PlanetOne Signs Fusion’s New Partner Agreement
Reinforces Master Agent’s Continued Confidence in Fusion as the Company Prepares for Emergence by Year-End
Atlanta – October 29, 2019 – Fusion announced today that PlanetOne, the Scottsdale, Arizona-based business partner recognized as a leader in identifying and delivering cloud and connectivity solutions to small and medium-sized businesses for more than a quarter century, has signed Fusion’s new Partner Agreement. Recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. from 2011-2018, PlanetOne signed the agreement in support of the organizations’ strong and enduring relationship. The new agreement replaces legacy Fusion contracts with standardized terms and increases commission payments on Fusion’s award-winning Single Source solutions, including UCaaS, SD-WAN, Managed Network Services and Security.
“Fusion has had the privilege of partnering with PlanetOne through multiple acquisitions, and we’re pleased to provide a simpler, standardized agreement that will make it easier for this leading business partner to sell our complete suite of fully integrated solutions. We greatly appreciate PlanetOne’s support throughout our chapter 11 process, and we’re excited about the opportunity to continue to grow together as we emerge by the end of this year,” said Michael Fair, SVP of Fusion’s Channels and Alliances.
“The Fusion team understands that their success is driven by their partners’ success, and they’ve done an excellent job of keeping us fully informed and well-supported throughout the restructuring process,” said Ted Schuman, PlanetOne’s Founder and CEO.
“We’re impressed by Fusion’s ongoing commitment to service excellence and its continued focus on delivering competitively priced, high quality solutions. Fusion has made it clear that customer experience is a top priority, and we look forward to exploring new ways to compete, sell and grow with Fusion, both now and in the future,” Ted continued.
About Fusion
Fusion, a leading provider of integrated cloud solutions to small, medium, and large businesses is the industry’s Single Source for the Cloud®. Fusion’s advanced, proprietary cloud service platform enables the integration of leading-edge solutions in the cloud, including cloud communications, contact center, cloud connectivity, and cloud computing. Fusion’s innovative, yet proven cloud solutions lower our customers’ cost of ownership and deliver new levels of security, flexibility, scalability, and speed of deployment. For more information, please visit www.fusionconnect.com.
Fusion Contact:
Gina Kennedy-Toney
Gkennedy-toney@fusionconnect.com
About PlanetOne
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 2018, PlanetOne was named one of the Best Places to Work by The Business Intelligence Group. In 2017 and 2018, the company was honored as one of the “Nation’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®” by the National Association for Business Resources. In 2015 and 2017, PlanetOne ranked No. 1 in the Phoenix Business Journal’s annual “Best Places to Work” survey and has been recognized as one of Arizona’s largest privately-held companies as part of the Arizona Corporate Excellence (ACE) Awards program, since 2016. The award-winning PlanetOne Partner Program has also been included in CRN’s Connectivity Solutions Partner Program Guide since 2014 and featured in the CRN Cloud Partner Program Guide since 2017.