Doyenz Virtualizes Microsoft Small Business Server In the Clouds

Doyenz, a start-up in Seattle, Wash., has a rather intriguing business strategy for Microsoft’s Small Business Server (SBS) VARs. The plan involves meshing SBS with virtualization, cloud services and managed services. The result could be a next-generation opportunity for Microsoft’s SBS resellers seeking recurring revenue. Here’s the scoop, from The VAR Guy.

Here’s how Doyenz positions itself:

In other words, Doyenz develops a virtualization system that allows VARs to deploy Small Business Server and other Microsoft applications on third-party cloud systems — such as Amazon.com’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

Doyenz Founder and CEO Ashutosh Tiwary — a Microsoft veteran — says the company’s virtualization system offers several benefits to small business VARs. For instance, the virtualization system can serve as a:

Doyenz is betting its entire business on  selling the service into VARs and managed service providers. Tiwary notes that numerous VARs are already live on the system. Oh, and one rather intriguing closing point: On the managed services front, Doyenz has some sort of relationship with Kaseya. Hmmm. Stay tuned for more on that.

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