Brocade expands partner program

Brocade announced that it is expanding its global Alliance Partner Network
with new channel programs designed to attract storage and IP networking channel
resellers with more selective and profitable professional services, support, and
warranty offerings.

The new Brocade Professional Services Program (PSP) allows a selective group
of channel partners to deliver a wide scope of Brocade IP professional services
or resell their own services as Brocade-certified. Brocade also unveiled the
Support Delivery Program (SDP), which enables selective channel partners to
deliver tier 1 and 2 support, as well as the new Brocade Assurance Limited
Lifetime Warranty on select IP networking products.

“-We strive to work closely with our partners with the goal of making Brocade
a significant contributor to their revenue stream and the easiest networking
company to do business with in the industry,” said Ashis Guha, Country Manager,
India.

“Brocade is committed to helping channel partners increase their marketshare
and customer satisfaction with a complete portfolio of innovative, proven, and
cost-effective data center and IP/Ethernet network-ing product and service
offerings,” said Deb Dutta, VP-Asia Pacific Sales, Brocade. “These new service
and support programs will allow channel partners to deliver the highest-touch
customer experience with a compre-hensive product and support coverage model. It
will also further substantiate our program goals to drive partner profitability
and return on partnership.”