{"id":107137,"date":"2024-03-14T16:45:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T20:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=107137"},"modified":"2024-03-15T11:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:22:42","slug":"jumpcloud-partner-success-interview-shivaami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/jumpcloud-partner-success-interview-shivaami","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Selling a Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>JumpCloud\u2019s Channel Partners are at the forefront of providing essential IT services to businesses globally. In our interview series, we delve into conversations with these Channel Partners, exploring how JumpCloud plays a pivotal role in their operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In today&#8217;s feature, we had the opportunity to speak with Kunal Thacker of Shivaami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Kunal Thacker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kunal is a VP at Shivaami, he heads the Northam region for Shivaami. 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Initial fears that it would cause jobs to be lost appear to be unfounded and rather than replace jobs, it\u2019s helping to enhance them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3.&nbsp; There is still plenty of opportunity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are still many potential customers who, for several reasons, are yet to move their infrastructure to the cloud.&nbsp; Some are in the process of doing so, but some will remain with a hybrid infrastructure and Shivaami is happy to work with clients like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4.&nbsp; Too good to be true?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first time Kunal heard about JumpCloud was from a friend who told him to take a look at the solution.&nbsp; It seemed too good to be true and Kunal was skeptical until he began to explore the solution personally.&nbsp; In the end it exceeded all expectations and this made it easy to position JumpCloud as a new solution to the Shivaami team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.&nbsp; Customers love it<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The integrated nature of JumpCloud has been a success for Shivaami, they have customers from the 100\u2019s of seats into the 1000\u2019s and the feedback has been great.&nbsp; It allows their customers to manage their users regardless of the device or operating systems they are using.&nbsp; It gives their end users access to the applications and data they need in a secure manner and because of the simple consolidated management, they can do it with fewer IT staff to manage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shivaami\u2019s customers are invested in JumpCloud as a key solution to help them and are keen to deploy new features as they appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thanks to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kunal-thacker-b6349216b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Kunal<\/strong><\/a><strong> for taking part in this chat.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To find out more about JumpCloud and how it can help your business you can <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:partners@jumpcloud.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>email us<\/strong><\/a><strong> or <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/partners\/value-added-resellers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>read more about our partner offering<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card note\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/note-icon.png\"\/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Note:<\/strong> \n<p>JumpCloud Partner Success Stories are conversations between Chris Tate (Principal Strategist &#8211; MSP) and our valuable partners around the world.&nbsp; If you want to join Chris on a future episode, contact your Partner Account Manager or <a href=\"mailto:chris.tate@jumpcloud.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email Chris Tate<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this JumpCloud Partner Success Interview we meet with Kunal Thacker of Shivaami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":93236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3141],"tags":[],"collection":[2779],"platform":[],"funnel_stage":[3014],"coauthors":[2736],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - 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