PaaS for VARs is the Real Cloud Opportunity
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 16:19 by dCheng
Scott Dahlgren at The VAR Guy posted an article today about how VARs, solution providers, MSPs and others in the IT channel can really capitalize on cloud computing. Specifically he looks at how the PaaS model presents the widest opportunity for the channel to be involved in the cloud. He states:
The current trend is improving time to market and time to revenue which is greatly dependent on how quickly you can build and deploy an application. The opportunity to add value now is not so much in technical competency but in a Partner’s understanding of the business problem that needs to be solved and then building that application in a way that adds the most immediate value to the business.
He also highlights the LongJump partner program:
LongJump launched their VAR program last quarter that provides a development platform, backup, storage, ability to scale easily, network, security, and pre-built applications for $15/user/month. Partners can then develop web applications and sell them for whatever price they choose.
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January 19th, 2010 at 2:26 am
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Andrew C. Smith says:
February 19th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Thanks in advance for your kind and generous input.