Syncfusion Expands Partner Program

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Syncfusion, an enterprise technology provider of .NET components and controls, announced today that it expanded its partner program, which focuses on software vendors, training companies and global IT consultancies.

The program provides all partners with wider marketing exposure, value-adds for customers and expert technical resources for product benchmarking and integration. In addition, partners in each category receive the following benefits:

• Technology Partners – lead generation campaigns leveraging free technical value-adds targeting .NET developers, listings on partner page and joint PR opportunities
• Training Partners – complimentary licenses of Essential Studio Enterprise Edition for classes, listing on Syncfusion's partner page and joint promotional opportunities
• Consulting Partners – complimentary internal-use only licenses of Essential Studio Enterprise Edition, access to the Enterprise Partner Portal, complimentary product training, pre-sales technical support during proof of concept development and technical support in both Eastern Standard and Indian Standard time zones

"Our partner program represents an ongoing commitment to building mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with technology providers, training companies and IT consulting vendors," commented Daniel Jebaraj, vice president, Syncfusion. "The goal of working with our partners is to generate revenue and increase market share based on joint business and marketing activities."

Several Technology Partners have already benefited from working with Syncfusion. CenterSpace Software recently teamed its .NET math library, NMath, with Syncfusion's Essential Studio Enterprise Edition to offer a product bundle to developers worldwide who produce .NET financial, engineering, and scientific applications. The joint solution offers features such as statistical functions, random number generators, numerical methods and linear algebra.

"Syncfusion's visualization technology provides compelling benefits to NMath developers," noted Trevor Misfeldt, CEO of CenterSpace.  "Our partnership with Syncfusion ultimately benefits .NET developers building many kinds of financial, engineering, and scientific applications."

Red Gate, whose SQL Server and .NET tools have become industry standard for developers and database administrators worldwide, is another valued Technology Partner.  

Pluralsight, a Training Partner, provides Syncfusion with .NET "On-Demand!" video training library for new technical hires. Through co-marketing initiatives and lead generation campaigns, Pluralsight customers received free value-adds such as ASP.NET MVC UI controls. Syncfusion also utilized social media to promote Pluralsight products, offering 2 weeks of "On-Demand!" training free to their Twitter followers. According to Pluralsight CEO, Aaron Skonnard, "we are very pleased with our Syncfusion partnership and the cross-promotional activities we've implemented to strengthen both brands throughout the .NET developer community."

Syncfusion also has existing partnerships with numerous IT consulting companies.  One such partner, Synechron, leverages Syncfusion's Essential Studio Enterprise Edition to develop and implement professional, rich user interfaces in complex applications, resulting in more user-friendly and intuitive portal development, as well as cutting-edge business intelligence and reporting functionalities. Synechron delivers Syncfusion's enterprise offerings across several key verticals, including capital markets, insurance, mortgage banking, and internal media and technology.

"Our partnership with Syncfusion helps us to provide better development services to customers, as they enable us to build robust applications faster on any .NET platform – and they always perform optimally," commented Rajanikant Khethawatt, Director - Software, at Synechron.

To learn how Synechron relies on Syncfusion controls to deliver high performance applications for a top financial services firm visit: http://bit.ly/lGzaJ0

About Syncfusion, Inc.

Syncfusion is the enterprise technology partner for developers on every Microsoft platform, delivering the broadest range of .NET components and controls coupled with a service-oriented approach throughout the entire application lifecycle.  Offering the fastest high-performance Silverlight and WPF grid on the market and quarterly product updates – Syncfusion is trusted by developers worldwide for use in mission critical applications.   The company's flexible licensing and 24/7 support meets the changing needs of enterprises across the globe.  Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Syncfusion has more than 7,000 customers including large financial institutions, Fortune 100 companies and global IT consultancies.

SOURCE Syncfusion, Inc.