-- Deal Registration program that protects sales efforts and enhances
margins
-- Secure Partner Portal for access to sales and marketing collateral and
promotional information to assist with sales opportunities
-- Expanded hands-on demo and customer training capabilities with Not For
Resale (NFR) pricing
-- Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) policy designed to increase revenue
-- Monthly training presentations focused on helping channel partners
solve customers' data storage problems and expand their revenue
opportunities
-- Direct availability of Data Robotics staff for sales and technical
support
-- Newly developed marketing materials including collateral, web banners,
email blasts and other tools and content
-- Free access to and usage of third party market research regarding the
Data Robotics customer base
"Data Robotics continues to recognize the vital role our channel partners play
in the ongoing growth and success of our company, so we are focused on
putting programs and policies into practice that maximize sales
opportunities and protect revenue for our valued channel partners," said
Malissa King, vice president of sales for North America and APAC, Data
Robotics. "By combining storage solutions that can easily be installed and
managed at a customer location with the benefits of the new Drobo Partner Advantage
Program, our channel partners are
empowered to be extremely competitive in today's data storage market."
"We are very excited about the enhancements to Data Robotics' channel
program. They have really focused on creating better revenue
opportunities and helping us drive new business," said Lou Giovanetti,
partner at CPU Sales and Services. "The deal registration program provides
significant margin incentives that will enable my company to stay
competitive in today's market. Drobo solutions remain a key part of our
business due to their ability to be self-managing and easily expand
capacity as a company's data storage needs continue to grow and change."
For complete details on the Drobo Partner Advantage
Program, or to register, please visit: http://www.drobo.com/drpartners
or call 1-866-97DROBO.
About Data Robotics
Data Robotics, Inc., the company that is changing the way the world stores
digital content, develops automated storage products designed to ensure
data is always protected, accessible and simple to manage. The
award-winning Drobo storage arrays are the first to provide the protection
of traditional RAID without the complexity. The revolutionary BeyondRAID
technology frees users from making the difficult and confining choice of
"Which RAID level to deploy?" by providing an unprecedented combination of
advanced features and automation, including single and dual disk
redundancy, instant expansion,
self-monitoring, data awareness, self-healing, and
an easy-to-understand visual status and alert panel. For more information,
visit Data Robotics at www.datarobotics.com.
Data Robotics, Drobo, and BeyondRAID are trademarks of Data Robotics, Inc.,
that may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other trademarks used
are owned by their respective owners.
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