IGEL Featured in CRN’s 2017 Cloud Partner Program Guide
26 September 2017 - 1:08AM
Business Wire
Making its debut on this annual list, IGEL
recognized for creating opportunities for channel partners to grow
their businesses more quickly and profitably
IGEL, a world leader in endpoint management software for the
secure enterprise, announced today that is has been recognized by
CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, in the 2017 Cloud
Partner Program Guide. This annual list features the channel’s
leading technology vendors with cloud related partner programs and
who are enabling the growth of their solution provider partners’
cloud initiatives.
“Over the last year, we’ve made some significant investments in
our channel sales organization that are now helping our channel
partners build thriving businesses around IGEL’s industry-leading
endpoint management solutions,” said Jed Ayres, President and CEO,
IGEL North America. “These investments have led to an astounding
890% increase in our software revenues in the U.S. market in the
first half of 2017 and 156% growth worldwide. We are looking
forward to a successful second half of the year and we will
continue to promote true alignment with our channel partners
through compelling resources, tools and incentives that accelerate
business growth and profitability.”
Some of the investments IGEL has made in its partner program
over the last year include:
- Introducing a new North American
Partner Program in October 2016 that now includes 19 partners at
the Platinum Level in North America.
- Opening a new U.S. headquarters in San
Francisco; shifting global marketing to the U.S.; adding U.S.-based
operations and human resources personnel; and, tripling the number
of employees in North America to include new executive leadership,
dedicated regional sales managers and sales engineers, inside sales
representatives and channel account managers.
- Launching a new website, marketing
collateral and blog to reflect the intensified focus on an
innovative, software-led approach.
- For the first time, offering
downloadable trial software licenses of the IGEL Universal Desktop
Converter™ (UDC) and the IGEL Universal Management Suite™
(UMS).
- Establishing Channel Partner Advisory,
Customer Advisory and Marketing Advisory Councils.
- Procuring 20 Demo Kits, sponsored by
Intel, valued at more than $5,000 each that were distributed to
IGEL Platinum Partners in Q2’17.
- Establishing new routes to market
through innovative Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) managed service
offerings from Platinum Partners Entisys360, MTM Technologies and
Right! Systems.
- Establishing a content marketing and
social selling strategy leveraging EveryoneSocial that now includes
more than 200 participants and thousands of pieces of original
content.
“In a saturated cloud market, it can be difficult for solution
providers to differentiate among cloud vendors and find the right
ones to partner with,” said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel
Company. “CRN’s Cloud Partner Program Guide simplifies this
painstaking process, identifying the cloud partner programs with a
compelling combination of resources, support, training and
financial incentives. Our 2017 guide features a strong lineup of
cutting-edge companies with proven track records of helping
partners meet and exceed their customers’ needs.”
The Cloud Partner Program Guide will be featured in the October
issue of CRN and can be viewed online at www.crn.com/cloud-ppg.
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About IGEL
IGEL delivers powerful unified endpoint management software that
is revolutionary in its simplicity and purpose-built for the
enterprise. The company’s world-leading software products include
the IGEL OS™, Universal Desktop Converter™ (UDC), IGEL Cloud
Gateway™ (ICG), IGEL UD Pocket™ (UDP) and Universal Management
Suite™ (UMS). These solutions enable a more secure, manageable and
cost-effective endpoint management platform across nearly any x86
device. Additionally, IGEL’s German engineered and manufactured
thin, zero and all-in-one client solutions deliver the industry’s
best warranty (5 years), support (3 years after end of life) and
management functionality. IGEL enables enterprises to precisely
control all devices running IGEL OS as well as Windows OS from a
single dashboard interface. IGEL has offices worldwide and is
represented by partners in over 50 countries. For more information
on IGEL, visit www.igel.com.
About The Channel Company
The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance
with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and
education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the
channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers,
solution providers and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of
unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to
envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in
the technology marketplace. www.thechannelco.com
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