Attune Systems Inc. announced the availability of an enhanced partner program that assists channel partners in providing the latest file virtualization products and services to their customers while helping them realize profitable service margins. The partner program enhancements have been developed as an answer to the increased interest the company and its file virtualization solutions have been getting from resellers, system integrators, and strategic partners.

On the heels of the numerous customer wins that Attune announced these past months, giving the company and its partners the chance to listen to their customers’ requests, Attune has developed this program with the end-users’ needs in mind. By getting access to powerful sales tools and benefiting from Attune’s support and expertise, partners can harness the benefits of file virtualization while providing significant value-add to the overall solution. A very important benefit is the ability to use the Maestro to non-disruptively discover, analyze, and report on the end-users’ storage environments, which brings additional revenue opportunities for Attune partners.

“We see file virtualization as a high-growth opportunity and we chose to work with Attune, because they are the leader in Windows-based file virtualization,” said Gary McMonagle, president of Mid-Atlantic Computers. “Through the Attune partner program, we gain access to up-to-date information about their technology, which helps us quickly and effectively communicate the value of file virtualization to our customers. Customers have embraced server virtualization and we see file virtualization as the next wave of opportunity.”

“I am glad our resellers can now take advantage of the immense value the file virtualization technology provides to their customers’ Windows-based environments. The Maestro File Manager, the file virtualization solution from Attune, provides storage tiering, global name space and transparent file migration while significantly reducing backup windows, increasing overall data protection and dramatically lowering storage costs for our customers,” said Alan Kessler, chief executive officer of Attune. “This enhanced partner program offers a multitude of sales tools such as solution briefs and other training materials that partners can leverage for existing and future customer environments in need of a better way to optimize and manage their unstructured data.”

Other exclusive partner program benefits are:

•  Two levels of resellers (Preferred and Premier) with generous discounts
  
• Qualified sales lead generation and lead distribution to partners
  
• Sales training, field-based co-selling with Attune’s sales team and access to dedicated Attune sales representatives
  
• Opportunity to leverage regional market development funds (MDF)
  
• Account protection and deeper discounts through Attune’s Deal Registration Program
  
• 24X7 access to the Attune protected partner website with useful tools, information, as well as case entry and management
  
• Ongoing web-based and onsite training