2016 Partner Program Guide: 5-Star Storage Vendors

Storage Superstars

The storage IT market is in a state of flux. Upstarts offering all-flash or hybrid storage systems are challenging long-time industry leaders and their disk-based systems. Demand for data storage capacity, meanwhile, is soaring as the volume of big data being collected and stored is exploding. While all this means more opportunities for solution providers, it also means they must be all the more demanding when deciding which vendors to partner with.

The 2016 Partner Programs 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 Programs Guide, The Channel Company designates some programs as 5-Star Partner Programs. Here we present the 5-Star designees in the networking technology space.

A10 Networks Inc.

Program Name: A10 Affinity Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Kirsten Young

URL: www.a10networks.com

Amazon Web Services

Program Name: Amazon Web Services Partner Network (APN)

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Terry Wise

URL: aws.amazon.com

APC by Schneider Electric

Program Name: APC Channel Partner Program

Year Program Established: 1991

Number of North American Partners: 22,500

North American Channel Chief: Shannon Sbar

URL: http://www.apc.com

AppSense

Program Name: AppSense Certified Solution Partner (CSP) Program

Year Program Established: 2013

Number of North American Partners: 450

North American Channel Chief: Jim Airdo

URL: www.appsense.com

Asigra Inc.

Program Name: Asigra Hybird Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2009

Number of North American Partners: 450

North American Channel Chief: Eran Farajun

URL: www.asigra.com

AT&T

Program Name: AT&T Alliance Program

Year Program Established: 1998

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Kevin Leonard

URL: www.att.com/alliance

Avaya

Program Name: Avaya Connect

Year Program Established: 2009

Number of North American Partners: 2,414

North American Channel Chief: Joe Lohmeier

URL: www.avaya.com

Axcient

Program Name: Axcient Saas:Flo

Year Program Established: 2015

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Mark Petoskey

URL: www.axcient.com

Barracuda Networks

Program Name: Barracuda Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2004

Number of North American Partners: 5,304

North American Channel Chief: Christopher Meyer

URL: www.barracuda.com/

Carbonite Inc.

Program Name: Carbonite Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2013

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Jessica Couto

URL: http://carbonite.com

CenturyLink

Program Name: CenturyLink Channel Alliance

Year Program Established: 1998

Number of North American Partners: 200

North American Channel Chief: Blake Wetzel

URL: www.centurylink.com

Cisco Systems

Program Name: Cisco Solution Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2013

Number of North American Partners: 450

North American Channel Chief: Rick Snyder

URL: www.cisco.com

Cisco Systems

Program Name: Cisco Global Channel Partner Program

Year Program Established: 1996

Number of North American Partners: 20,880

North American Channel Chief: Rick Snyder

URL: www.cisco.com

Citrix

Program Name: Citrix Partner Network

Year Program Established: 1989

Number of North American Partners: 2,670

North American Channel Chief: Rafael Garzon

URL: www.citrix.com

Commvault

Program Name: Commvault Partner Advantage Program

Year Program Established: 2013

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: David Fischer

URL: www.commvault.com

DataCore Software

Program Name: DataCore Premier Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2013

Number of North American Partners: 170

North American Channel Chief: Devi Madhavan

URL: www.datacore.com

Datto

Program Name: Partner Plus Program

Year Program Established: 2013

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Rob Rae

URL: www.datto.com

Dell

Program Name: Dell PartnerDirect

Year Program Established: 2007

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Jim DeFoe

URL: www.dell.com

Eaton

Program Name: PowerAdvantage Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2009

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Sommer Goodknecht

URL: http://www.powerquality.eaton.com

EMC Corp.

Program Name: EMC Business Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Scott Millard

URL: www.emc.com

Emerson Network Power

Program Name: Innovation Partnership Program

Year Program Established: 2004

Number of North American Partners: 1,753

North American Channel Chief: Jessica Kaiser

URL: www.emersonnetworkpower.com

ESET LLC

Program Name: ESET Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 1,040

North American Channel Chief: Gerald C. Choung

URL: http://www.eset.com/us/

FireMon

Program Name: FireMon Ignite

Year Program Established: 2011

Number of North American Partners: 140

North American Channel Chief: Todd M. DeBell

URL: www.firemon.com

Genband

Program Name: Partner Advantage Program

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Michael Bacus

URL: www.genband.com

Gigamon

Program Name: Gigamon Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2015

Number of North American Partners: 262

North American Channel Chief: Barbara Spicek

URL: www.gigamon.com

Gridstore

Program Name: Gridstore Accelerate Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2011

Number of North American Partners: 60

North American Channel Chief: Phil Lavery

URL: www.gridstore.com

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Program Name: HPE Partner Ready

Year Program Established: 2002

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Scott Dunsire

URL: www.hpe.com

Hitachi Data Systems

Program Name: Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2003

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Christopher P. White

URL: www.hds.com

IBM

Program Name: PartnerWorld

Year Program Established: 1999

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Michelle Stern

URL: http://ibm.com/partnerworld

Intel Corp.

Program Name: Intel Technology Provider Program

Year Program Established: 1980

Number of North American Partners: 23,399

North American Channel Chief: Todd Garrigues

URL: http://www.intel.com

Intronis, the MSP unit of Barracuda

Program Name: Intronis Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2008

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Neal Bradbury

URL: www.intronis.com

Laserfiche

Program Name: Laserfiche VAR Program

Year Program Established: 1994

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

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

Mellanox Technologies

Program Name: Mellanox PartnerFIRST Program

Year Program Established: 2008

Number of North American Partners: 1,150

North American Channel Chief: Darrin Neil Chen

URL: www.mellanox.com

Microsoft

Program Name: Microsoft Partner Network

Year Program Established: 2010

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Stephen Boyle

URL: www.microsoft.com

Mimecast North America, Inc.

Program Name: Mimecast Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2011

Number of North American Partners: 500

North American Channel Chief: Sean Broderick

URL: www.mimecast.com/

NetApp

Program Name: NetApp Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2002

Number of North American Partners: 1,045

North American Channel Chief: Scott Strubel

URL: www.netapp.com

Nexsan

Program Name: Nexsan Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2001

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Mike Cirrincione

URL: www.nexsan.com

Nimble Storage

Program Name: Nimble Storage Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2015

Number of North American Partners: 450

North American Channel Chief: Keith Macove

URL: http://www.nimblestorage.com

Nutanix

Program Name: Nutanix Partner Network

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Chris Morgan

URL: www.nutanix.com

Oracle

Program Name: Oracle PartnerNetwork

Year Program Established: 1999

Number of North American Partners: 5,500

North American Channel Chief: Bill Swales

URL: www.oracle.com

Pivot3

Program Name: Pivot3 Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Jason Peoples

URL: www.pivot3.com

Pure Storage

Program Name: P3 (Pure Partner Program)

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Michael Sotnick

URL: http://www.purestorage.com/

Quantum Corp.

Program Name: Quantum Alliance

Year Program Established: 2002

Number of North American Partners: 6,900

North American Channel Chief: Andrew Brinck

URL: http://www.quantum.com

Red Hat Inc.

Program Name: Red Hat Connect

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 1,630

North American Channel Chief: D. Robert Martin

URL: www.redhat.com

Riverbed Technology

Program Name: Riverbed Performance Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 591

North American Channel Chief: Michelle Hodges

URL: www.riverbed.com

Samsung Electronics America

Program Name: Samsung Team Of Empowered Partners

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Gregory Taylor

URL: http://www.samsung.com/business

ServiceKey

Program Name: Independent Service and Maintenance Organization

Year Program Established: 2004

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Danielle Thiery

URL: www.servicekeytss.com

SimpliVity

Program Name: SimpliVity PartnerAdvantage

Year Program Established: 2014

Number of North American Partners: 408

North American Channel Chief: George Hope

URL: www.simplivity.com

SolarWinds N-able

Program Name: SolarWinds N-able Channel Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2001

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: JP Jauvin

URL: www.n-able.com

SOTI

Program Name: SOTI Altitude Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2005

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Mary Coxon

URL: www.soti.net

Spectra Logic

Program Name: Spectra Edge

Year Program Established: 2002

Number of North American Partners: 600

North American Channel Chief: Betsy Doughty

URL: http://www.spectralogic.com

Star2Star Communications, LLC

Program Name: The Star2Star Channel Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Michelle Accardi

URL: www.star2star.com

StorageCraft Technology

Program Name: StorageCraft Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2009

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Lee Schor

URL: www.storagecraft.com

Tegile Systems, Inc.

Program Name: Tegile Authorized Partner Advantage Program

Year Program Established: 2010 Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Charles Bass

URL: www.tegile.com

Tintri Inc.

Program Name: Tintri Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2012

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: John Schwan

URL: www.tintri.com

Veeam Software

Program Name: Veeam ProPartner Program

Year Program Established: 2006

Number of North American Partners: 6,750

North American Channel Chief: Kevin Rooney

URL: www.veeam.com

Veritas Technologies LLC

Program Name: Veritas Partner Force

Year Program Established: 2015

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Rick Kramer

URL: https://www.veritas.com/

Verizon

Program Name: Verizon Partner Program

Year Program Established: 2013

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Janet Schijns

URL: www.verizon.com

VMware

Program Name: VMware Partner Network

Year Program Established: 2003

Number of North American Partners: Undisclosed

North American Channel Chief: Frank Rauch

URL: www.vmware.com