Candefero

Candefero is a community for IT and telecommunications channel partners, organised around research rather than networking. Members get access to market research and analysis, and in return contribute survey responses, polls and vendor feedback that shape it. That exchange is the whole model, and it makes the community useful for a different reason than a peer group: the value is data, not contacts.

What members get

• Access to Canalys market research across areas including cybersecurity, cloud and infrastructure
• Vendor benchmarking, showing how partners rate the vendors they work with
• Surveys, polls and direct interaction with analysts
• Webinars and event benefits
• An influencer programme with tiered recognition based on contribution

Who it is for

Employees of authorized IT channel partners: distributors, resellers, managed service providers, systems integrators and value-added resellers. Technology vendors participate on paid subscriptions rather than free membership, so the free tier is genuinely partner-side.

Who runs it

The site is owned and operated by Informa TechTarget, with the research supplied by Canalys, which sits within the same group.

How to join

Registration is free for verified channel partners and requires a company email address for verification. Emerging vendors can receive basic access subject to qualification. A current member count is not published.