Channel Partner Program Exceeds Goals, Shifts Focus and Expands Cloud
Service Offerings
NTT
Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the information and
communications technology (ICT) solutions business within the NTT
Group (NYSE: NTT), today announced its Global
Solutions Channel Partner Program, an indirect sales program
tailored to the U.S. market, has exceeded its goals for master agents,
is shifting its focus to sub-agents and will make available for resell
an enhanced Enterprise Cloud in 2016. Company representatives are
available to share the Channel Partner Program’s “One Global Partner -
Many Benefits” vision and discuss new offerings and opportunities for
partner sub-agents at the Channel
Partners Conference & Expo booth number 803, from March 16-18,
at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Master Agent Goal Surpassed
Backed by distinct global capabilities and a robust portfolio of
services, the Channel Partner Program has met and exceeded its goal of
on-boarding 15 of the largest, most credible and supportive master
agents to its roster. The Channel Partner Program, which launched in
September 2014 at Cloud Partners, offers uniquely attractive terms,
significant prospects for international expansion, and the opportunity
to leverage the assets of NTT Com, regularly
named as one the world’s largest and most innovative ICT providers.
Those robust global assets include 140 secure and interconnected data
centers, a private network in 196 countries and 14 data centers that
double as cloud computing delivery centers.
Results to date of collaborative efforts between NTT Com and its channel
partners in the US include contracts with large, global enterprise
clients seeking innovative and cost-effective ICT solutions. In
addition, the Channel Partner Program has demonstrated its ability to
generate revenue for master agents across multiple verticals, including
utilities, government, electronics, manufacturing, technology and
healthcare, among others.
Sub-agent Network Activated
For the remainder of 2016, the Channel Partner Program will focus on
empowering the greater sub-agent network to create new business
opportunities through the resale of NTT Com’s entire suite of domestic
and international ICT services. NTT Com is accelerating investments in
the development, training and education of its channel partners to
ensure sub-agents are equipped with the knowledge and expertise
necessary to secure these opportunities, especially for international
growth. The Channel Partner Program offers master agents and their
subagents the ease and expediency of working with one provider to market
a high-quality, comprehensive, fully integrated solution set of cloud,
network and data-center services.
“Working with one of our master agents deepens the value that sub-agents
bring to their customers,” said Rob Westervelt, NTT America Vice
President and General Manager, Indirect Global Solutions. “In
partnership with our master agents, NTT Com offers sub-agents a broad
range of professional services to help them design optimal solutions for
their customers and expand their service offerings. Leveraging some of
the most scalable, reliable and secure cloud solutions in the market,
sub-agents can help their customers reduce operating expenditures and
communications costs, simplify billing and increase productivity.”
Enhanced Enterprise Cloud Launched
NTT Com has unveiled dramatic enhancements to its innovative cloud
solution, Enterprise
Cloud, and channel partners and their sub-agents can look forward to
adding this enhanced solution to their rich portfolio of NTT Com-based
services later this year. Leveraging NTT Com’s growing cloud data-center
footprint and designed to help enterprises meet the complex requirements
of digital transformation, the enhanced Enterprise Cloud extends
private-cloud capabilities for traditional ICT; expands the open-source
architecture (via OpenStack and Cloud Foundry) of its public cloud for
cloud-native ICT; and enables flexible SDN-based configuration of both.
It also includes free and low-cost global cloud data-center connectivity
and a new unified cloud management platform.
Channel partners turn to NTT Com as a resourceful, end-to-end provider
of ICT infrastructure on an international scale. As enterprises migrate
traditional ICT to the cloud for more effective operations and cost
optimization, deploy cloud-native applications in areas such as mobile,
social, big-data and IoT, and move towards a DevOps culture that
supports rapid innovation, they benefit from partnering with a service
provider such as NTT Com that understands this complex digital
transformation journey.
“Forward-leaning enterprises are looking for just these exact kinds of
capabilities,” said Vince Bradley, CEO of telecom master agent WTG. “A
hybrid cloud that blends traditional and cloud-native ICT with free
connectivity and an all-in-one management portal is exactly what our
partners’ customers have been looking for.”
About NTT America Global Solutions Channel Partner Program
The NTT America Global Solutions Channel Partner Program is designed to
meet the needs of channel partners who want to expand their enterprise,
global and cloud capabilities. It leverages growing interest among
master agents, distributors, Managed Service Providers (MSPs), System
Integrators (SIs), and Value-Added Resellers (VARs) in partnering with
providers with deep ICT expertise. It also leverages increased customer
willingness to work with trusted advisors in navigating cloud, IP, data
center and related technology decisions. Qualified channel partners
interested in signing-up for the NTT America Global Solutions Channel
Partner Program should visit http://www.us.ntt.com/en/about-us/partner-programs.html.
About NTT Communications
NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and
cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology
(ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the
company’s worldwide infrastructure, including leading global tier-1 IP
network, Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching 196
countries/regions and 140 secure data centers worldwide. NTT
Communications’ solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group
companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.
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