 Since launching the Connected Services Sandbox at ITU in 2006, Microsoft and its partners have driven innovative joint solutions out of the Sandbox and have showcased the power of mashing together web and telco services to build unique and compelling offerings. From buddy finders to healthcare tools, the ideas were limited only to the imagination of the people involved. The Sandbox paved the way to innovative services collaboration concepts.
We are witnessing a new era of industry trends in information technology and Telecommunication
As Microsoft’s service delivery strategy evolves and we move from incubation to mainstream initiatives, we are retiring the Connected Services Sandbox. Microsoft continues to focus on delivering technologies and services that can address the ongoing demand from customers and partners for innovative solutions to meet market needs and business requirements.
Microsoft recently unveiled the next version of technologies which will introduce new tools and methods to address a broader set of integration requirements: | |
| Additionally, Microsoft continues to believe in the power of connecting service providers with ISVs, Developers and System Integrators along with Microsoft to develop and bring to market compelling next generation services.
In the near term, for ISVs, Developers and System Integrators, please take the following actions: | Profile your solutions in the Communications Sector Partner Catalogs The Communications Sector Partner catalogs are designed to expand the visibility of your solutions to end customers and to generate opportunities. Take the time to profile your solutions. Take a look at the Opsource serviceXchange Opsource; one of Microsoft’s Software + Services Incubation Center partners, provides the Opsource serviceXchange for companies looking to market their web services offerings as well as those looking to add functionality to their application through web services. The directory provides 'one stop shopping' for a variety of web services that customers can use now, integrate into their applications or build into their web operations. Review the resources available at Microsoft Azure As part of Microsoft’s Software + Services strategy, Microsoft Azure allows you to build new applications in the cloud – or use interoperable services that run on Microsoft infrastructure to extend and enhance existing applications. Work with Software + Services Incubation Center partners to deliver hosted applications The Incubation Center Program is designed to ease the commercial, financial, and technical challenges ISVs encounter while adding a service-based delivery application to their business offering. If you’re looking to deliver your application as a service, find out more about how our Incubation Center partners can enable to you make the transition more seamlessly.
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