Mumbai: Altaro Software, a fast-growing developer of easy to use and affordable virtualization backup solutions for Hyper-V and VMware for small- to medium-sized businesses, specializing in backup for virtualized environments, highlighted a new company milestone with the signing of more than 6,000 channel partners worldwide, including India.
Last year, the company Drulogic Technologies, a startup distribution company from Mumbai as its distributor for the Indian Market.
The company’s new partner program formally introduces subscription pricing and provides MSPs with access to the Cloud Management Console (CMC), a ground breaking online tool for partners to efficiently monitor and manage geographically dispersed VM Backup customer deployments.
Altaro VM Backup for MSPs is a subscription-based channel program designed for MSPs to support the monitoring and management of all customer Hyper-V and VMware backups from a single cloud console. The recurring revenue program delivers predictable cash flow over time for the MSP partner and reduces upfront costs with a pay per virtual machine (VM) per month model that provides access to all of the latest features that Altaro VM Backup offers. Furthering its level of support for partners, Altaro has developed an expert-led call center that ensures low average call pick-up times and on-demand live chat with experts when service needs arise.
The company sees the acceleration of new channel partnerships has been rising steadily over the last several years, reaching 40 new MSP partners per month due to Altaro’s highly competitive feature set and affordable pricing. Breaking down the numbers, 1,500 of the registered Altaro partners operate in the United States and Canada with 4,500 partners located in countries outside North America. Using the Cloud Management Console (CMC), Altaro partners are managing the backup of 9,000 customer installations with 50,000 virtual machines (VMs) backed up monthly.
“With a majority of critical business applications now hosted on virtual infrastructure, MSPs must have the ability to protect critical information in these environments in order to remain relevant,” said Jessie Weems, CEO, Dynamic Networks. “The Altaro channel program provides us with a low risk/high return alternative to managed backup service delivery that is very compelling. VM Backup for MSPs combines the right mix of technology and support to empower partners like us to succeed in this high demand market.”
“Our vision for growth is entirely centered around the strength of our channel,” said Eric Krauss, vice president of sales for Altaro. “VM Backup for MSPs represents a huge investment in our partners and our team, taking the protection of virtual infrastructure to the next level. The program complements our powerful solution with a partner-centric support system that assists MSPs in expediting customer deployments for faster time to revenue. The initial response to the program has been exceptional with over 300 new MSP partners teaming with Altaro in recent months. As a result, this has accounted for a significant number of new end-user installations worldwide.”