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=22
Intel
Program Name: Intel Technology Provider Program
Year Program Established: 1980
Partner Program Tiers: Platinum, Gold, Registered
North American Channel Chief: Jason Kimrey, General Manager, U.S. Channel Scale & Partners
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=23
Legrand Data Center Power & Control
Program Name: Legrand Data Center Power and Control Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2018
Partner Program Tiers: Platinum, Gold, Authorized
North American Channel Chief: Mike Johnston, VP, Channel Sales
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=78
Lenovo Intelligent Device Group
Program Name: Lenovo Partner Engage Program
Year Program Established: 2018
Partner Program Tiers: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Authorized
North American Channel Chief: Rob Cato, Channel Chief
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=25
Lexmark
Program Name: Lexmark Connect
Year Program Established: 2016
Partner Program Tiers: Diamond, Gold, Silver
North American Channel Chief: Greg Chavers, VP, North America Channel Sales
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=26
Microsoft
Program Name: Microsoft Partner Network
Year Program Established: 2010
Partner Program Tiers: Gold Competency, Silver Competency, Program Members
North American Channel Chief: David Willis, Corporate VP, U.S. One Commercial Partner
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=28
NEC Display Solutions of America
Program Name: NEC Partner Net
Year Program Established: 2002
Partner Program Tiers: Partner Net
North American Channel Chief: Betsy Larson, VP of Channel Sales
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=79
Schneider Electric
Program Name: EcoXpert Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2015
Partner Program Tiers: Master EcoXpert, Certified EcoXpert
North American Channel Chief: James Mylett, VP, Channel Management
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=40
SolarWinds MSP
Program Name: SolarWinds MSP Channel Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2017
Partner Program Tiers: MSP
North American Channel Chief: Frank Colletti, Group VP, Worldwide Sales
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=89
Synnex
Program Name: Synnex CloudSolv Community
Year Program Established: 2016
Partner Program Tiers: Premier Level, Standard Level
North American Channel Chief: Rob Moyer, SVP, Cloud Services, Mobility, IoT
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=45
Tech Data
Program Name: Tech Data Recon Security Suite
Year Program Established: 2017
Partner Program Tiers: Tech Data Recon Security Suite
North American Channel Chief: Joe Quaglia, President
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=46
Tripp Lite
Program Name: Tripp Lite Partner Program & Premier Partner Program
Year Program Established: 1998
Partner Program Tiers: Premier Partner, Tripp Lite Partner Program, Channel Partners Group
North American Channel Chief: Shane Kilfoil, SVP, Global Sales
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=92
Verizon
Program Name: Verizon Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2013
Partner Program Tiers: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Member
North American Channel Chief: Pete Leuzzi, Global VP and Head of Worldwide Channels and Alliances
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=47
Zebra Technologies
Program Name: Zebra PartnerConnect
Year Program Established: 2016
Partner Program Tiers: Premier Business/Solution Partner, Business/Solution Partner, Broadline Technology Reseller, ISV, Registered Reseller
North American Channel Chief: Alex Castaneda, VP, North America Channels and Territory
Partner Program Details: /partner-program-guide/ppg2019-details.htm?c=51