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AppDirect Announces First Full Software Stack for Cloud Service Commerce
Today at AppDirect
ENGAGE, AppDirect's annual summit and the industry's only event
dedicated to cloud service commerce, the company announced the launch of
a new solution stack that is the first purpose-built for cloud service
commerce. Now at the core of the AppDirect platform, the Cloud
Monetization Suite and Cloud Management Suite unify the technology
needed to monetize and manage cloud services and serve to unite every
stakeholder-providers, developers, and consumers-in the cloud service
commerce ecosystem. AppDirect's unified platform represents a
game-changing upgrade to the company's technology and is the only
complete offering of its kind available on the market today.
Vodafone, one of the world's largest telecommunications service
providers, is the newest AppDirect partner to leverage the revamped
platform to power cloud service sales and distribution to Vodafone's
business customers in Italy. Working with AppDirect, Vodafone now offers
popular cloud services, including Microsoft Office 365 and Google (News - Alert) Apps
for Work. In addition to these leading apps, Vodafone offers its own
Smart Solutions, a set of applications designed for Vodafone customers
in industries such as hospitality, professional services, manufacturing
and construction.
"Our customers look to us to provide them with the services and
technology they need to run their businesses," said Jeni Mundy, Group
Enterprise Product Management Director at Vodafone. "With AppDirect's
unified platform, we're able to provide a better and richer experience
to our customers. We can offer in one single place a wide range of cloud
services like Vodafone Moile Device Manager, Microsoft Office 365,
Google and other cloud applications to our business customers and
provide them with the tools they need to get the most out of those
services."
AppDirect's new stack brings together solutions that AppDirect has
developed in house with all of the technology assets that it has
acquired from its family of companies. Since 2009, AppDirect has made
six acquisitions from across the cloud industry, including Xendo,
Radialpoint (News - Alert), AppCarousel, Leftronic, Standing Cloud and jBilling. These
technologies offer solutions for complex billing, cross-application
search, single sign-on, technical support, analytics, application
packaging and orchestration, as well as other critical components.
"Business transformation is the ultimate goal of every company that
embarks on the cloud journey, and today AppDirect is making it easier
than ever before to overcome obstacles on that often difficult road,"
said Daniel Saks, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AppDirect. "With our full
solution stack for cloud service commerce, every player in the global
software ecosystem will benefit from a better cloud experience that can
be seamlessly managed and more easily monetized."
The revamped AppDirect platform also offers capabilities in key growth
areas, such as the Internet of Things (IoT) as well as mobile, including
a new product called MyApps Mobile. An easy to customize white-label
solution, MyApps Mobile is a version of the portal that business
consumers access when they buy and use cloud applications from
AppDirect-powered providers. These providers can brand the app and make
it available for download in the Google Play Store or Apple (News - Alert) App Store.
When users authenticate their accounts, they gain access to all of their
cloud services on their mobile devices. The application also supports
both native and web applications.
Today's announcement was made at AppDirect ENGAGE, AppDirect's annual
summit and the industry's only event dedicated to cloud service
commerce. The event featured speakers from Microsoft, Google, Dropbox,
and many others, as well as industry leaders including Mike Dorosh,
Research Director at Gartner (News - Alert) Inc., and Maxwell Wessell, Vice President
of Sapphire Ventures and member of the World Economic Council.
More details of the revamped AppDirect Cloud Commerce Platform can be
found at www.appdirect.com.
About AppDirect
AppDirect is the cloud service commerce leader, making software and
products accessible to businesses globally. The AppDirect cloud service
commerce platform unites providers, developers, and business consumers
into a single ecosystem for buying, selling and managing cloud services,
ultimately helping businesses gain access to the services they need to
thrive. AppDirect-powered marketplaces, billing and distribution, and
reselling services help providers - including Comcast (News - Alert), ADP, Zendesk,
Deutsche Telekom and others - connect more than 30 million businesses to
solutions from Microsoft, Google, GoDaddy, and more. AppDirect is
headquartered in San Francisco with 13 global offices.
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