Leading provider of customer engagement and cloud communications solutions 8x8 recently announced that the growth of their channel solution and increased momentum in their partnerships have driven higher adoption of 8x8 services. At the same time, the brand revealed that CRN, one of the brands in "The Channel Company" has named Christopher Peter as one of their prestigious 2018 Channel Chiefs.
The executives on the Channel Chiefs list represent some of the leaders in the IT channel - individuals who excel at driving revenue and growth in their organisation through their work with channel partners.
An Impressive Global Channel Programme
During the last year, 8x8 has been working hard to expand and enhance their global channel program - growing the number of enabled partners with new progress including:
- Accelerated growth with technology service distributors like TBI, Telarus, Intelisys, and Avant
- Extended US relationships with Ingram Micro Cloud, ScanSource, and CDW within the UK and Ireland
- Expanded growth in value-added distribution with ScanSource, Jenne, and Ingram Micro
8x8 also teamed with PCI Pal in the UK, to access a provider of compliant, secure payment solutions. The channel strategy embraced by the company has been fundamental to helping them when business from large enterprises. Following the completion of the third fiscal quarter of 2018, ending in December 2017, 8x8 revealed that six out of their top ten deals were contributed through channel partners. Additionally, overall channel bookings increased by a rate of 50% year-over-year.
