2014 Partner Programs Guide: 5-Star Systems Vendors
Serious About Systems
The IT industry continues to evolve at a rapid pace: cloud computing, mobile computing, big data, the Internet of Things and software-defined, well, just about everything. The challenge for solution providers is identifying the opportunities and threats posed by the new computing technologies and, if possible, capitalize on them. And that can mean an increased need for technical, marketing, sales and financial assistance from the IT vendors solution providers partner with.
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 systems space.
Advanced Micro Devices
Program Name: AMD Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2014
Number of North American Partners: 580
North American Channel Chief: Gerald Youngblood
URL: www.amd.com
Cisco Systems
Program Name: Cisco Channel Partner Program
Year Program Established: 1996
Number of North American Partners: 21,373
North American Channel Chief: Wendy Bahr
URL: www.cisco.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
Fujitsu America
Program Name: Select Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2012
Number of North American Partners: 2,900
North American Channel Chief: Tom Valiante
Hewlett-Packard
Program Name: HP PartnerOne
Year Program Established: 2002
Number of North American Partners: NA
North American Channel Chief: Terry Richardson
URL: www.hp.com
Hitachi Data Systems
Program Name: Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2003
Number of North American Partners: 435
North American Channel Chief: Christopher White
URL: www.hds.com
IBM
Program Name: IBM PartnerWorld
Year Program Established: 1999
Number of North American Partners: 34,529
North American Channel Chief: Tamara Duncan
URL: www.ibm.com
Intel
Program Name: Intel Technology Provider program
Year Program Established: 1980
Number of North American Partners: 60,000
North American Channel Chief: Todd Garrigues
URL: www.intel.com
Lenovo
Program Name: Lenovo Partner Network
Year Program Established: 2006
Number of North American Partners: 29,000
North American Channel Chief: Chris Frey
Microsoft
Program Name: Microsoft Partner Network
Year Program Established: 2010
Number of North American Partners: 110,000
North American Channel Chief: Jenni Flinders
URL: www.microsoft.com
Motorola Solutions
Program Name: PartnerEmpower Program
Year Program Established: 2010
Number of North American Partners: 3,642
North American Channel Chief: Mike deVente
NCR
Program Name: NCR Interact Global Partner Program
Year Program Established: 2011
Number of North American Partners: 359
North American Channel Chief: Kathy Damiani
URL: www.ncr.com
Oracle
Program Name: Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialized
Year Program Established: 1999
Number of North American Partners: 5,330
North American Channel Chief: Rich Geraffo
URL: www.oracle.com
Samsung Electronics America
Program Name: STEP (Samsung Team of Empowered Partners)
Year Program Established: 2014
Number of North American Partners: 12,000
North American Channel Chief: Richard Hutton
ServiceKey
Program Name: Independent Service & Maintenance Organization (ISMO Program)
Year Program Established: 2004
Number of North American Partners: 225
North American Channel Chief: Danielle Thiery
URL: www.servicekey.com
Silicon Graphics International
Program Name: SGI Channel Network Program
Year Program Established: 2009
Number of North American Partners: 200
North American Channel Chief: Alison Ryan
URL: www.sgi.com