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