IronKey, the leader in secure and managed portable computing solutions, today announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel as a top information technology (IT) vendor for its Elite Partner Program. Additionally, the IronKey Elite Partner Program was recognized with a Five-Star rating representative of an exceptional program and commitment to the partner community.
IronKey is the first in the Secure Portable Storage solution category partner program awarded a Five-Star recognition in the Emerging Technology category in Everything Channel’s 16th annual 2010 Partner Program Guide (PPG). This award acknowledges IronKey’s commitment to the channel and strength of its programs for reseller partners, which include IT integrators, technology solution providers and consultants.
IronKey’s award-winning Secure Portable Storage solutions are designed for partners (Strategic Alliances, Technology Partners and Channel Partners) to provide value-add solutions and services around data protection, strong authentication, encryption and privacy to large enterprises and government agencies.
IronKey’s Elite Partner Program is designed to attract partners who have security, storage, and virtualization practices supported with sales, technical and marketing resources to reach enterprise and mid-market customers. The partner ecosystem encompasses Distributors, Elite Solution Providers, National, Federal and Authorized Partners offering value to:
- Increase and expand existing security, storage and virtualization practices
- Gain high margins and build a recurring revenue business models
- Increase customer loyalty through award-winning and innovative solutions, excellence in technical support and investment protection
Research for the 2010 Everything Channel Partner Program Guide and the Five-Star Partner Program rating was conducted by Everything Channel’s research department. Everything Channel analyzed 130 vendor programs rating vendors’ responses to in-depth questions about their partner programs in the five elements of sales support, partner profitability, partner ecosystem development/management, partner communication/marketing and demand generation.
To ensure fair comparisons, companies were placed in one of four categories based on company size (Enterprise, Midsize, Small and Emerging). Questions from each section were scored individually and weighted appropriately. The Five-Star Partner Program rating recognizes the elite subset of Partner Program Guide vendors who give solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs. The Five-Star rating is bestowed on programs whose overall rating is among the elite based on company size.
“We are pleased to deliver to the Channel an exclusive list of the leading vendor channel programs with details about key technologies, program opportunities, and information on the hottest new program offerings,” said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. “The quality of a technology vendor’s partner program determines how profitable its partners will be. For their commitment to their business partners and their efforts to build quality programs, we congratulate those recognized as this year’s Five-Star Partner Program winners for helping to drive greater revenue in the channel.”
“IronKey is honored to receive our first Five-Star Partner program award. Partners are an integral part of the IronKey family and are instrumental to our success as the world’s leader in Secure Portable Storage solutions”, said David Jevans, CEO, IronKey. “Our investment in 2010 for partners will continue to increase with more resources, enablement tools and training, more demand generation programs, enhanced margin structure and increased operational efficiencies to simplify doing business with IronKey.”
