Keross Partnership Program
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Why Partner with Keross ?
v1.1 17 Feb 09
Economy is changing• Economy Recession will last min. 2 years• Decision now taken by C-Level• CAPEX being rejected by Management • Time for cost rationalization and OPEX
reduction• Business is King; IT is just a commodity
How does it affect your offering ? • Very few projects will be closed
• Demand for cost-effective Managed Services will increase
• Support contracts without additional value will be canceled
• Strong business commitment will be required
• Every sale will have to relate to the client’s business; not just a technical offering
How can Vision 24/7 help ?• Vision 24/7 is:
– Subscription based; no CAPEX
– Cost effective; allows a headcount reduction on operational tasks, save telecom costs
– Quickly deployed; allows you to install & invoice on the same day
– Delivered 24 x 7 x 365
– Rebrand with your logo
• Recurrent Revenue
• Allows you to deliver new and unique offers :
– Active Support
– Remote Infrastructure Management
– Business Dashboards
Some Figures• Active Support
# Cust. Revenue Avg Gross Margin
Year 1 10 $150k 45%
Year 2 50 $900k 50%
Year 3 200 $2,000k 60%
# Cust. Revenue Avg Gross Margin
Year 1 5 $750k 50%
Year 2 20 $3,000k 55%
Year 3 50 $9,000k 60%
• Remote Infrastructure Management
Our Partnership Strategy• No Direct Business• Partner with Value Added Services Providers:
– IT Specialists– Vendors– Business Services Providers
• Partner protected on Registered Opportunities• Full Sales & Technical Training to make Partner
autonomous• Dedicated Offers combining Vision 24/7 with
Partner Services• Common Marketing and PR Actions for promotion
Keross VAP Agreement• Initial Duration: One Year
• 2-Tier Agreement with 35% Discount on List Price– If initial target not achieved, discount goes down to 20%
• 2 Pre-Sales to be Trained & Certified
• Full Pre-Sales and Post-Sales support
• 24/7 Email Support, Chat Features
• Marketing Budget
• No Geographical Exclusivity
Next Steps• Partnership Contract Signature (incl. Qualys and Catbird
reselling)
• Define Partner offer package delivered using Vision 24/7
• Customer Selection to evaluate Partner Offer through POC
• GoToMarket Action Plan Definition– Dedicated Marketing Campaign
– Lead Generation using Cold Calling
– Common Press Release using First Customer
• Rebranding of our Documentation and Portal (Optional)
• Sales and Technical Training
• Full Support during first Pre and Post Sales Activities