International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners India (IAMCP) West Chapter recently organized a seminar on “Partner Opportunities with Enterprise Mobility Solutions.” Satabdee Hait, Partner Technical Specialist, Microsoft educated the partners on enormous business opportunities in the Enterprise Mobility.
Satabdee Hait explained partners that how multiple devices were being used in a company which were a mix of Windows, Androids, iPhones, etc. and in various form factors like PC, laptop, Tablets, Smart phones in today’s world. He said that Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) was an accepted fact across the enterprises. However, devices need access to corporate information which should be a secure access.
Mr. Hait also talked about current trends in the Technology domain. He said that mobile apps can be hosted on Azure. Every Company needs Business Intelligence to make use of Big Data and Microsoft has solutions for both BI and Big Data.
He also explained the partners about the benefits of Cloud Storage Device from Microsoft. He said that it was very easy for customer to move data from On Premise to Cloud. Talking about various benefits of Azure, had said that Identity Management could be handled by Azure AD and Data Protection could be done using Azure RMS. Thus a partner has multiple opportunities in offering Mobility Solutions to Customers.
Suresh Ramani, President, IAMCP India West outlined the areas where the IAMCP would focus, namely Mobility, Cloud, Platforms, Productivity. He informed the members that the Board was in the process of devising a partnering framework, which would assist the partners in partnering with other partners.
“This framework would involve the partnering process, types of partnering, suggested margin distribution and mediation services from IAMCP in case of dispute”, Mr. Ramani said.
Concluding the session Ramani mentioned that Microsoft has a fantastic Mobility Story to offer via Lumia Devices, Intune manageability, Office 365 and Azure . So partners could pick and choose their focus area.