Got Your Back(up)

Data volumes continue to grow exponentially. In addition to mainstream business IT systems that generate reams of data, you can now add the exploding number of Internet of Things devices: industrial machines, personal devices, medical instruments, cameras and sensors, all generating huge amounts of data – nearly 80 zettabytes by 2025, according to market researcher IDC.

Storing, backing and protecting that data is a challenge, which is why data storage, management, backup and recovery systems are such a big part of many solution providers’ business. It’s also why solution providers in the data storage and backup market need all the training, financial resources, and sales and marketing assistance they can get.

The 2020 Partner Program Guide offers the information solution providers need to evaluate the channel programs operated by the IT vendors they work with or are considering

As part of the Partner Program Guide, CRN designates some programs as 5-Star Partner Programs because they provide the most comprehensive lineups of incentives, training, services and benefits.

Here we provide snapshots of the 5-Star designees in the data storage, backup and recovery space. Details of every vendor’s partner program can be found here.

Other slide shows in the 5-Star Partner Program Guide series running this partnering with. The guide is based on detailed applications submitted by vendors – more than 230 this year – outlining all aspects of their partner programs.week will include companies that provide products and services for networking and unified communications, cloud, software and applications, security, devices and peripherals, and systems and data center. While many companies provide products and services that span multiple technologies, we’ve assigned each vendor to the slide show for the technology category in which they are most prominent.