Cobalt Iron Inks Deal With Sirius

Cobalt Iron Inc., announced that IT solutions integrator Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. (Sirius) is the latest company to join its IronClad Partner Advantage (IPA) program.

Sirius will resell Cobalt Iron’s Compass enterprise SaaS backup platform to clients throughout North America who rely on the company to help them overcome the complexity of data protection.

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“We’re so pleased to be working with Sirius, a top industry consultant that advises customers on choosing the best technology solution based on their environment, requirements, and IT goals,” said Rodney Foreman, chief revenue officer, Cobalt Iron. “Compass fills a need for Sirius and its customers by providing a SaaS-based, automated, modern data protection solution.“

Sirius, a national IT solutions integrator, focuses on helping organizations transform their businesses by managing their operations, optimizing their IT, and securing it all. With more than 2,600 employees, multiple offices across the US, and a team of experts with more than 5,500 professional and technical certifications, its team specializes in IT strategy (infrastructure and operations), security, business innovation (digital and data), cloud, and managed services.

Cobalt Iron’s IPA program for channel partners is creating a business ecosystem to help VARs, VADs,  systems integrators, and MSPs build their pipelines and maintain market share. It has three 3 objectives: to help partners acquire new customers, to encourage new deployments, and to enable and train future partners on the Compass platform. Each of the program’s 3 partnership tiers has progressively more resources and initiatives for obtaining new clients, developing partner skills, and growing revenue. In this program, partners of any size can reach advanced status.

“Our clients look to us to ensure their operations are secure and running at peak performance, and integrating Compass into our solutions helps us assist them in overcoming the complexity of their data protection needs,” said Deborah Bannworth, SVP of partner alliances, inside sales, maintenance sales and services, Sirius. “Being part of Cobalt Iron’s IronClad Partner Advantage program means we get the added support and benefits we need to support our clients in these areas ,  a win-win for Sirius and our clients.“