MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Today Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that
delivers storage as-a-service in a multi-cloud world, announced
enhancements to the Pure Partner Program to provide partners with
increased incentives, marketing, support, and training solutions.
Pure also announced the availability of the new Pure WaveMakers
program to reward Pure's partners who are leaders in solution
selling, training and sales. Pure is a 100% partner centric company
and the program reflects this vision by putting partners first.
The updates enable partners to easily deliver the Modern Data
Experience by providing solutions that are seamless, flexible,
reliable and provide a subscription to innovation. The Pure Partner
Program evolves continuously to ensure partners always have what
they need to deliver Pure's portfolio of solutions.
"We stay aligned with our partners and enhance our program based
on their feedback. Our program remains unique since we have a 100%
channel centric business model," said Andy
Martin, VP of Global Partner Sales, Pure Storage. "We aim to
provide our partners with resources that make their lives easier
and empower them so they can grow with Pure and exceed their goals
and business expectations."
Enhancements are designed to educate, support, reward and
empower partners. The updates enable partners to deliver seamless
solutions.
Empowering partners in a virtual world:
Pure recently
debuted a new Partner Portal that provides the latest sales and
technical resources, training, personalized marketing campaigns, a
digital asset library, social selling content and more, all at the
partners' fingertips.
Rewarding technical champions with Pure WaveMakers, new
exclusive partner community:
Due to partner demand, Pure is
debuting an invitation only, global technical partner community,
known as Pure WaveMakers, that will provide individual partners
with extra resources to help them succeed, accelerate and expand
sales while curating a unique technical community they can depend
on. The program will offer partners access to exclusive events and
offer dedicated content and training. Pure WaveMakers will get an
advanced preview of upcoming announcements and they will also have
access to a new online network of their peers and Pure's technical
resources, all which will be accessible to them via the Pure
Partner Portal. The program tiers include Members, Champions and
Legends. As partners increase sales, complete additional training
and advocacy initiatives, they will advance to the next level tier.
The Pure WaveMakers program will be available to qualified partners
on November 16.
Expanding education and training opportunities:
Pure's training resources have evolved to meet the partner's needs
and enable them to grow their knowledge with the portfolio.
Partners can now follow a personalized learning path based on their
specific role. The training can be consumed in a self-serve fashion
with on-demand courses, as well as instructor-led training,
featuring hands-on demos, all online. New training courses are also
available on selling subscriptions and new use cases for file and
object storage.
Pure also expanded the Pure Sizer Tool, the platform used for
all FlashArray//X sizing activity that highlights recommended
configurations and provides additional models to consider based on
Pure1's backend analytics. Partners now have access to the Pure
Sizer Tool for the FlashArray//X70 and //X90 models providing them
with instant access to performance and capacity sizing information
for the entire FlashArray//X portfolio. Partners can size
configurations based on capacity and performance needs using input
gathered from the customer's environment and understand the
capacity and environmental specifications for a FlashArray.
Increasing investment in partner incentives:
Pure is
offering additional incentives to partners who are recruiting net
new customers and for partners who are selling Pure as-a-Service.
Pure as-a-Service allows storage to be dynamic, offers flexible
on-demand consumption and allows partners to deliver a seamless
cloud experience to their customers. Pure also rewards loyal
partners with VIP points, allowing them to redeem for rewards based
on their transactions.
Pure prides itself on delivering partners the best in class
training, rewards and support to align with Pure's continuous
technology innovation. The key tenets of Pure's Partner program,
simplicity and transparency, remain intact through the evolution of
the program. Learn more about becoming a Pure Partner.
About Pure Storage
Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) gives technologists their time back.
Pure delivers a modern data experience that empowers organizations
to run their operations as a true, automated, storage as-a-service
model seamlessly across multiple clouds. One of the fastest-growing
enterprise IT companies in history, Pure helps customers put data
to use while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the
infrastructure behind it. And with a certified customer
satisfaction score in the top one percent of B2B companies, Pure's
ever-expanding list of customers are among the happiest in the
world.
Pure Storage, the "P" Logo, Evergreen, FlashArray, FlashBlade,
Pure1 and Pure as-a-Service are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Pure Storage, Inc. All other trademarks or names
referenced in this document are the property of their respective
owners.
Analyst Recognition:
Pure Storage has been named a
Leader in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage.
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