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SMART Technologies Becomes an Open Icecat Sponsor to Support Its Channel Partners

SMART Technologies, a global provider of interactive technology solutions, is becoming an Open Icecat sponsor, making its English-language product content freely available to all Icecat users. The collaboration responds to strong demand from SMART’s distributors and resellers, who increasingly rely on Icecat to access standardized product information for their digital channels.

Through Open Icecat, SMART’s partners can more easily integrate official product content into their webshops, product catalogs, and internal systems, reducing manual work and improving consistency across sales channels.

About SMART Technologies

SMART Technologies develops interactive displays, software, and collaboration solutions designed for education and business environments. The company is particularly known for its SMART Board interactive displays, which support collaborative learning, presentations, and teamwork.

Its portfolio includes interactive displays, digital learning tools, and accessories that help schools, businesses, and other organizations create more engaging and connected environments.

With a broad network of distributors and resellers, providing accurate and accessible product information is essential for supporting SMART’s channel partners.

Responding to Partner Demand with Open Icecat

The decision to become an Open Icecat sponsor follows strong interest from SMART’s distribution and reseller network in accessing product information through Icecat.

By sponsoring its English-language product content, SMART makes this information freely available to all Icecat users, allowing partners to retrieve and integrate standardized content through their existing Icecat connections.

Depending on the available product information, partners can access technical specifications, product images, marketing descriptions, documentation, and structured attributes for search, filtering, and comparison.

This approach helps distributors and resellers maintain consistent product listings while reducing the time spent collecting and updating information from multiple sources.

Strengthening Digital Product Distribution

For SMART’s channel partners, reliable product information is especially important when presenting interactive displays and collaboration technologies. Customers often need detailed specifications to compare screen sizes, connectivity options, compatibility, and other technical features.

Through Open Icecat, SMART can provide partners with a centralized source of English-language product content that integrates more easily into webshops and business systems.

By becoming an Open Icecat sponsor, SMART Technologies responds directly to its partners’ needs while strengthening product content distribution across its channel network. The collaboration supports more efficient catalog management and helps distributors and resellers present SMART solutions with accurate and consistent information.

René Rozendal

Chief Business Development Officer - Initiator of the Icecat toys data model together with the toy industry

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