Cloud Service Brokerage and Subscription Management News

Cloud Subscription Brokerage Platforms. Subscription Management and Billing/Invoicing Solutions:

About Microsoft CSP program:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/csp-documents-and-learning-resources

Listing of Cloud Brokerage Platforms:

CloudBlue:
https://www.cloudblue.com/
https://www.cloudblue.com/about/#page-inner-menu
https://www.cloudblue.com/blog/

ActivePlatform:
https://activeplatform.com

iPortalis:

http://www.iportalis.com/about/history/

http://www.iportalis.com/about/our-vision/

http://www.iportalis.com/products/enterprises/control-portal/microsoft-office-365/

Work365:

https://www.work365apps.com/work-365-about-us/

https://www.work365apps.com/microsoft-csp-cost-of-doing-business/

https://www.work365apps.com/csp-invoice-and-bill-reconciliation-is-not-such-a-big-challenge/

https://www.work365apps.com/how-to-navigate-microsofts-new-csp-direct-requirements/
https://www.work365apps.com/blog/

Cloudmore:
https://web.cloudmore.com/about-us
https://web.cloudmore.com/blog/how-robust-is-your-microsoft-csp-integration-and-why-does-it-matter 

https://web.cloudmore.com/microsoft-csp-guide-lp

Nuvolex:

http://www.nuvolex.com/

http://www.nuvolex.com/aboutnuvolex/

http://www.nuvolex.com/faq/

Cloudfx:
http://cloudfx.com

http://cloudfx.com/transforming-businesses-industry-leading-organizations/team/

http://cloudfx.com/transforming-businesses-industry-leading-organizations/news/

Aria Systems:

The Modern Billing & Monetization Platform Built to Grow Recurring Revenue
https://www.ariasystems.com/

https://www.ariasystems.com/how-we-compare/

https://www.ariasystems.com/platform/manage-recurring-revenue

https://www.ariasystems.com/platform/enterprise-grade-cloud

https://www.ariasystems.com/why-aria/vision

https://www.ariasystems.com/why-aria/speed

Zuora Subscription Billing:
https://www.zuora.com/
https://www.zuora.com/about/
https://www.zuora.com/resources/blog/

Aspera:

https://www.channele2e.com/business/aspera-office-365-cloud-subscription-management-platform/

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Hosted/PaaS Options:

Ingram Micro Cloud:

https://www.ingrammicrocloud.com/

https://us.cloud.im/

Tech-Data:

http://www.techdata.com/content/tdcloud/cloudPower.html

https://www.tdstreamone.com/store/listings/152i3551/documents.html

PAX8:

https://www.pax8.com/#/about

http://go.pax8.com/microsoft-CSP

https://www.pax8.com/#/home

AppDirect:
https://www.appdirect.com/
https://www.appdirect.com/about/press/in-the-news
https://www.appdirect.com/blog

Others:

https://www.sherweb.com/blog/the-csp-program-explained-requirements-and-faq/

https://www.machsol.com/about-us

https://www.chargebee.com/cloud-billing

https://billingplatform.com/cloud-based-billing

http://www.neostratus.com/about-us/

https://www.bcsg.com/about-us/

https://www.racknap.com/billing-and-pricing-management/

Orbitera - acquired by Google Cloud 2017:

https://www.orbitera.com/

ComputeNext- acquired by Clictell?:

www.clictell.com (Out of business?)

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Ideally incorporate Software and IT asset management (SAM / ITAM):

https://www.itassetmanagement.net/2018/05/31/call-for-participants-itam-review-researches-the-growing-saas-management-market/

https://www.itassetmanagement.net/2018/05/03/saas-tools/

https://www.itassetmanagement.net/2017/07/10/office-365-optimisation/

https://block64.com/
https://www.flexera.com/
https://www.snowsoftware.com/int

https://www.netskope.com

https://www.netskope.com/lp/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-casb

https://go.netskope.com/typ-gartner-mq-for-casb-2017.html?aliId=37316753

https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-4LFXD13&ct=171201&st=sb

https://www.datagate-i.com

https://www.technavio.com/blog/top-18-cloud-billing-services-companies

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Ideally incorporate Cloud Spend Management - Governance & Cost Transparency Solutions:

https://www.scalr.com/

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3289144/cloud-computing/the-key-to-proactive-multicloud-cost-management.html#tk.rss_cloudcomputing

https://cloudcheckr.com/solutions

https://www.cloudhealthtech.com/

https://www.cloudhealthtech.com/blog
https://www.cloudhealthtech.com/company/press

https://www.cloudability.com

http://2ndwatch.com/company/

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Ideally incorporate SaaS Subscription/License Management solutions:

https://www.aspera.com/en/
https://www.aspera.com/en/company/about-us/

https://zylo.com/

https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/newyork-software-asset-management/page/product/software-asset-management2/concept/sam-subscription-management.html

https://www.channele2e.com/business/aspera-office-365-cloud-subscription-management-platform

Other players in this market which remain independent include Blissfully, Cardlife, Cleanshelf

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https://onapp.com/company/

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/new-federated-management-features-help-docker-bolster-pitch-multicloud-container-management-platform-modern-enterprise

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“What’s unique about cloudtamer.io is that it offers account management, budget enforcement, and compliance automation features in a single solution,” said Sean O’Keeffe, CTO of Stratus Solutions. “cloudtamer.io gives visibility to leaders and native access to cloud resources to developers. Organizations get the ideal combination of control and agile operations.”

https://www.cloudtamer.io/

As an AWS consulting services company headquartered in Fulton, MD, Stratus Solutions is specializing in cloud infrastructure modernization, cyber security, and DevOps.

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SwiftStack, vendor of data management software for enterprise workflows founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, has announced “major” enhancements to its platform, offering new capabilities for multi-cloud use cases and “simplifying” workflows spanning both private data centers and public clouds, such as AWS Cloud and Google Cloud Platform.

The technology at the core of SwiftStack‘s new multi-cloud capabilities has been contributed to the company’s new open-source 1space project. The charter of 1space is to connect data namespaces across multiple private and public clouds. It enables multi-cloud data placement and access capabilities in SwiftStack and supports both the S3 and Swift APIs. 1space is SwiftStack’s third major contribution to the open-source community and is also available now on GitHub.....

Atos Unveils New Cloud Access Security Broker Solution - "Our new Atos CASB service, developed with our strategic partner McAfee, combines the expertise of the market-leading solution with the proficiency of the market-leading managed security services provider,” said Chris Moret, Senior Vice President Cyber Security at Atos

https://hostingjournalist.com/news/atos-unveils-new-cloud-access-security-broker-solution/

https://hostingjournalist.com/cloud-hosting/atos-company-engage-esm-announces-cisco-multi-cloud-software-excellence-award/

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Misc Cloud News to Know:

CRN Cloud Platform News:
https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/cloud-platforms/