3/31/2007
ACTIVATE TECHNOLOGIES LAUNCHES AGGRESSIVE U.S. RESELLER PROGRAM Teams with The VAR-City Channel Development Specialists
Activate Technologies (http://www.activatelive.com) announced today that it has partnered with The VAR-City (http://www.thevarcity.com), a Dallas, TX based strategic alliances consulting company.
"We are excited to offer our comprehensive services automation solution to the U.S. market place through a select group of Solution Providers who have distinguished themselves with complimentary product knowledge and help desk optimization expertise. With the Activate solution our partners will “empower business users, reduce service desk load and costs while increasing security and audit ability to provide IT on demand”, said Shaun Blackmore, Managing Director of Activate Technologies, Ltd
“This is an outstanding opportunity for our partners to emphasize their “Value Add” position by delivering a proven time and cost saving solution to their customers who are struggling with service desk overload due to high demands on setting up new users, provisioning new hardware or software, password resets or management of group lists and directories. Until now these service desk responsibilities were typically acted upon manually or by an assortment of various point solutions. Today Activate consolidates each of those individual solutions and manages the process through the versatility and power of Microsoft Active Directory ™, adds Blackmore
“Our goal is to build our partner program around a very limited number of uniquely qualified Solution Providers who will become the backbone of our U.S sales force. To assure solid knowledge transfer each of our partners’ delivery teams will receive personal onsite sales training and technical instruction from the Activate staff. Whether it’s around the corner or around the globe – we’re there for our partners when they need us”, stated Ken Beam, President and Founder of The VAR-City.
This year Activate is embarking on an aggressive U.S. marketing awareness and visibility campaign that will include several major industry related trades shows such as the upcoming HDI conference in Las Vegas from April 30th – May 5th.
“U.S. based Activate resources are already in place to support our ‘Certified’ partner’s growth and development. Qualified resellers will receive a sales/marketing starter kit along with pre-qualified leads generated by our marketing campaign within their designated region”, Beam further stated.
About Activate Technologies
Activate Technologies is a New Zealand based ISV focusing on automating and delegating IT processes to the business. Activate is being used by organizations ranging from 500 through to 23,000 users and in industries including Healthcare, Aviation, Military, Manufacturing and Retail. Organizations can expect to drastically improve service, reduce costs while improving security and compliance. For more information, contact Activate Technologies at (415) 692.8016 or visit the website at www.activatelive.com
About The VAR-City
The VAR-City is a Dallas, TX-based channel consulting group founded in 1999. The company blends proven techniques and “Best Channels Business Practices” with emerging technologies to deliver timely, results-oriented channel consulting services. Ken Beam’s 26 years of IT industry service have been dedicated to making the vendor-reseller community a better place to live and work. For further information, contact The VAR-City at (972) 240.8793 or visit the website at The VAR-City.