TriActive® Certified by CMP Channel’s VARBusiness as a Silver 5-Star Winner in multiple categories in its 2008 Partner Program Guide
September 2nd, 2008 | by Miguel Angel |Austin, Texas – TriActive – June l7, 2008 – TriActive, Inc., today announced its been recognized by CMP Channel’s VARBusiness as one of North America’s top information-technology (IT) vendors for its MSP 2.0™ partner program.
TriActive was certified as a Silver 5-Star Winner in VARBusiness’ 2008 Partner Program Guide (PPG), a guide that acknowledges the commitment and strength of a vendor’s partner programs for its Channel resellers, IT integrators, and technology consultants.
TriActive’s SaaS solution and partner program enables partners and customers at no upfront cost (no NOC infrastructure to buy and no additional staffing costs to maintain the NOC) to remotely deploy and support their customers paying only for what they use. For TriActive’s partners, this means being able to run a cash flow positive business that supports more customers easily, as well as transforming their business model from roughly a 20% net margin business to 70%.
Of the hundreds of vendor program entries reviewed for this, the 14th annual VARBusiness Partner Program Guide, TriActive was one of only ten Silver 5-Star Winners in the Sales Support category. TriActive was also one of ten vendors awarded the Silver 5-Star Winner in each of the Communications and Partner Recruitment categories.
“The quality of a vendor’s partner program reflects the true commitment they have to the thriving Solution Provider Channel, and this years five-star partner programs guide winners are the cream of the crop of Channel-friendly vendors,” said Robert C. DeMarzo, vice president and editorial director, CMP Channel.
“We’re excited about our new MSP 2.0 program,” said Ron Halversen, TriActive, VP Marketing. “Our partners have been able to drop their time-to-revenue from around 163 days to less than two weeks. One of our more recent partners even realized revenue the first day that they signed up. This program has been revolutionary for their business.”
The VARBusiness Partner Program Guide can be found online at www.channelweb.com.
About TriActive
TriActive, Inc. is a pioneer in SaaS for systems management; the combination of hosted systems management software and subscription model dramatically improves service levels while reducing complexity and total cost of ownership (TCO) for IT departments. TriActive offers a modular solution set that enables IT and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to deliver IT projects and services on demand over the Internet without an expensive upfront investment. For more information visit www.triactive.com. For partner inquiries visit www.ManagedServicesOndemand.com
About VARBusiness
For the past 20 years, VARBusiness’ strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.
About CMP Channel
CMP Channel is the one-stop shop customers turn to in order to meet their global sales channel objectives from access to execution. Through use of its family of channel solutions which include CRN and VARBusiness, the ChannelWeb network, XChange Events and the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), vendors are able to accelerate sales through the channel. CMP Channel provides a worldwide answer to advertising, branding and marketing services, lead generation, market intelligence, branded and custom events, education of solution providers and best practices for vendors.
About CMP
CMP is a media and marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. With the leading online, event and print brands in all technology market categories, and with services and tools that reach beyond traditional advertising, CMP shapes and influences the technology industry worldwide. CMP publishes highly respected media brands such as TechWeb, InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline; produces major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game Developers Conference and the Embedded Systems Conferences; and provides business information and marketing services such as the International Customer Management Institute, Semiconductor Insights and Second Life consulting for technology marketers. CMP is a subsidiary of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. For more CMP news, go to cmp.com/news.
TriActive® is a registered trademark of TriActive, Inc. Managed Services On Demand™ and MSP 2.0 – Hosting Your Success™ are trademarks of TriActive, Inc.
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