Reseller Program

Why Partner with BLADE?

BLADE is a market leader in network virtualization for servers and storage—the next wave for data centers. BLADE’s products represent a hot growing market—50% year over year growth predicted for Server consolidation and HPC architectures. And BLADE is an award winning company that’s been recognized by the industry by winning awards including the Red Herring Global 100, Frost & Sullivan 2008 NA Product Innovation of the Year and more.

BLADE offers a great profit opportunity for resellers:

• Comprehensive Deal Registration Program protects sales investment
• Products restricted to Authorized Partners
• Exclusive Training on Advanced Data Center Networking technologies

And BLADE has a Simple Program:

• No volume requirements
• No up-front training requirements
• One discount structure
• Easy to use Deal Registration Program

Introducing the RackSwitch Champion Solution Partner Program - A Simple Program with Great Benefits:

Authorized Solution Partners

Sales Programs & Promotions

• Upfront discounts for product and service
• Deal Registration Program
• Demo Equipment Program
• Competitive Bid Desk

Training & Technical Support

• Pre-Sales SE Support
• Technical Support
• FREE Online Training
• Partner Extranet

Extra Benefits for Champion Solution Partners

• Joint Sales Engagement
• On-Site Sales and Technical Training
• MDF Eligibility
• Participation In Beta Programs
• Champion RackSwitch Partner Logo
• By Invitation Only

Value for IBM/HP Server VARs

Becoming a reseller for BLADE RackSwitch is an easy way to extend your current IBM or HP Blade Server opportunities to include datacenter networking. BLADE’s RackSwitch product family is the ideal complement to datacenter designs for servers, storage and virtualization. By selling RackSwitch, you can complete your data center network offering to include technologies such as cluster computing, and IP-based storage area networking with iSCSI, NAS, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).

Becoming an Authorized RackSwitch Solution Partner

BLADE invites you to become an authorized RackSwitch Solution Partner. To join the program, you must met the criteria below and complete the application process.
Your business must meet the following criteria:

• Practice a face-to-face selling model
• Provide end users with pre & post-sales design, configuration, and troubleshooting
• Provide the customer end user name and location to BLADE or Authorized Distributor
• Have a valid account with an authorized BLADE Network Technologies Distributor