Eaton garners A+ grades on CRN’s Annual Report Card (ARC)
Aug 12, 2024
By Donna St-Denis, Eaton Channel Marketing Director
It may be summer break, but report cards are out for technology vendors ― and Eaton has once again achieved the highest marks. The company earned a prestigious 2024 CRN Annual Report Card (ARC) Award in the category of Computing: Power Protection and Management from CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company. In addition to winning the power protection category, Eaton beat out other vendors to take home top honors in the subcategories of Support, Partnership, and Managed & Cloud Services.
Eaton won the 2024 CRN ARC Award for overall computing in power protection and management which includes support, partnership, and managed/cloud services.
Celebrating excellence in IT innovation
Among the most respected accolades in the IT industry, CRN's ARC Awards honor vendors who are committed to growing the IT channel through technology innovation and partner relationships. The award is based on solution provider evaluations of vendors’ efforts to design channel-friendly product offerings, develop high-value partner benefits and foster long-term, successful partnerships. This year, survey participants rated 58 vendor partners across 27 technology product categories, using 22 criteria to evaluate satisfaction levels in the subcategories.
The ARC recognition underscores Eaton’s ongoing commitment to provide the solutions and support resellers need to thrive in the channel and successfully grow their business. Since the inception of the PowerAdvantage program back in 2009, we’ve continuously strived to improve ― helping partners boost their bottom lines through benefits such as attractive margins, recurring revenue opportunities, deal registration, incremental discounts, SPIF reward programs and back-end rebates. Even more, we’ve complemented these revenue-generating advantages with ever-expanding support, including access to dedicated sales specialists, lead generation, training resources, customizable marketing resources, marketing development funds (MDF), online webinars and conferences, and much more. And of course, our focus on developing the most innovative power management technologies never wanes.
Continuous improvement and partner success
While there’s no greater accomplishment than being appreciated by your customers, we recognize that report cards are not only a way to celebrate achievements, but to identify areas that can be improved. Above all else, we want you to know that our highest priority is listening to partner feedback and working together for desired outcomes. This commitment has contributed to our partner program remaining relevant year after year; in addition to receiving numerous ARC awards, PowerAdvantage has now earned a 5-star rating from CRN’s Partner Program Guide for 16 straight years.
At Eaton, we understand that today’s resellers have numerous choices for power protection and management, and we are fully committed to doing everything in our power to ensure success for our partner community. This begins with ongoing partner communication to ensure we’re always on the right path ― helping you to drive business success with the optimal solutions, promotions and tools. You can rely on Eaton to remain at the top of the class.