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Actifio Awarded 2017 Channel Acceleration Award by Enterprise Strategy Group
February 7, 2017
Enterprise Strategy Group called attention those vendors who made noteworthy contributions to the channel community in 2016. Actifio is one of six recipients of the 2017 Channel Acceleration Awards, in the category of Channel Acceleration Program Innovation!
Actifio is making all the right investments to support Cloud Service Provider development, covering planning, development, sales and operations support for:
- Strategy and planning: Development of financial models, joint business plans, and QBR
- Products: Fund a series of workshops for joint development of CSP branded SLA offerings
- Operations: Invest resources with partners training/supporting System Ops and Mgmt.
- Sales/Marketing: Provide campaign-based assets (collateral, webinars, sales guides, sizing tools) and true sell-with local activities (on-site call blitzes) supported by on-line Partner Marketplace.
Channel Acceleration Impact:
It’s simple – this level of CSP Program support is highly evolved and touches all the bases. By outlining a business and financial route to profitability it reduces up-front investment risk and motivates Service Providers to invest with confidence up-front, knowing that Actifio will support them in yielding the predicted ROI on their investment. With this, Service Providers enter the market more quickly.
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