Acronis has launched a new global channel partner programme aimed at enhancing capabilities and skills of its broad spectrum of partners to keep up with the business changes which the advent of virtualization and cloud are bringing to the small-to-medium size (SMB) IT landscape.
The new Acronis Partner Programme is a four-tier programme which offers an enriched experience for partners selling Acronis'disaster recovery and data protection solutions across physical, virtual and cloud environments. All levels of partners will have easy access to unlimited technical support and demand generation assets from Acronis. The programme will also build on the existing foundations such as Acronis' comprehensive training for the partner community, allowing them to improve their knowledge and skills.
The programme is segmented to enable and address all types of Acronis' partners, from VARs to resellers, system integrators and service providers. To reach each tier of the partnership, partners are required to achieve a certain level of revenue and certification accreditations, in return for discounts and more opportunities.
"Channel partners are the key assets to Acronis. We have taken the partner type and size into consideration in creating this programme, hoping to provide a new experience to partners that can help them grow and keep up with the evolving market," said Bill Taylor-Mountford, President, Acronis APAC. "With the IT and partner landscapes develop in tandem, as a vendor we are responsible for providing our partners with the right tools and full support they need to implement end-to-end solutions and services for their customers in a hybrid world."
Quincy Lock, Director of Business Development for Systems & Storage, NCS, said, "The development opportunities and healthy profit margins that Acronis has presented to us within this programme are going to be fundamental to growing our business. Acronis also provides a solid technology solution which is easy to use across physical, virtual and cloud environments, allowing us to perfectly align it to the needs of our selected clientele."
