Two Leading Cloud Service Providers Select MSPexcellence to Enhance Their Indirect Channel Programs

External IT and Global Micro SA select MSPexcellence to build an indirect sales channel program to increase market adoption of cloud services with a network of certified Cloud Solutions Providers.Andover, MA February 09, 2012

Global Micro, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, operates a network of virtual private data centers running state-of-the-art virtualization innovation as a platform for cloud services. Available on this platform is an extensive portfolio of hosted applications and services that VARs and MSPs can offer to their clients and integrate with their existing managed services solutions. Global Micro’s hosted services include the full spectrum of productivity solutions including hosted Microsoft Exchange servers and Office on Demand services that provide unified messaging, collaboration and real-time communications services at a low cost per user. As well available is a sophisticated cloud backup and disaster recovery service that provides off-site backup for the customer’s critical information assets as so then as virtual servers that offer a flexible, scalable and cost effective way to expand the customer’s IT infrastructure into the cloud.

“Global Micro engaged the services of MSPexcellence to do what we could not do alone - guide us to a profitable and scalable channels-based model that will solidify our position as the leading research provider in South Africa,” commented JJ Milner, Managing Director of Global Micro. “MSPexcellence helps us to accomplish our goals by being part of our team, diving into the details and delivering strategy, content and producing very professional customer and partner facing materials that enable and accelerate the sales process.”

According to Todd Hussey, Partner and Co-founder of MSPexcellence, “The channel is perfectly positioned to profit from the cloud. There has never been a more pressing need for a trusted advisor to demystify the innovation and offer a fully managed cloud solutions that minimize the risks and maximize the rewards of cloud computing for their clients. We are excited to join forces with External IT and Global Micro to combine their leading-edge innovation solutions with our sales and marketing formula to fully enable their partners to play this important role.”