Microsoft announced last week that CSP Direct Bill Partners, in addition to all the other program prerequisites, will be on the hook for $300K in annual revenue in 2021. This new requirement is shaking up the CSP community, as many Direct CSPs have come to the realization that their current business model does not support…
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COLUMBUS, OH — July 13, 2021 — Velosio today announced it has been named a finalist of Indirect Provider 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. “We are humbled…
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Happy New Year to Microsoft who have just kicked off Q1 of their Fiscal Year 2022. With this new fiscal year comes some new announcements. Microsoft just announced the launch of the Dynamics 365 Cloud Migration promotion on August 1, 2021. This new promotion provides discounted Dynamics 365 online services to drive customers’ migration to the cloud. It also supports customers who have…
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The other week, the White House penned an open letter to all US companies, asking them to take urgent action against the growing threat of ransomware attacks. The letter follows attacks on the Colonial Pipeline and on one of the country’s largest meat supplies, JBS. In these types of takeover attacks, cyber criminals demand payment…
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In April, Stratos Cloud reviewed how partners can leverage Advanced Projects by Progressus for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to meet their professional services industry and project-based prospect requirements and win more business. With our deep resources and subject matter experts, the Stratos Cloud team helps partners deliver an integrated solution for project management, billing and inventory management to their SMB professional services prospects and customers so they can stay ahead of the competition leveraging Microsoft’s…
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To begin to answer the question of why it is important to go vertical, we need to first understand what that means. “Going vertical” refers to businesses specializing in a niche by offering services and products that cater to and fulfill the requirements of a particular industry. So, why go vertical? Because of the opportunity.…
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Advanced Projects by Progressus and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central delivers an integrated solution to the professional services industry by addressing industry requirements with project management, billing, and inventory management functionalities. Advanced Projects is a single, cloud-based solution that provides what professional services companies need, including robust business management functionality such as financial management and…
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Stratos Cloud Alliance, a Microsoft Indirect CSP Provider who specializes in Dynamics 365, is also a certified Microsoft ISV Development Center. Our development team brings fresh and innovative thinking to support ISVs and our partners in realizing value faster when creating solutions and applications that extend functionality to meet customer requirements. On April 19th, 2021,…
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Last week the Directions North America conference, the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central event driven by Partners – for Partners, was held “virtually”. The three-day event included keynote speakers, exciting announcements and more. Were you unable to attend? Read on as our team at Stratos Cloud Alliance shares what they took away from the event.…
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“How Partners can Leverage Advanced Projects to Meet the Professional Services Industry and Project-based Prospect Requirements to Win more Business” The professional services industry is changing. Buyer behavior has shifted dramatically and there is a greater commoditization of traditional services. Due to these market pressures, business decision-makers are looking for ways to increase revenue, improve…
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Stratos Cloud Alliance’s partner model, no experience required. Wow. As I was catching up on partner channel news I was shocked at what I was reading. My first thought – was our marketing team cloned? When I reached out to inquire, imagine my utter surprise to discover our marketing team celebrating. Celebrating! That immediately spiked…
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