Virtualisation & Cloud
A new path to high-margin solutions and services
Don’t miss out on a major opportunity in virtualisation and cloud services!
Virtualisation and cloud services are projected to grow FAST. With worldwide small and midsize
business (SMB) spending on server virtualisation reaching $1.2 billion in 2012 and predicted annual
growth of 18.1%, it’s an attractive business for any partner1. SMB spending on cloud-based services is
also exploding, with predicted growth of 24% per year2.
Microsoft continues to enrich our products’ capabilities with the goal of providing solutions that make
customers more productive at a lower cost. This also helps make your business more profitable, as the
money customers save on software frees up more budget for your high-margin services. Here are
three great examples of how you can actively participate in this opportunity by delivering solutions
and services built on virtualisation and cloud technologies.
3 Key Partner Opportunities in Virtualisation & Cloud
Server
Consolidation
Disaster
Recovery
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83% of SMBs say reducing hardware costs is a key motivator to
virtualize3. With a complete virtualisation platform built-in, Windows
Server 2012 can help customers maximize server utilization—saving
them money and freeing up budget for more services. It also helps
minimize the pain associated with upgrade, because virtualisation
makes it easy to move workloads to new servers with no downtime.
40% of businesses hit by disaster never reopen4. Yet historically the
cost of disaster recovery solutions has put them out of reach for
SMBs. Now you can make disaster recovery attainable for SMBs and
generate a new ongoing revenue stream. Deliver disaster recovery
as a hosted solution or as a cloud-based service using technology
included in Windows Server 2012.
Scalable
Storage
With the explosion of data in the workplace, many SMBs need the
scalability of a Storage Area Network (SAN) but can’t afford the
price. With Storage Spaces, included in Windows Server 2012, you
can deliver the rich functionality of a SAN at a fraction of the upfront cost. Then you can continue to earn revenue helping your
customers scale their storage over time as their businesses grow.
34% of SMBs will invest in virtualisation technologies over the
next 12 months.
– Spiceworks
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