NetApp strengthens partnerships with the channel partner base in Pune. By leveraging each other’s expertise, NetApp will work with the partner base in Pune to enable customers to derive greater value and efficiencies from their dynamic infrastructures.
NetApp’s partner base approximately comprises of Support Certified Partners and Sales, Pre-Sales Certified Partners across the Star, Platinum, Gold and Silver categories. The partner community in Pune includes systems integrators, distributors, and value-added resellers who focus on building intelligent and innovative solution offerings in segments like virtualization, cloud, business applications, big data, converged infrastructure and many more, while target diverse industry sectors like banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), telecommunications, healthcare, retail, and the public sector.
Krithiwas Neelakantan-Director, Channel & Alliances, India & SAARC, NetApp said “NetApp has always laid immense emphasis on creating innovative programs that recognize and reward efforts of esteemed members of our channel community. The idea behind redefining this approach is to expand NetApp’s reach to all parts of the country. Given the strengthened and enhanced relationships that we share with our channel partners we are confident that we will be able to meet our business goals. Our ‘install base’ today across India has increased and we believe this momentum will continue, we are extremely aggressive at this front now.”
While addressing the Pune Market he said, “Pune is emerging as one of the key contributing markets in the overall scheme of things for NetApp and today we stand at 8 channel partners in this specific market. We see immense potential in this market and will continue expanding our base here.”