The Alliance Honors PlanetOne for Channel Leadership

The Alliance Honors PlanetOne for Channel Leadership
Master Agency Celebrates 25 Years of Business

PlanetOne

RICHMOND, Va. – March 9, 2017 – The Alliance Partners, the channel partner industry organization that brings together agents, VARs, managed service providers, IT consultants and cloud specialists, has issued a commendation to one of its long-standing members, PlanetOne Communications, for its ongoing, lasting contributions to the channel partner community.

The recognition comes as PlanetOne celebrates its 25th-year anniversary—two and a half decades that represent dramatic change in the telecom and IT industry. It’s been a period of continuous expansion for the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based master agent.

“The contagious momentum we’ve built with our partners and providers is unstoppable,” said Lauren Shapiro, president, PlanetOne. “Our growth is up 500 percent since 2010, and the deals just keep getting bigger and bigger, which is fantastic for all of our channel partners and preferred providers. 2016 was a sensational year, and the pipeline for 2017 shows another record year in the making.”

PlanetOne’s near-quarter of a century of consecutive growth is well documented, with high-profile recognition within the telecom and IT channels, as well as the local community and business trades. In 2016, PlanetOne earned an Arizona Corporate Excellence (ACE) Award, naming the industry leader as one of 50 largest privately-held companies in Arizona. The distributor was also recently honored for the sixth year in a row by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America, and continues to receive accolades for its thought leadership, performance and program excellence from industry trade magazines. It also consistently earns sales accolades from its preferred providers, including CenturyLink, Level 3, Masergy, Mitel, Rackspace and XO Communications.

“PlanetOne demonstrates channel best practices in action,” said Bill Power, CEO of the Alliance. “We are happy to recognize this important community member for its overall contributions to the Alliance and to the industry at large.”

ABOUT THE ALLIANCE
Since 1997, the Alliance Partners, originally the Agent Alliance, has been a powerful voice for the channel. This diverse industry consortium of shareholders represents all industry sectors, from traditional communications to IT, cloud, storage and virtualization, mobility and converged IP services.

The Alliance is dedicated to fostering best business practices nationwide for the channel ecosystem. It is an important forum for education, collaboration and information-sharing, aimed at helping channel partners evolve their practices to remain competitive. The Alliance is able to leverage the unique and diverse expertise of its formidable member roster to put knowledge into practice in highly pragmatic ways to create an environment of continuous growth and improvement, which benefits partners, suppliers and clients alike.

For more information:

Bill Power
CEO, The Alliance Partners
T: 703.597.4839
F: 866.341.9939
Bill.Power@TheAlliancePartners.com

About PlanetOne Communications
PlanetOne is the IT channel and telecom industry’s preferred business partner for identifying and delivering cloud-based and connectivity solutions to small and midsize businesses and enterprises. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., the industry pioneer is celebrated by Inc. Magazine as one of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies and regarded as a top-performing partner for hundreds of telecom agents and channel partners nationwide. In 2015, PlanetOne ranked No. 1 in the Phoenix Business Journal’s annual “Best Places to Work” survey. The award-winning PlanetOne Partner Program has been included in CRN’s Connectivity Solutions Partner Program Guide since 2014. To reach PlanetOne call (877) 487.8353 or e-mail sales@planetone.net.