Partner Newsletter 2Q 2010

Agility’s Partner Alliance Program

Under the direction of Chris Collins, Director of Channel Development, Agility Recovery Solutions has re-launched our partner program and we are proud to announce our new Partner Alliance Program.

Agility has developed an ecosystem of partners to design, optimize, and deliver appropriate disaster recovery and business continuity solutions to meet the needs of our customers. Through a network of insurance agents, technology VARs, managed service providers, consultants, and DR vendors, Agility Recovery Solutions offers customers innovative, proven on-site recovery solutions that solve real-world business challenges.

Agility Named Five-Star Award Winner

Agility Recovery Solutions, a premier business continuity and disaster recovery company, announced its Partner Alliance program has been recognized by Everything Channel as one of North America’s top information technology (IT) vendors.

Agility Recovery Solutions’ Partner Alliance program was awarded a Five-Star recognition in Everything Channel’s 16th annual 2010 Partner Program Guide (PPG) because of its commitment to five key program elements: Sales Support, Partner Profitability, Partner Ecosystem Development/Management, Partner Communication/Marketing and Demand Generation. Agility’s exceptional program was acknowledged for its dedication and strength to the program’s reseller partners, which include IT integrators, technology solution providers and consultants.

Agility Recovery developed the Partner Alliance program to offer a channel reseller program that enables its partners to develop a consistent and profitable income stream. The channel reseller program not only helps Agility partners provide a full portfolio of disaster recovery and business continuity offerings to their clients, but also helps strengthen relationships through rich and diverse value-added solutions.

“We are honored to receive the award and distinction bestowed upon us by Everything Channel,” said Bob Boyd, CEO Agility Recovery Solutions. “It is our core belief that every business should have access to affordable and comprehensive recovery solutions, and our Partner Alliance program provides a network of quality resellers to reach these businesses. Together, we can ensure businesses will be up and running quickly and efficiently to provide peace of mind to customers during hectic times.

We are honored to be partnering with these companies and look forward to working together to help all businesses become better prepared.

Featured Sales Tools

Every quarter we will feature tools and resources geared towards a specific industry segment. With tax day just behind us we thought it fitting to focus on the financial services this time around. Take a look at the following:

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Solutions for Financial institutions
Download our “Testing made easy for financial institutions” White Paper
Pacific Coast National Bank recovery Video
Farmington Savings Bank Video
Agility Testing & Regulatory Compliance Program

Agility Marketplace

We are very excited to announce our new Agility Marketplace. This site will afford you the ability to print standard or co-branded Agility marketing materials and have them delivered directly to your door.

The Marketplace is live and you are able to begin placing orders today. Check back often as we continue to build out the site and add more materials.

Contact channelsupport@agilityrecovery.com for login and password information.

Contact Us for Disaster Recovery Services

Upcoming Webinars

Business as usual, No matter what.

Wednesday, May 05, at 2 p.m. EDT
Wednesday, June 09, at 2 p.m. EDT

Business continuity is not just an IT issue. It’s a business issue. It’s about the future of your business, your community and your family.

Attendees will learn how to minimize potential business interruption losses while, at the same time, implement an effective disaster recovery plan. This monthly Webinar is presented by Bob Boyd, Agility’s president and CEO.

Click here for more information or to register for any one of these webinars.

Interested in telling others about these webinars? Click here to download May’s e-mail invite to send to a colleague or Click here to download June’s e-mail invite.

Management Obligations for Developing an Executable Recovery Program

Wednesday, May 26, at 2 p.m. EDT
Senior management has many concerns when ensuring the viability of the business including: profit, growth, reputation, compliance and economic stability. Unfortunately, business continuity planning oftentimes gets pushed down the list and does not rise to the top. But, management support is vital to ensure successful development, implementation, and maintenance of a robust recovery program to ensure the viability of the business.

This Webinar is designed to highlight a few of the obligations that any management team has in developing an executable and testable recovery program including:
   - Customer satisfaction
   - Employee safety and wellbeing
   - Supply chain fulfillment
   - Regulator compliance
   - Business growth and resiliency

Today’s business climate is changing and in order to do business management needs to show they have a capability to continue operations in the event there is an interruption to the business

Click here for more information or to register for this webinar.

Interested in telling others about this webinar? Click here to download an e-mail invite to send to a colleague.

Leading with Resiliency during a Disaster

Wednesday, June 23, at 2 p.m. EDT
Join us for a discussion led by Dr. Will Sparks on the three fears of leadership, the specific management styles that result from each fear, and strategies for developing our own capacity to be more resilient as a leader. Being a more resilient leader will help you to better manage any interruption to your business.

Click here for more information or to register for this webinar.

Interested in telling others about this webinar? Click here to download an e-mail invite to send to a colleague.

Win Room

Agility recognizes the hard work and effort it takes to close a deal. We want to praise your success and learn from each others best practices. Send your stories of triumph to channelsupport@agilityrecovery.com.

Questions?

For more information about the requirements, benefits and revenue opportunities with Agility’s partner program please email channelsupport@agilityrecovery.com.