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New from First Distribution: GoFirst Cloud Services


Johannesburg, 18 Oct 2017
GoFirst Cloud Services.
GoFirst Cloud Services.

Where do you play and how can First Distribution help you be more?

Over the past year, First Distribution identified opportunities missed due to partners having the following challenges: being unsure, scared, and unable.

Many of First Distribution's partners have great pre-sales and sales capability, but do not necessarily have the skills, resources or competencies associated with customer expectations, and therefore hesitate to take full advantage of enabling customers across the wide range of cloud offerings Microsoft brings.

First Distribution's key strategic objective for CSP is to enable its partners to be more and sell more and become super service providers. Not only does its differentiation include facilitating co-marketing with its partners to drive awareness and lead generation, but now to go as far as enabling professional services through GoFirst Cloud Services.

This gives partners that do not have the ability to deliver deployment, management and support services to their customers an opportunity to still bring the Microsoft Cloud to these customers and to be their trusted advisors.

The Discover Value tool provides an opportunity to help determine if Microsoft 365 would meet the needs of your business. This tool takes you through a brief assessment of process improvement opportunities tied to your business objectives and identifies Microsoft 365 capabilities that meet your needs. At the end of this process, you will receive:

GoFirst Cloud Service infographic.
GoFirst Cloud Service infographic.

Discover Value Report: a personalised solution tailored to address your business challenges, priorities and offer recommendations that will maximise value for your business.

Forrester Report: the potential return on your investment for your industry segment.

Engagement opportunity: visit the Microsoft Customer Immersion Experience portal for a hands-on exploration of the Microsoft 365 solution.

What

GoFirst Cloud Services enables consultation, scoping and design, set-up, deployment, migration, management and support services at a predetermined rate, which partners can offer to their customers.

When

GoFirst Cloud Services can be utilised for different predetermined Office 365, Dynamics 365, Enterprise Mobility and Azure scenarios with clear in-scope and out-of-scope differentiation options.

It really depends on the customer requirements.

Where

GoFirst Cloud Services are delivered as a remote deployment services across the CSP subscription-based products: Office 365, Enterprise Mobility and Security.

More goes into the typical Dynamics 365 and Azure products and therefore would typically require scoping and design, integration and alternative pre-work prior to solution implementation. These services would typically first need to be scoped before quotations would be provided. As a value add, First Distribution would offer these consultation services free of charge.

GoFirst Cloud Services are enabled remotely across South Africa and West/East and Central Africa, including IOI, Nigeria and SADC.

How

1. The GoFirst Cloud Services catalogue (SOW) will be provided to partners who wish to register and take part in this programme.
2. Consultation services on Azure and Dynamics 365 can be initiated on request to: microsoft.csp@firstdistribution.co.za.
3. Subscription-based orders for licensing, including GoFirst Cloud Services, can be sent to: microsoft.csp@firstdistribution.co.za.

* The GoFirst Cloud Services pre-installation document will be required with all the relevant customer details.
* Customers will be contacted within 24 hours to set up an appointment, planning and delivering of the GoFirst Cloud Service.
* A high-level project plan with timelines will be provided to the customer.
* The customer will be required to sign a project completion certificate.

Support will be provided by First Distribution: support@firstforcloud.com 0861 00 99 88.

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Carina Sadie
First Distribution
Carina.Sadie@epsidon.co.za