Telx VP of Channels & Alliances Recognized for Partner Program Policy and Innovation by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine
New York, NY (February 23, 2011) – Telx®, a leading interconnection and colocation provider in strategic North American markets, today announced that Kirk Horton, Vice President of Channels and Alliances, has been named a 2011 Channel Chief by the Everything Channel’s CRN. This year’s Channel Chiefs were chosen by the Everything Channel editorial team based on criteria that included policy and program innovations made during the past year, the amount of revenue their company generates through partners, their willingness to speak out publicly on behalf of the channel, and the number of years they have dedicated to channel activities.
In 2010, Telx achieved significant success with its Channel Partner Program, including the addition of Telarus, Wholesale Carrier Services, World Telecom Group and Intelisys as channel partners. Horton also developed and launched an Alliance Program and added International and U.S. participants., including European colocation firmInterxion. Under Horton’s guidance, Telx exceeded 190+ Agents and alliance members, and Telx added internal personnel to support its Channel Partner Program.
“I am honored to be named a 2011 Channel Chief, joining a well-respected roster of industry channel leaders,” said Kirk Horton, VP of Channels for Telx. “Telx’s Channel Partner Program is seeing an increase in demand due to the value of its Global Marketplace of customers and its strategic locations. Our industry-leading community of service providers, financial markets firms, cloud providers and SaaS providers and our interconnection service model makes Telx a great partner in any of our locations.”
A complete list of the 2011 Channel Chiefs is available in the February 21 edition of CRN. For more information, visit http://www.crn.com.
About Telx
Telx is a leading provider of interconnection, colocation and business exchange services in strategic, high demand North American markets. With 15 premier facilities, Telx increases speed to market and reduces connectivity costs by providing direct connections to the industry’s highest performance networks and access to more than 800 leading telecommunications carriers, ISPs, content providers and enterprises. Telx is a privately held company headquartered in New York City with four facilities in the New York Metro area, two facilities in Chicago, two facilities in Dallas, three facilities in California, (Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Clara) and facilities in Atlanta, Miami, Phoenix and Charlotte, N.C. For more information about Telx, visit www.telx.com. Become a fan of Telx on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/telxgroup.
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