15:57 uur 31-03-2021

CloudBlue versnelt transformatie voor Managed Service Providers door overname van Harmony Business Systems

Open-platform PSA-oplossing die is ontworpen om op services gebaseerde inkomsten te schalen en de operationele complexiteit aanzienlijk te verminderen

IRVINE, Californië – (BUSINESS WIRE) – CloudBlue, een toonaangevend bedrijf op het gebied van cloud-ecosysteemtechnologie, heeft de acquisitie en integratie van Harmony Business Systems (HBS) voltooid. De uitgebreide software voor automatisering van professionele services (PSA) en inkomstenbeheersoftware is nu een aanvulling op CloudBlue’s dienstenportfolio dat is ontworpen om de overgang van resellers naar een alles-als-een-service-bedrijf te vereenvoudigen en te versnellen.

Als CloudBlue-bedrijf zal het in het VK gevestigde HBS HarmonyPSA onafhankelijk exploiteren om klanten over de hele wereld te bedienen. Meer dan tien jaar geleden gelanceerd en met klanten in 15 landen, biedt het platform ondersteuning in meerdere talen en geniet het een van de hoogste klanttevredenheidscijfers in de branche. Het is speciaal gebouwd om elk type service te beheren door verkoop-, operationele en financiële functies te verenigen. HarmonyPSA combineert CRM, ticketverkoop, storefront, leadgeneratie, ondersteunde verkoop en competentie- en incentiveprogramma’s voor leveranciers in één enkele oplossing als een prijsopgave voor het kas- en boekhoudsysteem. Het is nu voor het eerst beschikbaar op de Britse Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace.

CloudBlue Accelerates Transformation for Managed Service Providers Through Acquisition of Harmony Business Systems

Open-platform PSA solution designed to scale services-based revenue and significantly reduce operational complexities

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CloudBlue, a leading cloud ecosystem technology company, has completed the acquisition and integration of Harmony Business Systems (HBS). Its comprehensive professional services automation (PSA) and revenue management software is now a complement to CloudBlue’s portfolio of services designed to simplify and accelerate resellers’ transition to an everything-as-a-service business.

As a CloudBlue company, UK-based HBS will independently operate HarmonyPSA, to serve customers around the world. Launched over a decade ago and with customers in 15 countries, the platform features multi-language support and enjoys one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the industry. It was purpose-built to manage any type of service by unifying sales, operations and finance functions. HarmonyPSA combines CRM, ticketing, storefront, lead generation, assisted sales, and vendor competency and incentive programs into a single solution as a quote to cash and accounting system. It is now available for the first time on the UK Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace.

Resellers will have a dedicated instance to quickly find and procure hardware and software, pay-as-you-go and recurring subscription cloud technologies across various online marketplaces, including Ingram Micro Online and Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace. HarmonyPSA automates the billing process and provides accurate, real-time views of customers’ contracts, projects and profitability.

“The acquisition of Harmony is a direct response to our MSP partners’ requests to help them quickly transform and grow a cloud services business with less risk,” said Nimesh Davé, president of CloudBlue and Ingram Micro Cloud. “We are delighted to have the Harmony team join our CloudBlue community as we expand our technology offerings.”

“We’re extremely excited to join the CloudBlue family to capitalize on our shared commitment of driving growth for our customers,” said Steve Powell, co-founder and CTO of Harmony Business Systems. “By working together, we will dramatically scale our customer base and expand our offering across various marketplaces.”

Stephen Robitaille, director of sales operations at intlx Solutions and a customer of HarmonyPSA, is enthusiastic about the platform’s ability to automatically create purchase orders and generate unique reports that track project profitability on all aspects of the business. “It’s made my work much easier and our business much more efficient.”

More information on HarmonyPSA and how it helps accelerate the digital transformation of reseller partners is available at www.harmonypsa.com.

About CloudBlue

CloudBlue provides a hyperscale platform with hypergrowth products and services that allows providers to launch and manage an omni-product, multi-tier and multi-channel marketplace. With CloudBlue, providers can access and capitalize on a hyperconnected ecosystem of 200+ top-selling vendors, 200+ leading brands and more than 80,000 partners globally. Many of the world’s best-known software and SaaS vendors, digital service providers, technology distributors, tech manufacturers, managed services providers and value-added resellers rely on CloudBlue’s leading CloudBlue Commerce and CloudBlue Connect platforms to automate, aggregate and sell both their own cloud services as well as those from third-party vendors. CloudBlue powers more than 200 of the world’s largest provider cloud marketplaces, which collectively represent more than 30 million enterprise cloud subscriptions. More at www.cloudblue.com.

About Harmony Business Systems

Harmony Business Systems Ltd., a CloudBlue company, is the company behind HarmonyPSA, the most complete cloud professional services automation (PSA) software on the market. Purpose-built with functionality to cater to even the most complex needs of MSPs, VARs, ISVs and Professional Services Organizations, HarmonyPSA truly is the next-generation PSA system built for today’s Modern Service Provider. Amplified by CloudBlue’s powerful cloud services automation platform, HarmonyPSA empowers services organizations to scale recurring channel revenue and diminish operational complexity via its advanced product suite, which includes automated billing and reconciliation, real-time profitability analysis, an industry-leading customer support center and network operations center (NOC), and much more. To learn more, visit www.harmonypsa.com.

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