Highfive, the conferencing platform building connected cultures, announced partnerships with Ingram Micro and Best Buy. On the heels of inking a distribution partnership with and†investment†from global technology integrator Dimension Data, Highfive is continuing its channel focus by making its innovative and easy-to-use collaboration solution available through Ingram Micro’s distributor network and Best Buy for Business. The deals raise Highfive’s profile in the IT channel and makes it simpler to achieve culture-defining communication.
Ingram Micro is one of the world’s leading IT distributors—with more than 155 distribution centers serving over 200,000 resellers worldwide. The deal with Ingram Micro makes all Highfive products – including software and hardware plans – available for their resellers such as Best Buy for Business. Both high-quality TVs and state-of-the-art communications solutions are essential for the modern business. As the largest seller of televisions in the world, it’s natural for Best Buy to partner with Highfive, the fastest growing video conferencing platform, and offer its award-winning products alongside their elite TV lineup.†
“Video conferencing is one of the fastest growing segments of communication and collaboration, and we strive to help our resellers capitalize on this upward trend,” said Todd Schires, Senior Vendor Business Manager at Ingram Micro. “Highfive provides an all-in-one conferencing platform with both hardware and software, allowing us to give more value to our customers, with a streamlined sales process.”
Best Buy is excited to add a modern conferencing option to their portfolio and to provide enterprise customers with a cutting-edge, versatile, and affordable solution that will improve collaboration across their organizations, big or small. To prepare partners such as Best Buy, Highfive is launching an official channel program to give dealers everything they need to effectively sell and deploy Highfive. Through the program, resale partners gain more flexibility to see the third-party sales process through to the end.
“As the business demand for a conferencing platform that can manage every use case grows, our channel partner initiatives are paramount to equipping enterprises with the solution they need to improve team communication and workflow,” said Bobby Marhamat, CRO of Highfive. “Our certified partners are more than just a resource to deliver Highfive, we want to empower them with everything they need to provide customers full service—from purchase to deployment to maintenance.”
Highfive’s recent growth has centered on its enterprise offerings and channel presence. The February investment and partnership with Dimension Data was reinforced by the March introduction of†Highfive Premium. With Ingram Micro and Best Buy, Highfive is doubling down on the IT channel and bringing its solution to the mass IT market.
