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Software + Services Enabling Partners for ISVs
The partners listed below deliver products and services that enable independent software vendors (ISVs) to better harness the full potential of Software+Services. If you are an ISV looking to move to an S+S model, it is important to consider all elements of making this transition—both technical and business. These partners can ease your transition through their product and service offerings for ISVs.
Absolute Performance
Absolute Performance
Absolute Performance, a leading Application Performance Management service provider, enables business executives to deliver their critical applications at lower cost and higher value to their customers. We do this with a production application lifecycle management approach encompassing:
  • Business Requirements—help define them to be operationally and business relevant
  • Development—provide deep application instrumentation, monitoring, and stress testing services that can be instantly deployed in the production environment thereby enabling operations and development teams to talk the same language and solve problems faster
  • Production Operations—provide proactive 24x7 application operations expertise backed with comprehensive application level SLAs and KPIs
  • Capacity Planning and Performance Optimization—provide business relevant capacity planning and continuous proactive performance optimization services

    We leverage our patented System Shepherd Application Performance Management software, WebWalk End-User Experience Validation and StressWalk Pre-Production Stress Testing software to deliver deep instrumentation for any application.

  • www.absolute-performance.com
BackupAgent
BackupAgent
The BackupAgent solution consists of client and server software to support desktop and laptop backup, and on-premises server backup, including Exchange Server and SQL Server. The client software is available for both consumer and small and mid-sized business customers. The server software, installed in the service provider data center, is fully integrated with the Microsoft Hosted Messaging & Collaboration (HMC) solution and Active Directory. Additionally, leading control panel vendors include support of BackupAgent in their platforms.

The software offers a private-label reseller model, which makes it attractive for service providers in the business-to-business market.

The BackupAgent licensing model for service providers is similar to Microsoft’s SPLA program.
eVAPT
eVAPT
eVapt Inc. has built a monetization platform for online services and enables the pay-as-you-use model for software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web 2.0, and cloud computing. eVapt is uniquely positioned to service the needs of telecom and IT industry online service providers. eVapt’s scalable solution handles packaging, pricing, subscription management, billing mediation, analytics, and payment collection for online services, allowing vendors to focus on their core competency of providing the service. Vendors benefit because our product helps them expand into new markets, assure revenue stream, and recognize operational efficiencies. The company was formed in 2006 by software industry veterans to enable enterprises, small businesses, and individuals to buy business services on-demand. eVapt has developed a generic metering capability that facilitates rapid integration with existing online services. It was recognized as a finalist in the Innotech Austin 2008 new technologies category.
IP Applications
IP Applications
IP Application's on-demand subscription billing and payments platform enables independent software vendors (ISVs) and hosted service providers to quickly and professionally monetize their services. Integrate with the most sophisticated subscription billing platform in the cloud and get to market fast, avoid costly custom development, and eliminate manual billing and accounts receivable.
For your business:
  • Choose from a flexible product catalog that allows creative bundling and pricing models
  • Build on a sophisticated rating engine that turns metered data into billing line items
  • Support tiered & bracketed usage, promotions, bundling, and variable payment frequencies
  • Invoice or automate payments with PCI Compliant credit card and bank transactions
  • Automate A/R communication to reduce manual effort from payment exceptions
  • Enable and track reseller sales
  • Report on the crucial metrics of a subscription business
For Your Subscribers:
  • Provide a subscription storefront and self-service portal you can customize using our open APIs
  • Integrate all storefront and self-service portal activity seamlessly with your service.
Mural Ventures
Mural Ventures
Mural Ventures brings the experience of owning and operating their own software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies to Microsoft ISV and service provider partners in the form of technical readiness, business readiness, and sales acceleration consulting services. Mural’s Business Design Session workshops for Hosted Messaging & Collaboration (HMC) present service providers with the opportunity to benefit from industry best practices for the sales and marketing of Microsoft HMC offerings. Mural’s Key Success Factors framework provides a way to easily understand areas for improvement and prioritize the actions needed to make your business a success.