Allied Telesis Enhances Star Partner Program

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Telesis, Inc., a global provider of secure IP/Ethernet switching solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of converged multi-play networks, announces the addition of an online partner portal to the Allied Telesis Star Partner Program. The new portal is part of the Company's ongoing efforts to support integrated partner activities to provide best-in-class solutions across key business markets including healthcare, education, utilities, and the public sector in Europe and North America. The new online portal provides resellers and system integrators unlimited access to localized sales and marketing collateral, deal registration and tracking features, special promotions, webinars, and training tools. 

"By listening to partner feedback and requests from around the world, we continue to refine the Allied Telesis Star Partner Program to reflect the changing marketplace," said Kevin Gallagher, Allied Telesis, senior manager, partner development. "Demonstrating our commitment to partners, we recognized the need to provide easy and immediate access to Allied Telesis marketing and solutions materials to best support global sales and distribution activities. This further empowers and adds value to our partners' business throughout the sales process."

The Allied Telesis Star Partner Program offers customized sales and support services to help partners market IP video surveillance, wireless, and data center solutions while also leveraging Allied Telesis inside sales lead generation. Allied Telesis engineered competitive marketing features into the portal, including deal registration and tools that enable partners to track leads, identify market trends, and further refine marketing campaigns based on data.

"The Allied Telesis Star Partner Program allows us to better understand our competition, strengthen our business, and increase the value we provide to customers by enabling us to offer the right solution for their network demands," said Kent Brown, vice president, AFL enterprise services. "As an end-to-end solutions integrator, we value our longstanding partnership with Allied Telesis, and recognize the ongoing enhancements offered by the Partner Program to help us position and offer Allied Telesis solutions."

"To offer best-in-class service to our customers, we established a long-term partnership with Allied Telesis as one of the nation's top network solutions providers," comments Gary Overstreet, vice president of sales for CCS-Inc. "As a provider of turn-key solutions for industrial applications, customer service is at the core of our business and the Allied Telesis Star Partner Program empowers our professional services team with information to lower product lead time, better understand product roadmaps for faster delivery to the customer, and offer enhanced technical support. It's critical to our success."

Eric Floyd, Allied Telesis, senior vice president of partner development and alliances, continued, "Adding new program elements to help our partners understand and highlight our corporate competence, and to leverage our quarter-century of experience, was critical in the decision to offer the enhanced portal. We remain committed to our partners and end-users, and continually look to add value in every sales and distribution engagement."

About Allied Telesis

For more than 20 years, Allied Telesis has been a leading provider of networking infrastructure. Today the Company enables delivery of data, voice, and video services to a variety of clients globally. Allied Telesis is committed to innovating the way in which services and applications are delivered and managed, resulting in increased value and lower operating costs. Visit us online at: www.alliedtelesis.com.

About AFL Network Services

Headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, AFL Network Services has 35 field offices in the U.S. and over 1300 employees. AFL provides telecommunications installation and maintenance services in the enterprise, wireline and wireless markets. For additional information on products and services offered by AFL and its affiliates, visit www.AFLNetworkServices.com.

About CCS-Inc.

CCS-Inc. provides industrial computer systems as well as NEMA-rated computer and printer enclosures for harsh environments and mission-critical applications.  

SOURCE Allied Telesis