Telx® has announced its top partners of 2014. The annual awards recognize those partners that have excelled and demonstrated notable growth throughout the year.

Telx has built a strong reputation based on trust, flexibility, and the ability to deliver an industry-leading portfolio of colocation, interconnection and data center services. This enables partners to expand their portfolio of service offerings and to help their customers apply technology in new and innovative ways. Telx is committed to provide the best-in-class channel program available to help partners continue to deliver world class business solutions.  In fact, Telx paid out over $4.7M in agent commissions in 2014, which is a 24% increase year-over-year. 

After restructuring and expanding the Telx Partner Program in 2014 to meet the demands of the growing ecosystem of national partners, Telx is recognizing their top partners who strive to deliver excellent customer service, close the most deals, and demonstrate significant growth by expanding their client ecosphere.

This year's top performing agency partner awards are:

  • 2014 Telx Partner of the Year: COLOpeople
    COLOpeople is recognized as Telx Partner of the Year for achieving the highest percentage of growth and recurring monthly revenue
  • 2014 Telx Gold Partner: Bridgepointe Technologies
    Bridgepointe Technologies is recognized as Telx Gold Partner of the year for recurring monthly revenue exceeding $1M
  • 2014 Telx Silver Partner: StrataCore
    StrataCore is recognized as a Telx Silver Partner for recurring monthly revenue exceeding $500K
  • 2014 Telx Silver Partner: AVANT Communications
    AVANT Communications is recognized as a Telx Silver Partner for recurring monthly revenue exceeding $500K
  • 2014 Telx Strategic Sale of the Year: Presidio
    Presidio is recognized as the Telx Strategic Sale of the Year for their expansion of services into the North American data center market for a notable international client

"Telx has one of the strongest national data center presences and is second to none when it comes to connectivity options," said Rick Stenberg, CEO, COLOpeople.  "Working with Telx is incredibly easy and by leveraging their Cloud Xchange partner ecosystem, they are always able to help us provide the exact solution to meet the needs of our diverse client roster while enabling our growth at the same time."

Telx has restructured the Partner Program by adding additional resources as well as expanding the organization to increase its regional focus in strategic markets. Telx also has a dedicated executive team responsible for channel strategy and partner alignment who are committed to delivering the best, partner-centric program in the industry.

"Telx has a rich history of success with channel partners and we take great pride in the diverse and dynamic ecosystem of partner agents we work with and are honoring those that excelled in 2014," said Chris Downie, CEO, Telx. "In fact, 2014 was a strong year for Telx and its partners with a 49% growth in channel-produced monthly recurring revenue."