Channelinsight, the leader in channel sales management solutions, has been included in the list of “Cool Vendors” in the Cool Vendors in Sales, Channel and Marketing Services, 2012 report published by Gartner, Inc.

Each year, Gartner identifies new Cool Vendors in key technology areas and issues a series of research reports highlighting these innovative vendors and their products and services. Channelinsight was chosen because of the groundbreaking capabilities of its cloud-based channel sales management solution to help companies grow their channel sales with programs driven by real-time, actionable data.

“We value Gartner’s research and analytic contributions to our industry and are thrilled to be recognized as a cool vendor,” said David Bacon, vice president of technology with Channelinsight. “Having Gartner acknowledge our Channel Sales Management is very cool indeed.”

“We believe inclusion as a “Cool Vendor” helps spread the word that our mission is to help our customers—IT vendors—improve their channel sales performance” continued David Bacon. “It’s an age-old challenge, but our solution is “cool” for executives who are responsible for implementing sales and marketing initiatives and making them successful.”

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