) September 16, 2008 -- In today's economy, technology companies increasingly are relying on channel partners to sell their products. However vendors are plagued with a lack of channel alignment. A new whitepaper released by Maritz, a global leader in sales and marketing services, advises vendor companies on how to develop effective channel partner management solutions, create partner allies and drive unprecedented growth.

eEye Digital Security (www.eeye.com), an expert in integrated security and threat-management solutions, today announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel as one of North America’s top information-technology (IT) vendors for its channel partner program.

eEye Digital Security (www.eeye.com), an expert in integrated security and threat-management solutions, today announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel as one of North America’s top information-technology (IT) vendors for its channel partner program.

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Carlsbad, Calif. -- Sept. 8, 2008 -- MaintenanceNet, Inc., the leading provider of extended warranty and maintenance contract management services, is empowering manufacturers and their channel partners to increase revenues through best-practice partner relationship management (PRM) processes built into its Service360 service contract management platform. To further enhance supply chain PRM initiatives, MaintenanceNet today announced that research results are now available for a MaintenanceNet-supported Aberdeen Group study titled, "Channel Sales: The Renaissance in Partner Management." Designed to uncover proven PRM approaches employed by best-in-class companies, the study results are available at no charge for a limited time from the following link:

) November 7, 2008 -- Toronto-based Single Entry Point today announced that it's beginning its long-awaited search for qualified channel partners and resellers across North America and Europe.

"Through our fine-tuned Channel Partner program, we're offering the top digital marketing agencies, web design firms, software development companies and consulting organizations a rare opportunity to bring unrivaled expertise onto their team," stated Mike Lascut, founder of Single Entry Point.

Channel partners of Single Entry Point will immediately be able to bring their clients enterprise-level expertise in search engine marketing, email marketing and web analytics at extremely competitive rates without the need to hire new staff.

) July 24, 2009 -- Intelestream, Inc., the leader in open source CRM consulting and developer of the popular on-demand CRM application intelecrm, today announced the company has been recognized by CRN as a Top 140 Emerging Technology Vendor.

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) March 11, 2009 -- McElroy joins eZ from Reddot (OpenText), where he was Director of Channels and Alliances. Executive Channel Professional, McElroy has nearly a decade of experience in successfully growing software organizations through a solid partner channel.

"There's already a steady movement by the market to use open source and eZ is the market leader. It is exciting to be able to change the game, so that you can provide enterprise customers the ability to produce a full featured website in a matter or hours instead of the traditional days or weeks. Knowing this market very well, I am convinced that eZ has a fantastic potential in the US and my first weeks at eZ confirm that impression" says McElroy.

) February 22, 2009 -- "Marketing Service Contracts in a Down Economy" is the focus of a new web seminar that MaintenanceNet™, Inc., the leading provider of extended warranty and maintenance contract management services, will host on Wednesday, March 4 at 10 a.m. Pacific.

The premise behind the free 30-minute web seminar is that current market conditions are driving companies to look beyond traditional sales methods to identify profitable new revenue streams. Service sales represent an area that can be highly lucrative, but is often overlooked.

) November 3, 2008 --
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today expanded its software channel
program to leverage the market momentum behind Sun's leading software
products, including open source powerhouses GlassFish(TM) application
server, MySQL(TM) database, OpenSolaris(TM) operating system and xVM
VirtualBox(TM), to provide partners with new ways to reach new
customers, open new markets and grow their businesses. As part of this
broader initiative, Sun announced significant enhancements to the
Sun(SM) Partner Advantage Program with the introduction of the Open
Access Channel Program and a set of new Software Specialties. To learn

) June 16, 2009 -- From that first report card, to playing kickball in the schoolyard, we quickly learn the importance of "keeping score" and gaining a competitive edge -- life lessons that certainly apply to business. In these belt-tightening times, when the need to drive revenue and battle for market share becomes particularly intense, a new SiriusDecisions b-to-b channel survey reveals that "a mixed approach" is now generating the most demand.

Next-Generation Open Source Console Servers Offer Channel Partners 25% Margins.

) January 26, 2009 -- Deltek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PROJ), the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project-focused organizations, today announced the winners of the company's second annual partner awards that recognize Deltek's top channel partners. Partners were recognized across a broad array of categories that highlight and celebrate the success they have achieved in marketing, selling, implementing, and supporting Deltek solutions.

) September 9, 2009 -- eFolder, Inc, today announced that Jan Spring, VP Channel Development, has been recognized by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine as one of the Top 100 Women in the Channel. The Top 100 Women in the Channel were chosen by the editors of the magazine based on their achievements as executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel. The Top 100 Women in the Channel represent a changing trend in a traditionally all male industry.

Navix Distribution to provide Uplogix Secure Remote Management systems to channel partners in Southern Africa

The Channel Computer Concept provides channel customers with a key system building block that has been developed to ensure the customer’s final product’s operating thermal, electrical and functional performance have been fully tested and engineered to deliver a reliable system.

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) October 23, 2008 -- nQueue, Inc., the leading provider of integrated cost recovery software, today announced the addition of four new clients for its popular Embedded™ cost recovery and information accountability platform. nQueue's partner channels continue to gain traction with the addition of the following firms: San Francisco's Krieg, Keller, Sloan, Reilley & Roman LLP; Tempe, Arizona's Jennings, Haug & Cunningham, LLP; and Kopon Airdo LLC and Cremer Shaughnessy Spina Jansen & Siegert LLC, both of Chicago. nQueue provides expense management, tracking and cost recovery software for more than 10% of the largest 250 law firms in the United States, and more than 150 clients worldwide.

Infor, the world's third largest business software company, selects Business Solutions Alliance Inc.(BSA) as its Certified Channel Partner marketing and supporting Infor ERP VISUAL across Canada.

PHONE+ ranks TalkSwitch among prestigious list of best channel programs voted by industry sales partners

) December 16, 2008 -- Lombardi®, a leader in business process management (BPM) software, today announced that it has partnered with Recursos Tecnología e Innovación S.A. de C.V (RT&I), to allow RT&I to market and distribute Lombardi's award-winning Teamworks® and Blueprint™ software products throughout Mexico and Spanish speaking countries in Latin America.

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) September 20, 2008 -- PHONE+ magazine, a resource for the telecommunications indirect sales channel, announced that TalkSwitch has been selected as a Top 50 Channel Program. The results of this contest will be published in the magazine's 2008 Channel Program Guide special issue, due out Oct. 15.

) January 22, 2009 -- The partnership is focused on both the end user and value added reseller alike. "The challenge throughout the industry has been the ability to scale a legacy file conversion at an affordable price"- says Jeff Frankel, Vice President of Business Development for docSTAR. "Many of our resellers just don't have the capabilities to securely and efficiently tackle a large project. Prior to our partnership with ImageDoc USA our people would have to defer the project to others, now they can offer a complete and comprehensive solution at a truly competitive level."

) June 23, 2009 -- Marketo (www.marketo.com), the fastest growing provider of marketing automation and revenue-building best practices, today announced that Everything Channel has selected Marketo as a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor. The company's ecosystem of alliance partners includes marketing agencies, systems integrators, resellers, industry experts and technology leaders.

Drishti-Soft Solutions adapts aggressive channel development strategies to capture wider markets.

) April 6, 2009 -- QlikTech, the world's fastest-growing Business Intelligence (BI) software company, today announced 25% growth of its partner network at Qonnections 2009, the company's annual Global Partner Summit. More than 400 partners from around the world are gathered in Barcelona at the sold-out, filled-to-capacity event to share best practices for sales and support of the QlikView business analytics product.

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) October 1, 2008 -- AireSpring, one of the fastest growing telecom carriers in the industry with over 3 billion calls processed annually, has been cited by Phone + Magazine as having one of the top 50 channel partner programs in the industry. AireSpring is one of only a short list of network providers to be so honored. The award, in its second year, will be announced publicly in the October 2008 Phone + Channel Program Guide.

When specifying what agents should look for in a channel program, Phone + Magazine said indirect sales partners need to evaluate essential criteria, including product viability, financial stability and ease of operation.

Amid online "store" closings from retailers like Canadian Tire, new research finds that cross-channel retail initiatives play a critical role in increasing a retailer's profits, sales, and customer satisfaction. Cross-channel product and pricing consistency are no longer differentiating for the successful retailer - they have become table stakes. Perhaps more importantly, retailers enabling cross-channel inventory, order, and customer visibility achieve significant and quantifiable results from those initiatives. RSR's latest research defines and discusses those results. (PRWeb Feb 25, 2009)

) March 19, 2009 -- It aligns business objectives to channel activities, drives demand creation, boosts productivity, ramps up ROI, tracks spending and monitors results. If you're expecting to hear "but wait, there's more," no one would blame you. However, while it may sound like a nice fit for an "amazing product" infomercial, the new SiriusDecisions TRED model specifically created to support channel marketers really is designed to deliver all of the above.

Collecting data from customer benchmark surveys, a channel survey and 2009 corporate marketing budgets, the research and advisory firm has constructed the TRED model to address the following four most common -- and critical -- layers of b-to-b channel investment:

) October 29, 2008 -- The Travel Channel today announced its decision to extend its ongoing partnership with Room 214 through 2009. The Colorado-based social media agency has been involved with several new social media strategy and word of mouth marketing efforts for Travel Channel since April, 2008. Key components of programs provided include: social media intelligence, key influencer identification, online community management and blog development.

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) November 20, 2008 -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today announced that eCopy, Inc. has named the company a 2008 eCopy Office Equipment Channel Partners Best Practices Award winner in the category of Best Executive Sponsored Initiative in the United States and Europe.

) September 16, 2008 -- Few companies know how to give their fans what they want like Harley-Davidson. The legendary motorcycle company has launched its official channel on YouTube and has done so in a big way with a collection of short films featuring footage of the 105th Anniversary Celebration, and the much anticipated 2009 model lineup.

) July 23, 2009 -- The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded the Alliant Information Technology Contract to 59 companies. One of the fifty-nine companies awarded this contract hired G4i to help them win this five-year base period of performance, five-year options with a total ceiling value of $50 billion.

The Reston, VA Company will provide cloud to desk-top solutions globally, under the umbrella of the GSA Alliant contract. They will provide timely, secure, and responsive 24x7x365 IT services to users. This includes providing a stable IT environment and a flexible, cross-trained support staff. The team will also implement a structure for maturing ITIL processes and functions, including network management, system automation and information assurance.

The Black Shopping Channel has created job opportunities for anyone who is serious about making money while being in business for themselves. The Black Shopping Channel will issue anyone who goes thro

) March 6, 2009 -- QlikTech, the world's fastest-growing Business Intelligence (BI) software vendor, and Informatica Corporation, the leading independent provider of data integration software and services, today announced that Zyme Solutions (Zyme) is leveraging QlikView analysis from QlikTech and the Informatica data integration platform to deliver its pioneering channel intelligence service offering.

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Channel One Networks launches web-based television channel with search engine.

Channel One Networks launches web-based television channel with search engine

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) January 22, 2009 -- Lombardi®, a leader in business process management (BPM) software, today announced that it has been selected as a "Company to Watch" in the 2009 Intelligent Enterprise Editors' Choice Awards. This selection marks the 3rd consecutive year that Lombardi has been selected as a leader by InformationWeek Business Technology Network's Intelligent Enterprise.

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Avega Inc joins an initial group of North American Telecom and Technology Agencies to build an association whose mission is to promote the growth and success of Indirect Sales channel Partners. (PRWeb Oct 8, 2008)

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