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NEC Announces General Availability of All-New UNIVERGE BLUE® CLOUD SERVICES Agency Partner Model
10 Jul, 2020
This introduction completes the partner model trilogy of the industry's most channel-friendly go-to-market options with an easy entry to the cloud while empowering partners to maintain ownership of their customer relationships
Irving, TX - July 9, 2020 - NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, networking and biometric solutions, is announcing the general availability of the new generation of NEC UNIVERGE BLUE CLOUD SERVICES Agency Partner Model. NEC offers the most flexible, channel-friendly go-to-market strategy in the industry with three unique channel partner models: Agency, Revenue Share or Customer Ownership. NEC empowers its partners to have complete ownership over their customer relationships by providing partners with the tools needed to be successful from quote to cash. "NEC prides itself on building strong relationships with our channel partner community and is committed to delivering true innovation," said Marc Hebner, Vice President, Channel, NEC Corporation of America. "As a growing number of businesses continue to transition to a remote workforce, this new model couldn't arrive at a better time. The Agency Partner Model provides our partners with an easy entry to the cloud at a minimum investment, creating new opportunities for our partners to earn increased revenue and build deeper customer relationships." NEC's
BLUE CLOUD SERVICES provides customers and partners with a frictionless, comprehensive and enhanced set of fully integrated, cloud-based "as a Service" solutions. This includes
UNIVERGE BLUE® CONNECT, a fully integrated cloud-based Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) and Collaboration platform, and
UNIVERGE BLUE® ENGAGE, a Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) solution that provides basic to complete omnichannel services to optimize customer business operations. NEC's Agency Partner Model is designed specifically for partners who want to sell a cloud solution, collect a commission and quickly move on to the next sale. Agency partners benefit from:
- No investment to launch
- Easy entry to cloud business
- No requirements for collection, back office and technical support
