Editors Identify Cloud Providers, Technology Vendors With Robust
Cloud Programs for the IT Channel
BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Progress
(NASDAQ: PRGS) announced today that it has been named to the inaugural CRN
Cloud Partner Program Guide, a list of the leading technology vendors
with cloud-related partner programs designed to benefit members of the
indirect IT channel and their cloud initiatives. This guide offers
solution providers a valuable resource for locating and exploring the IT
industry's top cloud technologies, programs and offerings, and a way to
connect with the organizations making these cloud technologies and
partner programs available specifically through the IT channel.
"Cloud computing is a game-changing technology, and it's imperative that
the IT channel be able to quickly identify those organizations most
deeply committed to helping solution providers grow their cloud-related
revenue," said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company, publisher of
CRN. "Each cloud provider and vendor noted by the CRN editors has been
chosen based on its robust cloud partner program, as well as the unique
and enthusiastic ways in which it has embraced the channel as a
go-to-market strategy."
Progress and its ecosystem of more than 2,000 Partners support more than
4,000 applications, 4 million users, and generate over $5 billion in
annual revenues. Over 60,000 companies around the world - including 88%
of the Fortune 100 companies -- use Powered by Progress® business
applications.
"We're proud to offer our extensive community of independent software
vendors, service providers, systems integrators and distributors a
revolutionary way to deliver unique business value to customers," said
Kimberly King, Vice President, Global Channels and Partners at Progress.
"As the business landscape evolves, we understand the growing pressures
on partners to differentiate themselves from the competition. That's
exactly why we offer a wide range of training and empowerment programs
for our partners: To assist them in designing, developing, and
delivering innovative, data-driven SaaS and mobile applications.
Progress' Partner+ Program and our next generation cloud application
development and deployment platforms enable our partners to stay ahead
of the competition and remain strategically relevant to their customers."
The Cloud Partner Program Guide will be featured in the October issue of
CRN and can be viewed online at www.crn.com.
By combining tools like the new Cloud Partner Program Guide with
conferences like The Channel Company's upcoming NexGen
Cloud Conference & Expo, solution providers will have access to
the most relevant and up-to-date information available to advance their
cloud strategies and solutions.
About Progress Software Corporation
Progress
Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) is a global software company
that simplifies the development, deployment and management of business
applications on-premise or in the cloud, on any platform or device, to
any data source, with enhanced performance, minimal IT complexity and
low total cost of ownership. Progress Software can be reached at www.progress.com
or 1-781-280-4000.
About The Channel Company
The Channel Company is the channel community's trusted authority for
growth and innovation, with established brands including CRN, XChange
Events, IPED, and SharedVue. For more than three decades, we have
leveraged our proven and leading-edge platforms to deliver prescriptive
sales and marketing solutions for the technology channel. The Channel
Company provides Communication, Recruitment, Engagement, Enablement,
Demand Generation and Intelligence services to drive technology
partnerships. Learn more at www.thechannelcompany.com.
Progress and Powered by Progress are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Progress Software Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Any
other names contained herein may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
The Channel Company
Betzi Hanc, 508-416-1182
bhanc@thechannelcompany.com
or
LEWIS
PR
Kim Karelis, 617-955-0353
progressus@lewispr.com
Source: Progress Software Corporation
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