Partners
What benefits you will get from Partners Program?
Joining our Partners Program, aside from the vast array of benefits, allows you to participate in Open-E Certified Engineer Trainings (OECE) and Certifications and attend to our Hardware Certification Program (HCP). Additionally, the Gold or Silver Partner status allows you to benefit from advantageous discounts and bonuses!
| Benefits | Authorized | Silver | Gold | |
| Lead Generation & Sales Assistance | ||||
| Not For Resale licenses | NFR licenses are available at a significant discount to Partners to promote Open-E powered Storage Solutions and software as such. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Partner Locator | Reseller lookup, prioritized by region and certification level higher qualified resellers listed first (along with their level of authorization) to reward commitment. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Pre-qualified leads | Access to qualified leads prioritized by your region, program authorization and certification level. | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Deal Registration | Register your major deals to obtain pre-sales volume discounts and special account exclusivity. | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Volume Discount | Back-end rebates available for achieving volume requirements. Higher authorization levels receive greater discounts. | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Joint Promotions | Participate in joint regional promotions including promotional e-mails, ads, events, etc. | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Effective Communications | ||||
| Partner newsletter and e-mails | This is not spam, but valuable information requested by our partners. Includes special announcements, applicable alliance deals, updated Q&A and new sales tools. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Partner program phone numbers | You can talk to the Partner Program Manager if you need to know anything about the Partner Program, have any problems or suggestions. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Reseller forum | Have a question about configuration, sales strategies, or overcoming objections? Visit the reseller forum to post your questions and view responses from support and resellers around the country. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| On-line Portal Resource | ||||
| Sales Tools | As available, you can access PDF product slicks, sample ad and e-mail templates, white papers, PowerPoint presentations, configuration guides, and case studies. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Brand Usage | Review branding guidelines, logo usage and leverage the Open-E brand to enhance your image. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Personalized portal | On top of your personalized profile and company information, view all your purchased through distribution or directly products. Be able to add "friendly name" to products, more functions are coming. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Tech Support, Trainings & Certifications. | ||||
| FREE Training | Get up to speed on the product, sales approach and installation within the self-paced FREE training. Many of these feature streaming video. As close as possible to on-site training. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Discounts on OECE trainings and certifications | Open-E provides discounted or even free Open-E Certified Engineers trainings and Certifications to qualified partners. | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Discounts on HCE Programs | Open-E is providing reasonable discounts for Hardware Certifications (for Partners Storage Systems powered by Open-E) to qualified partners. | ![]() | ![]() | |
| Create and watch your Customer support tickets. | Within the Partner Portal you will have ability to create, watch and act on support tickets generated for yourself or for your customer. | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |


