Migration and backup services that support Microsoft’s Office 365 productivity suite and Dynamics 365 CRM are hot commodities. Ingram Micro’s Cloud division is looking to tap into that market demand through a new relationship with AvePoint, which will provide those services exclusively to the Modern Workplace Accelerate program.
The Lowdown: Ingram Micro will offer AvePoint through its Cloud Marketplace to more than 55,000 resellers and managed service providers around the world. Solution providers can use AvePoint’s products to migrate and manage accounts from legacy applications to cloud-connected Office 365 and Dynamics 365 applications. Additionally, AvePoint offers data backup and recovery services for these Microsoft products.
The Details: Ingram will offer AvePoint’s solutions through its marketplaces. Solution providers participating in the Modern Workplace Accelerate program, which provides training and support for developing cloud practices, are eligible for discounted AvePoint services.
Background: Microsoft is making Office 365 adoption a top priority in 2019. There are more than 1.1 billion active legacy on-premises Office licenses in use. Only 10% of the installed base is using Office 365, and few alternatives exist in the market. Microsoft and its partners, such as Ingram, see Office 365 migration and support as a huge opportunity for solution providers. The Ingram Micro and AvePoint relationship is a reflection of that market opportunity.
The Buzz: “With more than 55,000 resellers around the world relying on the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace, we are committed to ensuring our partners have the best solutions, services, and enablement benefits to achieve success in their cloud business,” said Renée Bergeron, senior vice president of cloud computing at Ingram Micro. “We chose AvePoint as our global Modern Workplace Accelerate partner because of their worldwide footprint, 18-year track record of innovating alongside Microsoft, and their superior commitment to partner success and the channel as a whole.”
“We’ve taken the same Office 365 migration and backup solutions leveraged by the biggest brands and 6 million cloud users across the world and designed them specifically for MSPs to manage multiple clients and tenants behind a single pane of glass,” said Tianyi Jiang, co-CEO and co-founder, AvePoint. “With the help of the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace, MSPs can access and deploy these easy-to-use enterprise-class SaaS solutions in seconds and start growing their Microsoft cloud business.”