STORServer Recognizes Meridian IT as Elite Channel Partner

April 26, 2010 - PRLog -- STORServer®, a leading provider of data backup solutions for the mid-market, announces today that Meridian IT has reached its Elite channel partner status, the company’s highest level of partnership. To qualify as an Elite STORServer partner, Meridian IT out of Deerfield, Ill. generated $500,000 or more in STORServer revenue and completed required sales and technical certifications.

“Selling exclusively through a reseller channel means that the success of our company relies on the success of our channel partners,” said Kevin Burns, vice president of worldwide marketing for STORServer. “Our partner program is designed to ensure that our reseller partners, especially those achieving Elite status, are rewarded for their commitment to STORServer and for developing their expertise as data backup solution specialists. We’re excited to recognize Meridian IT as an Elite channel partner.”

The new SP3 (STORServer Partner Program) strategic, three-tiered program, announced in January 2010, is designed to fuel growth for both STORServer and its partners by rewarding existing resellers and attracting high-quality new partners. The three levels of achievement are: Select, Premier and Elite.  

Among the incentives that only STORServer’s Elite partners receive are higher margins, training discounts, a direct line to technical sales resources, representation on the Partner Advisory Council, executive sponsorship and product road map access. Elite partners are also afforded all of the benefits that Select and Premier partners receive.

“Selling the STORServer Appliance has been a huge factor in our company’s growth,” said Alicia Heaton, director of software sales for Meridian IT. “STORServer’s Channel Partner Program has helped our company quickly solve our customers’ data backup challenges while differentiating us from the competition.”

SP3 is designed to help channel partners more effectively market and sell the STORServer line of data backup solutions. Included in the program are comprehensive training, enhanced lead generation tools, an ROI calculator, multimedia offerings, new telemarketing services, a revamped partner portal complete with downloadable collateral materials and quarterly incentive programs.

The people of Meridian IT Inc. are architects of the most advanced hardware and software solutions in today’s marketplace, creating solutions that empower our customers to maximize their IT investments and channel those investments into profit. The company’s commitment to providing superior technology and consulting services enables its customers to achieve increased success through the judicious application of technology specifically tailored to their business requirements.

For more information on the company, visit www.storserver.com. For more information on Meridian IT, visit http://www.onlinemeridian.com.

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About STORServer®
STORServer, Inc., headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a leading provider of data backup solutions for the mid-market. The company offers a complete suite of appliances, software, and services that solve today’s backup, archive and disaster recovery that reduce install and management time to just minutes a day. STORServer sells exclusively through a nationwide network of partners who have established themselves as the industry-leading backup experts. For press inquiries contact Megan Lawler of Dittoe PR at 317-202-2280 or megan@dittoepr.com. For more information on STORServer® and its products, visit www.storserver.com.