CRN’s annual list recognizes up-and-coming female leaders in the IT channel

DRAPER, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)–StorageCraft, an Arcserve company, whose mission is to protect all data and ensure its constant availability, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Kate Saign, web and special projects manager, to its 2021 list of Rising Female Stars. This list honors up-and-coming, talented women in the IT channel whose contributions are shaping the future of the IT channel through their leadership, tireless dedication, and innovative ideas.

Selected by the CRN editorial team, the 2nd annual Rising Female Stars list features exceptional channel leadership candidates. Honorees are chosen for their unique experience, expertise, impact on their partners, and dedication to the IT channel. These women are playing key roles in helping their organizations maintain and grow their channel partner programs across a multitude of disciplines, including marketing, program management, and partner engagement.

In addition to other MarCom tasks, Saign collaborates with the channel marketing team to ensure the StorageCraft website provides partners and prospective partners with the information and guidance they need to understand StorageCraft solutions and how they help solve data management, protection, and recovery challenges. By 2025, 80 percent of B2B transactions between vendors and their channel partners will occur in digital channels.1 This statistic highlights the importance of the web for engaging with prospective and current partners.

The recent merger of Arcserve and StorageCraft positions the combined company to provide its partners with the broadest data protection and management solutions portfolio under one roof—one that addresses every use case and every business continuity challenge. Partners can rely on a single vendor for an agile ecosystem that manages data workloads in all environments—and protects and recovers data in the event of a cyberthreat, human error, and natural disaster.

Supporting Quotes

Blaine Raddon, CEO, The Channel Company

“CRN’s 2021 Rising Female Stars list recognizes professionals displaying an unwavering commitment toward channel growth and excellence. These future leaders are driving tomorrow’s innovations for today’s organizations. On behalf of The Channel Company, we congratulate all the honorees. What these women are accomplishing today will define the IT channel for many years to come.”

Shridar Subramanian, CMO, StorageCraft, an Arcserve company

“Kate is a truly terrific colleague. She’s also a hard worker and problem-solver who’s respected by her colleagues for being cool under pressure and easy to work with as much as for her competence and professional qualifications. She is an asset to the StorageCraft marketing team. We’re pleased and proud that CRN has chosen to include her on its annual list of rising female stars.”

The 2021 list of Rising Female Stars will be featured online at www.CRN.com/risingstars.

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About StorageCraft, an Arcserve Company

StorageCraft, an Arcserve Company, provides the broadest set of best-in-class solutions to manage, protect and recover all data workloads, regardless of size, location, or complexity. The company’s unified solution portfolio, comprising Arcserve and StorageCraft technology, eliminates complexity while bringing best-in-class, cost-effective, agile, and massively scalable data protection and certainty across all data environments. This includes on-prem, off-prem (including DRaaS, BaaS, and Cloud-to-Cloud), hyper-converged, and edge infrastructure. With decades of award-winning IP, plus a continuous focus on innovation, partners and customers are assured of the fastest route to next-generation data workloads and infrastructures. As an Arcserve company, StorageCraft is 100% channel-centric and has a presence in over 150 countries. For more information, visit storagecraft.com.

StorageCraft, OneXafe, ShadowXafe, OneSystem, and ShadowProtect are trademarks of StorageCraft Technology, LLC. Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright 2021 StorageCraft Technology, LLC. All rights reserved.

1 Gartner Says 80% of B2B Sales Interactions Between Suppliers and Buyers Will Occur in Digital Channels by 2025

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Arcserve

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