Excelerate Partner Program Launched by Connected Data

Connected Data, Inc. announced its Excelerate Partner Program.

Designed to fuel partner success in the ‘white-hot’ file sync and share market with the Transporter family of private cloud storage appliances, the Excelerate Partner Program offers a pricing model, motivating SPIFFS and an array of sales and marketing resources. As a member of the Connected Data Excelerate Partner Program, VARs, VADs, system integrators and service providers can deliver the cloud experience with the privacy and security controls businesses demand while building a recurring revenue stream.

“The Excelerate Partner Program has been designed from the ground up to give our partners everything they need to quickly drive new revenue opportunities and capitalize on the explosive demand for secure file sync and share solutions,” said Russ Johnson, COO, Connected Data. “With a 20% plus protected margin for Gold-level partners, we’ve designed a program where partners can quickly benefit from a recurring revenue stream while giving them the opportunity to broaden their footprint into existing customers and easily land new ones, with a ‘sticky’ solution that is seamless to manage and support.“

The market for file sync and share (FSS) solutions has exponential growth opportunity. International Data Corporation forecasts that the FSS market will grow at a 23.1% five-year CAGR through 2018 to $2.3 billion. The healthy growth rate through 2018 will continue to be driven by the shift to cloud, mobile use of FSS, and the ability to share and collaborate with others.

Transporter solution is positioned to serve this market with its Transporter family of private cloud appliances. Free from the risk and cost of cloud-based solutions, Transporter appliances keep data safe and secure within the company’s own firewall while eliminating the expense of cloud subscription fees. The resulting solution is more secure, private and higher performing than cloud-based file sharing services while offering enterprise redundancy and failover for reliability.

Focused on growing its footprint and rapid expansion for its Transporter private cloud file sync and share technology, Connected Data is delivering a disruptive pricing model. The company offers flexible payment terms for channel partners and customers and, unlike cloud-based solutions, there are never any per-user fees.

“To purchase 10TB on Google Drive as an example is currently $100 per month. That’s $1,440 per year or $4,320 over the three year minimum which we’d expect a storage system to last,” said George Crump in the Storage Switzerland report, Test Drive: Can Businesses Replace Dropbox with Connected Data’s Transporter. “The list price on the 8TB T15 that we are using is $2,499, a savings of almost $2,000; plus, it is private.“

Partners that become members of the Connected Data Excelerate Partner Program can benefit from an increase in sales revenue and margins. With Transporter’s compelling pricing and design, it’s simple for budget approvals. For program members, the company offers NFR pricing of 45% off MSRP and supports partner customers with a 30-day free trial offer, so that end users can test the product. The program offers two levels of membership each with on-boarding including sales and technical training and marketing and sales support.

Special programs are also available for the education market. For education organizations, Transporter appliances are well suited to support file sharing and collaboration between students, teachers and administration. The Connected Data Education Flex Program offers a deferred payment plan that is exclusive to verified education organizations and institutions.

Payments for the purchase of any Transporter appliance made through August 2015 will be deferred until September 1, 2015.