Zyme Connect Partner Program Amplifies the Business Value of Decision-Grade Channel Data

REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 8, 2016) - Zyme, the market leader in the rapidly growing discipline of channel data management (CDM), today announced the addition of several new partners to the Zyme Connect Partner Program, including Perks, Steelwedge and Xactly. Global enterprises, ISVs and SIs can now leverage Zyme's decision-grade channel data via zymeConnect(SM) APIs to seamlessly power best-in-class business applications for sales commissioning, partner incentives, demand planning, partner relationship management (PRM) and more. 

Customers can now extend the zyme cloud platform 3.0 to other applications from Zyme Connect Partners, so that high-quality channel data can be accessed in a secure, on-demand and hassle-free manner, with lower integration costs. Zyme Connect Partners can offer their customers faster time-to-value, and minimize implementation costs and data integration effort. Importantly, enterprises can begin to realize the vision of a "single source of truth" for channel data across various mission-critical business processes. For example:

• Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) solutions can now include channel sales to calculate commissions accurately at a partner or sales-rep level
• Loyalty rewards solutions can now attribute rewards points accurately based on actual sales transaction data
• Partner portals can serve up validated rebate statements to partners, and map partner registration processes more accurately using Zyme's Global Channel Directory
• Supply chain and demand planning teams can make decisions based on real-time, fully informed perspectives of demand and the inventory positions to serve it

These partners chose to join the Zyme Connect Partner Program because of Zyme's leadership position in the CDM industry, amplifying the business value of their solutions for customers that sell through indirect channels. Zyme covers distributors and resellers in more than 150 countries and 15 languages, and is on track to process more than $175 billion in channel revenues and more than 1 billion transactions annually in 2016 for leading global manufacturers. Pre-built integrations offered with Zyme Connect Partners allow access to high-quality Zyme data through secure zymeConnect(SM) APIs based on industry-leading standards for customer confidentiality and data security.

"Data is the currency in cloud-based enterprise software, and the Zyme Connect Partner Program is an important step in making channel data available to various business applications in the enterprise," said Zyme Vice President of Strategic Sales Mukund Ramaratnam. "Customers can now get more value from their investments in the zyme cloud platform 3.0."

To learn more about the Zyme Connect Partner Program, or to become a Zyme Connect Partner, please contact inquiry@zymesolutions.com.

What Partners Are Saying About the Zyme Connect Partner Program

"We are excited to join the Zyme Connect Partner Program, and look forward to helping customers build more effective channel incentive programs by leveraging Zyme's CDM capabilities. With zymeConnect(SM) and Perks' Enterprise Engagement Engine(SM) (E3), manufacturers can easily create and manage channel incentive and loyalty programs powered by timely and accurate point-of-sales data, to deliver a superior partner experience." - Claudio Ayub, Chief Channel Strategist at Perks

"Connecting Zyme data with Steelwedge's PlanStreaming empowers companies to take a data-driven approach to sales and supply chain issues, such as pinpointing market opportunities by channel and product line at a granular level and reacting quickly and confidently to correct imbalances between inventory and demand." - Dhruv Bansal, VP Product Management, Steelwedge

"The Zyme Connect Partner Program brings the power of our enterprise-class incentive compensation solution to channel organizations immediately through our seamless integration. The ability to access accurate channel sales data in real time is a significant benefit of being a Zyme Connect Partner, and customers can benefit from improved channel sales performance that will come as a result of incenting the right behavior." - Steve DeMarco, Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Alliances, Xactly Corporation

About Zyme
Zyme provides the leading channel data management (CDM) cloud platform, delivering critical downstream visibility for global companies that leverage distributors, resellers, retailers and e-tailers to sell their products. Zyme's flexible, real-time data platform powers the New Smart Channel(SM), a proven approach to acquiring actionable knowledge that enterprises need to accelerate partner sales and optimize marketing ROI. With a channel directory of more than 1.5 million partners, Zyme processes more than one billion transactions annually across more than 150 countries, providing decision-grade intelligence to optimize business processes like sales execution, inventory management, partner rebates and incentives, marketing and financial compliance.

Pre-built integrations with Salesforce and other innovative cloud solution providers help Zyme's industry-leading customers, including Amazon, Dell, Fujitsu, GoPro, Lenovo, Microsoft, Plantronics, Seagate, Symantec, VMware and Xerox use channel intelligence to solve core business problems. Headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA, Zyme has offices in India, Texas, China and the UK. For more information, visit www.Zyme.com.