Exeed's Mycloudstore marketplace portal was built with simple, but very robust, cloud services management in mind. Built for the New Zealand channel, it offers Exeed's partners the ability to provision infrastructure and backup services to local or international data centers, as well as provision and manage tenants and licensing for Microsoft's CSP Modern Workplace productivity and collaboration services. Resellers can monitor licenses and consumption in real time and see which users are assigned what licenses. Changes can be made simply, right from the portal. Resellers can add or suspend licenses, see what licenses aren't assigned to users to ensure customer billing is accurate, and easily change user passwords, all from a single login. The Mycloudstore marketplace has been designed for a channel-first cloud world and can even be white labelled so you can let your customers self-manage whilst retaining complete visibility and overall management of the services your customers are consuming.

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Microsoft365 is a new and extensive service, and one which may vary from provisioning O365 or Windows. The resources below include invaluable information on M365 and its features, along with marketing assets, conversation starters, and a variety of helpful tools for converting your clients to M365.

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IaaS helps you avoid the expense and complexity of buying and managing your own physical servers and other datacenter infrastructure. Each resource is offered as a separate service component, and you only need to rent a particular one for as long as you need it. The cloud computing service provider manages the infrastructure, while you purchase, install, configure, and manage your own software-operating systems, middleware, and applications.

• Global Datacenters across 44 regions
• Full suite of 1500 + products and services
• Everything from IaaS workloads to the marketplace apps store
• Fully manageable by partner or hand over to customer to manage
• Integration into Server2016 to allow for full hybrid IT service
• Provision/change workloads in minutes not days

• Multiple NZ based Datacenters
• Fully configurable server workloads
• Hosted desktops
• Competitive tiered disk and storage options
• Built on HPe Synergie and 3PAR technologies

• Azure Back-up - VM and physical server back-up service, simple provisioning and management
• Azure Site recovery - DRaaS protection for Hyper-V, VMware & physical servers with fast RTO and small RPO
• vGRID Cloud connect - Hosted in New Zealand, a robust Veeam back-up with DR allocation service, customers can bring their own licenses or we can provide a per month subscription

• vGRID Protect - Hosted in NZ, can protect up to 4 devices with a single license. enterprise grade encryption built it, file restore from any device anywhere
• Azure PC back-up - use the Microsoft Azure back-up agent to back-up windows desktops as well as servers
• Homedrive - Hosted here in NZ, professional file sharing and storage solution with outlook plugins across multiple OS platforms. Includes Theftguard to allow customers to remote wipe any files from lost devices

• Skykick backup - exchange & sharepoint onedrive online backup service with no data caps, no retention limits and simple one click restore of mailbox, email or files. Nothing to install, just set and forget. Can be purchased individually or as a bundled service
• Suite backups - Simple sharepoint online backup providing simple file restores and full management console
• Controlc/Backapp - xero online file backup to NZ datacenters, with Backapp customers can export the backups in multiple file formats so it can be used offline for customer meetings in remote locations

Email and document migration and O365 management tools, a 24X7 support service and Azure health check to accurately price and manage an on-premise server to Azure migration. BitTitan services like Mission Control or Concierge can help you increase your monthly revenue while also creating additional value for your customers.

SkyKick's Migration Suites migrate mail from Exchange, Google, POP, IMAP, Lotus Notes plus many more. The technology is designed to address the wide variety of migration scenarios that exist across SMB and Enterprise businesses. SkyKick Manage allows partners to template user deployment across their customers' site with plugins to O365 and 3rd party apps like dropbox.

Email signature application that automatically adds compliant, personalised and attractive email signatures to every email, from any device. Can be delivered as an on-premise service for on-prem exchange environments or as cloud service for exchange online or as a hybrid solution while customers migrate their email to the cloud

Acts as the 'one source of truth' for business' documents - from files and emails, to templates and images - and allows it all to be easily accessed, worked on and shared across the organisation. Targeted at SMB's using Sharepoint online, Suitefiles will help migrate, manage and backup all of the companys' documents.

Exeed was the first transacting CSP distributor in New Zealand and during the last three plus years we have gained an invaluable knowledge and understanding of this great programme. CSP makes acquiring Microsoft cloud and on-premise products simple and easy with four pricing structures including corporate, government, education and not for profit, so products and pricing are available to cover all customer verticals. The most popular products within CSP include Office 365, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online and Azure, but there are hundreds of different offerings you can access. There are good margins to be made selling via the CSP programme and it's a great feeling to watch your recurring Microsoft business grow and lead to additional incentives from Microsoft (eligibility criteria has to be met) to make this opportunity even richer.

Both you and your customers will receive great flexibility with the CSP programme as you have the ability to increase, decrease or cancel licenses or subscriptions at any time with no penalties. There is the option to pay monthly or annually, and both options carry the same level of flexibility, allowing your customers get to pay in a way that suits their business requirements. With CSP you will receive one detailed invoice from Exeed each month which will give you everything you need to be able to easily on-bill your customers.

By being a Microsoft CSP indirect reseller, you will have access to the Microsoft premium cloud support team who offer expert support to make sure any challenges that are encountered are dealt to quickly and competently. Exeed also offers level one 24X7 support via a locally manned 0800 number. At Exeed we have dedicated Microsoft staff including a product manager, modern workplace BDM and a technical BDM to help you with any queries you may have.

With our cloud marketplace you can manage your customers licensing requirements 24X7 while also gaining insights into how your customers are using their licenses and what opportunities there are to maximise their use of Microsoft's offerings. We also make it easier to provision Azure offerings like virtual machines, backup and more.

• Azure
• Office 365
• Microsoft 365
• Exchange Online
• Project Online
• Visio Online
• Skype for Business
• Dynamics 365
• SharePoint
• Server
• SQL

SkyKick provides a powerful set of cloud management products including migration, backup and management. SkyKick provides exceptional 24X7 support for its products and has some of the highest customer satisfaction rates in the industry. It's easy to become a SkyKick reseller via Exeed, all you need to do is visit www.skykick.com/exeed and register. SkyKick's products are all purchased directly through its cloud management portal with the local invoicing handled via Exeed in New Zealand dollars.

The SkyKick Migration Suite helps IT Partners automate entire Office 365 migration projects from pre-sales to project completion. Migration projects can be complex and time-consuming, with many steps to manage for a safe, seamless move to the cloud.

As a 100% to-partner company, SkyKick built the SkyKick Migration Suite to provide IT partners with an automated migration tool to accelerate your cloud business with comprehensive planning, accurate provisioning, no lost data, and a great end-user experience. Unlike other migration tools that focus primarily on moving server-side data-one step in a comprehensive migration-consulting project, SkyKick technology automates 90% of the manual effort and helps partners manage all of the essential steps across the entire migration project.

SkyKick offers migration from exchange, POP3, IMAP, Google and Microsoft SBS Server and these can be done in either a data only migration or a full small business or enterprise migration. You can see the differences at https://sk-web-www-prod.azurewebsites.net/migrate/compare-products/

Data loss happens, even in the cloud

People delete data. Mostly accidentally, sometimes intentionally. 75% of data loss is due to people deleting content, and 32% of companies will experience a data loss event. That means that even in the cloud, IT partners can spend a lot of time helping customers get back on track. Without a cloud backup solution for Office 365, your customers are missing the foundational piece of data protection to complement native Office 365 features. SkyKick Cloud Backup makes it easy for IT partners to protect customers with a fast, easy, way to restore business data quickly and deliver a great customer experience. It's also a simple way to start or build recurring revenue in your cloud business.

Getting customers back on track is costly. In the absence of an Office 365 backup solution, if data can be recovered at all, it can take as much as six engineer hours to recover a single file. And the cost of recovering an entire folder or mailbox can be unpredictable. Between lost productivity and IT costs, a single recovery can be more expensive than an entire year of a backup solution. SkyKick Cloud Backup technology works together with native Office 365 features to help you protect your customers' Office 365 Exchange Online, SharePoint and OneDrive for Business data.

Specialists in on-demand IT infrastructure

Reliability - Customers are secure knowing their data is hosted and supported in New Zealand across multiple resilient locations. With local support and the expertise to address the technical challenges of adoption, vGRID provides an accessible solution for a no-disruption move to the cloud.

Performance - vGRID enhances existing businesses infrastructure and services with on-demand Infrastructure and Software as a Service. It uses best-of-breed hardware and software that enables organisations to accurately scale services to changing business requirements.

Control - With vGRID, organisations are equipped to take control of the cost and complexity of business-critical applications and data, consolidate resources, provision services more quickly and rationalise costs.

Introducing the vGRID suite of services

Virtual Servers - vGRID Virtual Servers on vGRID will reduce your capital and operating costs, increase flexibility, and benefit from high availability enterprise infrastructure and platforms.

Cloud Storage - Data Storage on vGRID increases your security and business productivity by storing a copy of your critical files securely away from unexpected disaster.

Voice Services - Enterprise voice services on vGRID are delivered using high-quality Lync certified SIP trunks and hosted PBX solutions.

Exchange Mail - Exchange Mail on vGRID is a compelling solution for utilising the world's leading email and collaboration platform, Microsoft Exchange 2016, hosted right here in New Zealand.

Cloud Desktops - vGRID Desktops on vGRID utilise the latest in GPU acceleration technologies to bring your users all the performance of a graphics workstation without the risks associated with local hardware.

Ultrafast Broadband - Ultra Fast Broadband on vGRID allows you to maximise the benefits of Cloud Services. All of our plans work at the full capacity of your connection.

What is a vGRID Virtual Server?

A virtual server on vGRID is a server that shares the hardware resources of the overall platform rather than being a single piece of equipment just for that server alone. A virtual server is not at risk of a drive failure or power supply failure or any other hardware fault since it resides on a large number of physical servers, sharing the resource.

It is important to know that a virtual server on vGRID is not a virtual "container" like some of the VPS offerings available. Those solutions provide a container within a single server installation and give you access to it. A virtual server on vGRID is an isolated environment with your own operating system installation, your own network, your own CPU, RAM and Hard Drive devices attached (virtual devices). The brains behind this sharing of physical resources is known as a hypervisor.

All vGRID platforms run on HPE Synergy and HPE 3PAR StoreServ technologies.

Cloud computing has become an important new tool for IT managers in controlling the cost and complexity of business-critical applications and data. Cloud computing is compelling to enterprises because it allows them to consolidate resources, provision services more quickly, and even rationalise costs more effectively with new business models.

As virtualisation is now a critical component to an overall IT strategy, it is important to choose the right vendor. vGRID uses VMware because it is the leading business virtualisation infrastructure provider, offering the most trusted and reliable platform for building our cloud platforms.

With a virtual server on vGRID you can reduce your capital and operating costs, increase flexibility, and benefit from high availability enterprise infrastructure and platforms. Sign up today and use vGRID virtual servers to deploy simple or complex IT infrastructure solutions with push-button ease.

Crossware Mail Signature is an email signature application that automatically adds compliant, personalised and attractive email signatures to every email, from any device. These signatures may include disclaimers, logos, graphics and advertising banners. Each of these elements can be included based on rules that you create.

Crossware Mail Signature removes the need to configure signatures on individual workstations, or relying on employees to update their signature. You can create variations for different groups or individuals in your business and centrally manage them all from one database. Crossware is headquartered in Auckland, with additional offices in Orlando and London.

Crossware is changing the way that companies use email, by giving control back to IT, and maximizing your marketing reach. Crossware Mail Signature makes it easy to design and manage the email signatures of your entire company.

• Start with a template, or create your own design
• Supports all mobile devices
• Drag and drop editor
• Assign editor rights
• Create variations based on rules
• Remove Sent from my iPhone
• Gold Certified Microsoft Partner
• Join customers from over 60 countries!

Companies from every industry use Crossware's software. From Airlines to Law Firms, Chemical Manufacturers to Construction Companies, Banks to Watchmakers - even a Formula 1 Racing Team!

With BitTitan services available like email and data migration, Office 365 management tools, a 24x7 support service, and a product that enables you to accurately price and manage an on-premise server to Azure migration, there are lots of great services to help complement your Microsoft cloud offerings. BitTitan's MSPComplete website portal offers a great way to manage your customers products and deployments with an easy to use interface with email and chat support included. By adding BitTitan services like Mission Control or Concierge you can you can increase your monthly revenue while also creating additional value for your customers.

It's all about IT service providers. Whether you consider yourself a value-added reseller, system integrator, or managed services provider, BitTitan's mission is to empower you to be more successful. BitTitan started with MigrationWiz, a tool to make cloud data migration easier, which it transformed into MSPComplete, a platform that helps automate every aspect your business: sales, service delivery, and ongoing customer management.

We look forward to working with you in the future to help upgrade your cloud business with BitTitan's great suite of services.

Control C is a 100% New Zealand owned and operated software development company. Its solution enables companies using Xero accounting software to easily back up their precious financial data and have it stored indefinitely in New Zealand Data Centres. This allows users to easily supply their data to NZ IRD if ever required. The Control C backup solution includes a very user friendly app, called backapp, that allows companies to view and search their backed up data, and create user-friendly reports, extending Xero's comprehensive service.

The concept of backing up financial data had been in the back of founder, Campbell Green's, mind since 2009. With over eight years of experience in starting up and running a successful online data backup and disaster recovery service, he was mindful of his company's financial records being held in "the cloud". Hence the idea to localise Xero's cloud data was born. By 2013, he had developed the core products, had a team around him and Controlc Limited is now in business. Subscribers of the service can now enjoy peace of mind, making Controlc the perfect partner for Xero customers.

• Peace of mind - backs up your Xero financial data to New Zealand Data Centres
• Local - data is stored in local Data Centres so you can easily supply data to the NZ IRD if required
• It makes Xero even more reliable and efficient for your business
• Easy to obtain - download directly to your office
• Mobile - once downloaded you don't need to be online
• Timely - data is backed up to the Data Centres every 24 hours
• Easy - is a feature-rich tool available in several formats that allows you to easily view and report on your backed up Xero data
• Flexible - works in Windows and Apple environments