Comments on: How Some Microsoft BPOS Partners Earn $167 Per Seat http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-bpos-partners-earning-167-per-seat/ What's Next In the IT Channel Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:53:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Geno Cenci http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-bpos-partners-earning-167-per-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-107579 Geno Cenci Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:35:21 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/?p=3931#comment-107579 Did you ever get the cost from Pointbridge share cost of sales and average close time for those 5,200 seats? My sales org struggles to see the $$ in margin for them. Did you ever get the cost from Pointbridge share cost of sales and average close time for those 5,200 seats? My sales org struggles to see the $$ in margin for them.

]]> By: The VAR Guy http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-bpos-partners-earning-167-per-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-104263 The VAR Guy Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/?p=3931#comment-104263 Andrew: The VAR Guy will ping them... Thanks for the question(s). Andrew: The VAR Guy will ping them… Thanks for the question(s).

]]> By: Andrew Brooks http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-bpos-partners-earning-167-per-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-104257 Andrew Brooks Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:38:17 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/?p=3931#comment-104257 Var Guy - any chance the PointBridge folks would share cost of sales and average close time for those 5,200 seats? Big migrations usually take big, long selling cycles. Would be interested what the average was and if they found the cost of that sale to be on par with onsite implementation. Could be a big swing in the value of that 642K. Var Guy – any chance the PointBridge folks would share cost of sales and average close time for those 5,200 seats? Big migrations usually take big, long selling cycles. Would be interested what the average was and if they found the cost of that sale to be on par with onsite implementation. Could be a big swing in the value of that 642K.

]]> By: The VAR Guy http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-bpos-partners-earning-167-per-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-104026 The VAR Guy Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:25:42 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/?p=3931#comment-104026 Aut30: yes. Ingram Micro Seismic team assisting VARs with SaaS Exchange, Sharepoint... Aut30: yes. Ingram Micro Seismic team assisting VARs with SaaS Exchange, Sharepoint…

]]> By: Aut30 http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-bpos-partners-earning-167-per-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-104024 Aut30 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:52:47 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/?p=3931#comment-104024 Var Guy is there a distribution play here? Var Guy is there a distribution play here?

]]> By: The VAR Guy http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-bpos-partners-earning-167-per-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-104021 The VAR Guy Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:09:57 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/?p=3931#comment-104021 Mark: Can you share any more about your business? The VAR Guy loves real world examples of what's working -- and what isn't working -- out in the market. Mark: Can you share any more about your business? The VAR Guy loves real world examples of what’s working — and what isn’t working — out in the market.

]]> By: Mark Adams http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-bpos-partners-earning-167-per-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-104018 Mark Adams Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:21:41 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/?p=3931#comment-104018 We have been reselling Hosted Exchange since 2001 and I have never known a partner who is earning big bucks from migration and consulting, and, our partners want to own the customer relationhip, not risk losing the recurring fees at the end of year one at the flick of a mouse, no no, thats not good business Mark We have been reselling Hosted Exchange since 2001 and I have never known a partner who is earning big bucks from migration and consulting, and, our partners want to own the customer relationhip, not risk losing the recurring fees at the end of year one at the flick of a mouse, no no, thats not good business

Mark

]]> By: The VAR Guy http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-bpos-partners-earning-167-per-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-104016 The VAR Guy Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:46:58 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/?p=3931#comment-104016 Vlad: The VAR Guy keeps his comment area wide open for constructive criticism. But please note: The VAR Guy spoke with PointBridge for perspective and they had some upbeat reinforcement on Microsoft's statements. And the revenues collected, in this case, were related to BPOS. You raise some healthy debate, tho. And The VAR Guy welcomes it. Vlad: The VAR Guy keeps his comment area wide open for constructive criticism. But please note: The VAR Guy spoke with PointBridge for perspective and they had some upbeat reinforcement on Microsoft’s statements. And the revenues collected, in this case, were related to BPOS.

You raise some healthy debate, tho. And The VAR Guy welcomes it.

]]> By: Vlad Mazek http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/07/16/microsoft-bpos-partners-earning-167-per-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-104015 Vlad Mazek Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:29:05 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/?p=3931#comment-104015 Sorry, but as I mentioned on your Facebook yesterday, I call pure infomercial bs on this. Microsoft Partners make 18% first year and far less after that on handing their client, their data and billing over to Microsoft. All other revenues collected are unrelated to BOPS and can be associated with any other product or service. So to say that ___ Partners are making (imaginary number) it remarkably misleading. -Vlad Sorry, but as I mentioned on your Facebook yesterday, I call pure infomercial bs on this. Microsoft Partners make 18% first year and far less after that on handing their client, their data and billing over to Microsoft.

All other revenues collected are unrelated to BOPS and can be associated with any other product or service. So to say that ___ Partners are making (imaginary number) it remarkably misleading.

-Vlad

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