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Channel Technology

Improving the Channel Experience Across the Customer Life Cycle

Partners often cite the user experience as one of the most critical aspects of their relationships with vendors. If vendors offer partners complex programs, cumbersome processes, and a poorly designed partner portal, they risk leaving them frustrated and unable to contribute to mutual success. This comprehensive e-book from Vistex, a leader in go-to-market solutions, examines […]

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Channel Sessions At B2B Marketing Exchange To Help Partner Marketers Chart New Program Road Maps

Channel marketing will be well-represented at the B2B Marketing Exchange (B2BMX) as the conference moves to a new venue, the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale, February 25 – 27. The channel marketing track, which was added to the conference last year, has been expanded to include eight sessions and a workshop. Laz Gonzalez, chief strategy officer, Zift Solutions, returns to […]

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ZINFI Expands PRM Platform with Community/Partner Collaboration Module

ZINFI Technologies, Inc., a provider of unified channel management (UCM), through-channel marketing automation (TCMA) and partner relationship management (PRM) solutions, has expanded its partner relationship management platform with an expanded community module with state-of-the-art collaboration capabilities. The advanced community capabilities enable dynamic collaboration among users across all core application areas, including business planning, contract management, lead […]

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Allbound To Focus on Product Development with $3.6 Million in New Funding

Allbound, a partner relationship management (PRM) platform provider, has received a significant investment in Series A funding led by Canal Partners with other investors including KLH Venture Partners, Tallwave Capital, Arizona Founders Fund, and Stout Street Capital. In total, $3.61 million has been raised to advance product development within the Series A round, resulting in a total […]

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Forrester Infographic Provides Overview of Expanding Ranks of Channel Software Providers

Forrester Research has published an infographic offering a fairly comprehensive view of the companies providing channel software today. The 106 companies, ranging from large enterprise software vendors to start-up providers of point-solutions, are grouped into six major categories supporting: Partner relationship management (PRM) Through-channel marketing automation (TCMA) Channel incentives and program Channel data management (CDM) […]

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Ingram Micro Boosts Partner Enablement with New Digital Marketing Platform

Ingram Micro has launched a new digital marketing program. Designed to enable channel partners to establish a meaningful digital presence for their brands, Ingram Micro Partner Connect simplifies the complexities of digital marketing with personalized, premium digital marketing content delivered as-a-service. Launched in beta earlier this year with members of Ingram Micro’s Trust X Alliance community, the […]

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SYSPRO Launches PartnerUp Program To Drive Global Sales Growth

Earlier this summer, SYSPRO, a global provider of industry-built ERP software, launched its new channel partner program – PartnerUp — in the United States. The program represents the company’s commitment to working closely with a network of partners who share the same vision for simplifying success and providing an environment conducive to partners growth and profitability. The […]

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Forrester Focuses on Partner Relationship Management Solutions in Wave Report

Forrester has put a spotlight on partner relationship management (PRM), a not-so-new but somewhat low-profile channel supporting solution category. In its recent report – The Forrester Wave: Partner Relationship Management, Q4 2018 — the research firm noted that companies have invested in PRM since the early 2000s. But “as CRM started to grow significantly in […]

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B2B Marketing Exchange Conference Doubles Channel Track Sessions

The B2B Marketing Exchange will feature an expanded agenda of channel marketing sessions. As the conference moves to a new venue, the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale, February 25 – 27, the channel track has been expanded to include as many as eight sessions and workshops. “We fully expected that our channel sessions would be well received […]

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Impartner Enhances PRM Technology with Data-Assisted Decision-Making Capabilities

Impartner is offering enhanced data-assisted decision-making capabilities with the Fall ’18 release of its partner relationship management (PRM) technology. It’s upgrade solution will now mirror transactional data into a data lake optimized for analytics. As the technology learns, the company said, it will provide predictive, prescriptive data-backed recommendations to channel manager to help them continually […]

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