July 8, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – groupSPARK Founder and Senior Executive Officer Ravi Agarwal will speak at the 2008 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, it was reported yesterday. The conference will be held in Houston, Texas, USA, July 7-10, 2008, and is expected to receive 10,000 participants, all Microsoft Partners, who will attend to “gain insight into business growth opportunities and Microsoft product innovation”.
The conference will offer a range of presentations and events designed to offer “insights and experiences on the latest industry issues and strategies on business success”. Mr. Agarwal will share his experience as head of a leading SaaS provider and “address the benefits and opportunities available for resellers through private-label hosted services”. He will particularly offer insight into “how to build a steady stream of recurring revenue through private-label hosted software services and the pros and cons of deploying an in-house SaaS solution vs. partnering with a private label provider”.
Mr. Agarwal is scheduled to appear a number of times during the conference; Monday - July 7th 10:45 AM–12:00 PM, 2:30–3:35 PM, when he will talk part in a discussion entitled “Small Business Symposium: Transformation To Software Plus Services: Expand Your Business By Selling Hosted Services With Your Brand”, Monday, July 7th 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, in a discussion entitled “Industry Partner Forum: Hosting and Delivering Your Online Services”, Tuesday, July 8th 4:30 PM-5:30 PM, in a discussion entitled “Build a Recurring Revenue Stream: Resell Branded Hosted Services”, and Tuesday, July 8th 2:00–2:30 PM, 5:30–6:00 PM, in a discussion entitled Build vs. Partner: When Is It Better to Partner With A Private Label Provider vs. Rolling Out Your Own SaaS Solution?
“The SaaS market continues to grow at a rapid pace as small and mid-size businesses discover that they can take immediate advantage of industry-leading Fortune-500 messaging and collaboration tools as hosted services at a price they can easily absorb,” explained Mr. Agarwal. “Therefore, resellers are searching for a way to offer these services to their customers under their own brand, increasing customer retention and recurring revenue per user.
“Through these sessions we will discuss how Microsoft partners can begin reselling private label hosted services to their customers in as little as 30 minutes, with no risk, and capitalize on this significant business opportunity. The ability to resell hosted Exchange Server 2007, hosted SharePoint Services, hosted Dynamics CRM and provide support for mobile devices under their own brand gives resellers a significant advantage over their competitors,” he added.
Located in Burlington, Massachusetts, groupSPARK, a mindSHIFT company, is a leading provider of SaaS services, such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and Dynamics CRM, which can be completely private labeled and resold by partners. groupSPARK will be situated in booth #1070 on the Expo floor and in the Microsoft hosting pavilion at the conference.
