SpringSource Broadens Reach And Increases Customer Value With New Partner Program

Company Behind Ubiquitous Spring Portfolio Formalizes Global Partner Program to Extend Products, Expertise, Support and Services to Spring Customers

SAN MATEO, Calif., March 11, 2008—SpringSource, the company behind the ubiquitous Spring Portfolio, the leading enterprise Java™ application platform, today announced the SpringSource Partner Program to expand access to Spring and Apache expertise and solutions on a global basis. The program enables SpringSource partners to leverage their offerings along with SpringSource products and services, joint marketing and sales assistance to drive revenue growth and customer success.

“The SpringSource Partner Program is designed to build and enable an ecosystem of companies providing high-value solutions and services around Spring and Apache technologies,” said Mitch Ferguson, vice president of business development at SpringSource. “We are excited to be rolling out the SpringSource Partner Program for the mutual benefit of SpringSource, our partners and the global Spring user base.”

Companies can join the SpringSource Partner Program as an Authorized Reseller Partner, a Certified Solution Partner, a Certified Training Partner, or a Systems Integrator Partner. All partners receive early access to SpringSource subscription software, including product roadmap specifics, as well as technical knowledge transfer and joint marketing initiatives. In addition, each SpringSource Partner category has different levels enabling a partner to formalize a relationship with SpringSource that best meets its business needs and capabilities.

  • Systems Integrator Partners leverage their domain knowledge, technology expertise and implementation skills to deliver high-value Spring and Apache technology solutions.
  • Certified Solution Partners integrate or bundle their product with Spring and SpringSource software to provide a complete and SpringSource certified solution with SpringSource marketing and technical support assistance.
  • Certified Training Partners are authorized to market, sell and deliver SpringSource training courses in select markets or geographies with trainers certified by SpringSource.
  • SpringSource Authorized Reseller Partners are authorized to market, sell and provide support assistance for SpringSource products in a specific geography with sales and support assistance from SpringSource.


Since the inception of the partner program, SpringSource has added numerous partners, including GigaSpaces, SunGard, and Capgemini, among others. The SpringSource Partner Program provides additional opportunities for partners who help support Spring and Apache technologies to increase revenues and drive differentiation.
 
To Participate
Companies interested in becoming a SpringSource partner or in learning more about the SpringSource Partner Program are requested to visit /web/guest/partners and to fill out an application for the appropriate program of interest.   

SpringSource will also be offering a free webinar on March 20th that will present an overview of the SpringSource global Partner Program and will discuss why partners are a cornerstone in SpringSource’s business strategy. For more information and to register please visit:
https://www323.livemeeting.com/lrs/8000083756/Registration.aspx?pageName=whx5ct8x34dn9t5r (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser’s address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

About SpringSource
With offices worldwide, SpringSource is the company behind the ubiquitous Spring Portfolio, the leading enterprise Java™ application platform. SpringSource offers a single source for products and services to help organizations utilize Spring and, through its recent acquisition of Covalent, infrastructure technologies from the Apache Software Foundation. An increasing number of organizations are choosing a combination of Spring and Apache Tomcat for their production infrastructure to rapidly develop, test, deploy and run mission-critical enterprise applications. More than half of the Fortune 500, including many of the world’s largest financial institutions, retailers, manufacturers, healthcare, technology and public sector clients are SpringSource customers. For more information visit:  www.springsource.com.

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