Umbrellar’s MyCSP portal is ready for a global launch with the goal of winning against large system integrators.

Dave Howden (Umbrella)

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Umbrellar’s new CEO, Dave Howden, praised the success of what he described as “New Zealand’s most devastating ecosystem.”

The ecosystem he was referring to was Umbrellar’s MyCSP platform. Release Last November, we aimed to renew the Microsoft Azure cloud model.

so Video update Earlier this month, Howden said the acquisition of a partner at MyCSP established more than 400 individual connections from more than 60 partners.

Talk to Reseller newsBut he said that number of them has grown to 75 partners and 800 individuals.

According to Howden, Umbrella has quadrupled his investment to support and build the ecosystem ahead of the planned global expansion mid-year.

The comprehensive strategy was to leverage the New Zealand market to develop “good looking” before launch.

This puts Umbrellar in direct competition with industry leaders such as Ingram Micro, which has a CloudBlue ecosystem.

“We will continue to invest next year, selling sellers, business development, inbound people, engineers and marketers together,” Howden said in a statement.

According to Howden, Umbrella is investing in partner business development by hiring a business development manager to help partners win deals with large system integrators by cooperating, co-selling and supporting them. It is said that

Former Umbrellar cloud director, Howden I took the reins He became CEO in December and will replace Michael Foley, who is now chairman.

Following the sale of Umbrellar’s Freeparking web hosting and domain name business, this appointment focused on cloud migration with key partnerships with Microsoft, HPE, VMware and others.

The company announced that the MyCSP platform was at the heart of Umbrellar’s aggressive growth plans in New Zealand and abroad for use by both businesses and resellers.

Meanwhile, Umbrellar’s Partner Marketing and Sales Operations Manager, Nadia Phillips, welcomed Ian Hassell as head of revenue on a half-time basis.

According to Philips, Hassel, a former Microsoft NZ corporate channel manager, was responsible for helping build a strong sales team and goal-achieving process.

“He’s been a huge strength for Umbrellar and shows that we’re investing in ecosystems and partners,” said Philips.

She also welcomed Hazelyan as a MyCSP specialist. She said she was the first member of a sales team to help Umbrellar understand how it can drive the growth and value of its partners.

According to Phillips, Yang had previously worked on the “AWS side” at Westcon.

“We took her from the dark side to Microsoft,” she jokingly said.

Philips introduced our partners through key features of MyCSP. Includes Microsoft program updates, a trading desk where partners can register deals, and support from Microsoft.

She says these and other resources can help partners build their businesses and add value.

“MyCSP is a great way to increase pension income and we saw at COVID in 2020 how important it is,” she said.

Much work was done at Partner Central, where leads and referrals were generated by opportunities notified from the Microsoft Marketplace or from accounts managed by Microsoft.

She said more and more features are being added, including analytics, incentives, and co-operative funding for marketing to help you navigate “record partner” files and competencies.

Alex Basan, Head of Products and Commerce at Umbrellar, leads the developers and engineers working on MyCSP.

Basan said the main feature released in mid-February will be MyCSP analytics, with some very big features coming out.

This provides information about subscriptions, for example, and adds value based on the knowledge Umbrellar had about its partner customers.

This allows you to make decisions based on real-world data about measures such as churn and reveal how much your partner has saved by working through Umbrellar.

Basan said his team is also working on better coordination between the MyCSP product catalog and Microsoft’s product catalog. Discounts have also been added, allowing partners to specify discounts by product category or for specific customers.

It also included additional information about order history and license upgrades and downgrades.