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Microsoft applauds Genesis-Outsourcery rebrand as intelligent industry approach
Genesis Communications has unveiled a bold market repositioning strategy that will see it acquire more specialist providers and rebrand to Outsourcery.
The strategy has been implemented in a bid to strengthen the company's position as a key Microsoft partner and become the UK’s number one provider of hosted SaaS.
Microsoft has applauded the move, which firmly repositions the company as a unified communications provider. The software giant has previously stated its dedication to grow its customer base via its nationwide partners and the rebrand is designed to support the delivery of Microsoft’s Software+Services model in this way.
Outsourcery will aim to spearhead the development of the UK SaaS market and hopes to broaden its unified communications portfolio through an aggressive growth strategy, which has already seen the acquisition of hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM services provider, Increase CRM and the business and assets of THUS Mobile, earlier this year.
The company is already leading the market with its latest hosted packages, which are the most affordable hosted IT packages available for small and growing businesses. Its current position marks a change in direction for the company since its MBO from DSGi in 2007, with the past two years seeing the launch of a suite of new products and a rapid diversification from its former business mobile model.
Piers Linney, director of Outsourcery, commented: “Genesis has been focused on providing the leading suite of mobile and hosted IT solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK for some time. Thanks to our new hosted packages, we can’t be beaten on price and our product range offering is second to none. The rebrand to Outsourcery is about representing this through our brand and showing that we’re serious about our goal of offering one of the world’s leading UC product sets.
“Acquisition of customer bases will be an important part of achieving that goal and we’re particularly keen to add professional services capabilities in SharePoint and hosted voice to our portfolio.
“Ultimately, we believe that companies of all sizes should be able to benefit from the latest hosted SaaS technology. Through our work with our reseller partners and direct with customers, we aim to ensure that they get it.”
Martin Walker, Software Services - UK Lead, Microsoft UK commented: “Outsourcery is a Microsoft Gold Partner with eight Microsoft competencies and a proven history of supporting the development of the Software+Services market. The rebrand proves the company’s commitment to this marketplace, in line with our own.
"Microsoft is working closely with its partners to take Software+Services solutions to market and we applaud Outsourcery’s dedication to making these products accessible to as many resellers and businesses as possible.”
For more information, visit www.outsourcery.co.uk.
The strategy has been implemented in a bid to strengthen the company's position as a key Microsoft partner and become the UK’s number one provider of hosted SaaS.
Microsoft has applauded the move, which firmly repositions the company as a unified communications provider. The software giant has previously stated its dedication to grow its customer base via its nationwide partners and the rebrand is designed to support the delivery of Microsoft’s Software+Services model in this way.
Outsourcery will aim to spearhead the development of the UK SaaS market and hopes to broaden its unified communications portfolio through an aggressive growth strategy, which has already seen the acquisition of hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM services provider, Increase CRM and the business and assets of THUS Mobile, earlier this year.
The company is already leading the market with its latest hosted packages, which are the most affordable hosted IT packages available for small and growing businesses. Its current position marks a change in direction for the company since its MBO from DSGi in 2007, with the past two years seeing the launch of a suite of new products and a rapid diversification from its former business mobile model.
Piers Linney, director of Outsourcery, commented: “Genesis has been focused on providing the leading suite of mobile and hosted IT solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK for some time. Thanks to our new hosted packages, we can’t be beaten on price and our product range offering is second to none. The rebrand to Outsourcery is about representing this through our brand and showing that we’re serious about our goal of offering one of the world’s leading UC product sets.
“Acquisition of customer bases will be an important part of achieving that goal and we’re particularly keen to add professional services capabilities in SharePoint and hosted voice to our portfolio.
“Ultimately, we believe that companies of all sizes should be able to benefit from the latest hosted SaaS technology. Through our work with our reseller partners and direct with customers, we aim to ensure that they get it.”
Martin Walker, Software Services - UK Lead, Microsoft UK commented: “Outsourcery is a Microsoft Gold Partner with eight Microsoft competencies and a proven history of supporting the development of the Software+Services market. The rebrand proves the company’s commitment to this marketplace, in line with our own.
"Microsoft is working closely with its partners to take Software+Services solutions to market and we applaud Outsourcery’s dedication to making these products accessible to as many resellers and businesses as possible.”
For more information, visit www.outsourcery.co.uk.
Notes to editors
Outsourcery is the largest independent virtual mobile service provider in the UK and a leading independent provider of hosted IT solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises.The company has over 300 employees based in Manchester, Sheffield, Leicester and London and generated revenues of £34m in 2008.
In March 2009, Outsourcery (then Genesis Communications) acquired the business of THUS Mobile, which had revenues of £36m per annum and manages the customer base on behalf of Vodafone.
Outsourcery is now the UK’s largest mobile virtual service provider and provides mobile voice and data solutions to approximately 25,000 customers.
The company has invested in a wholly owned state-of-the-art data centre in Leicester with infrastructure to provide managed services and Software-as-a-Service IT solutions, such as Microsoft hosted Exchange 2007, Microsoft hosted SharePoint 2007, Microsoft Office Communication Server and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4. Outsourcery is the #1 provider of hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 in the UK.
The company has achieved a total of 8 Microsoft Gold Partner competencies and its objective is to become the leading provider of unified communications and IT solutions to UK small and medium-sized enterprises.
For more information, please visit www.outsourcery.co.uk
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