Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of IT lifecycle management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning IT resources, today announced the launch of the new Altiris® Business Partner Program to further incent and reward select business partners and to better match specific customer requirements to partner expertise. With this new program Altiris Business Partners benefit from more generous licensing discounts, additional sales and marketing support and joint-sales opportunities with Altiris strategic OEM alliances.
The new Altiris Business Partner program now includes:
- Tiered Platinum, Gold and registered resellers levels to ensure program quality and focus while rewarding partners for meeting revenue commitments and expertise.
- Coordinated interaction between Altiris OEM partners and business partners to create an even more efficient sales model by leveraging the strengths of each.
- Targeted lead distribution to match partner expertise with customer requirements.
“Pomeroy IT Solutions is committed to providing our clients with world-class technology solutions,” said Ron Herd, Pomeroy, Director of Software Alliances. “We have seen exceptional momentum in the market for Altiris IT lifecycle management solutions which fit nicely into our strategy of offering only proven technologies that enable reduced TCO. The Altiris business partner program combined with Altiris software helps Pomeroy provide the services and solutions to our clients to enable them to better manage their environments while simultaneously saving them money.”
Tyler Smith, Altiris VP of business development, said, “The systems management market is quickly approaching $20 billion. We, with our partners, are well-positioned to capitalize on this growth by providing a depth and breadth of functionality that is both easy to use and modular, providing targeted software solutions for the customer’s most pressing needs.
“A highly leveraged sales model has helped drive Altiris growth while keeping our cost of sales low. After years of success with this model, we have decided to further reward our valued partners and now aim to attract other partners with a new partner program.”
Altiris channel programs are targeted at value-added resellers, systems integrators and managed service providers. Unlike framework products or companies with one or two products, Altiris delivers targeted solutions that reduce resources required for successful systems management implementations, helping partners realize more profit per sale while helping to drive down service delivery costs. In addition, Altiris solutions complement and add value to HP and Microsoft management software for increased sales opportunities.
About Altiris
Altiris, Inc. is a pioneer of IT lifecycle management software that allows IT organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, thin clients, handhelds, industry-standard servers, and heterogeneous software including Windows, Linux and UNIX. Altiris automates and simplifies IT projects throughout the life of an asset to reduce the cost and complexity of management. Altiris client and mobile, server, and asset management solutions natively integrate via a common Web-based console and repository. For more information, visit www.altiris.com
Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the projected market for systems management products and the position of Altiris and its business partners to capitalize on anticipated growth within that or other markets. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, including, but not limited to, the inaccurate assessment of the systems management market and the market opportunity for Altiris and its channel partners, adverse changes in IT spending trends, a general downturn in economic conditions, the inaccurate assessment of market acceptance of our products, errors in our products, and such other risks as identified in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2004 and from time to time in other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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