{"id":904,"date":"2012-04-23T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudnewsdaily.com\/?guid=00449325ca40f8748a885eb807b16a77"},"modified":"2012-04-23T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T14:33:00","slug":"autodesk-vars-go-to-suites-cloud-subscriptions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/autodesk-vars-go-to-suites-cloud-subscriptions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk VARs Go to Suites, Cloud, Subscriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured alignleft\" title=\"Image representing Autodesk  as depicted in Cr...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/assets\/images\/resized\/0002\/2543\/22543v1-max-450x450.png\" alt=\"Image representing Autodesk  as depicted in Cr...\" width=\"149\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Autodesk, Inc. is enhancing the Autodesk Partner Advantage Program to better enable the company\u2019s already prominent global partner network to sell a more complete range of Autodesk Design Suites, Autodesk 360 services and Autodesk Subscription. <\/p>\n<p>For the first time, Autodesk Value Added Resellers (VARs) will be able to provide customers with a complete Autodesk 3D design portfolio of software products and help differentiate their solutions by targeting industry specializations and product focus. The expanded scope better aligns members of the Autodesk global partner network to become mission critical solution providers through services such as consulting, technical training, support and industry expertise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomer needs and technology trends are evolving rapidly, and Autodesk is delivering the tools, training and resources our partners need to help their customers take full advantage of 3D design, engineering and entertainment technologies,\u201d said Bill Griffin, vice president, Worldwide Channel Sales at Autodesk. \u201cNever before has there been this kind of global opportunity for our partners to target entirely new industries and grow their businesses by using the complete Autodesk portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Autodesk, Inc. is continually evolving by developing the company\u2019s Partner Advantage Program to provide better customer and partner experiences, building on the Autodesk vision to always deliver the best products and solutions to customers, wherever they are. VARs who participate in the Autodesk Partner Advantage Program benefit from:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access to the complete product portfolio:<\/strong> Partners can now provide their customers with the complete Autodesk 3D design product portfolio, and more complete solutions to address a fuller range of business needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simplified tiering: <\/strong>There is now one tier for Autodesk VARs, which includes Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze levels. This simplified tiering will help make it easier for customers to identify an ideal partner match for their needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Partner locator:<\/strong> A new online partner locator tool helps customers to find the right partner expertise and helps enable partners to share best practices and more easily locate each other to collaborate on customer engagements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Improved business processes:<\/strong> Better global coordination helps facilitate better customer relationship management and more accurate sales pipeline visibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New online training platform:<\/strong> The newly upgraded Autodesk Learning Central online training program provides online tools and training to help partners develop expertise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a consultant to the AECO industry, our partnership with Autodesk enables us to provide the best possible business and technology solutions to our clients,\u201d said Microdesk President, Michael DeLacey. \u201cTogether we are able to combine resources and expertise in order to fully address our customers\u2019 challenges, as well as develop longer term strategies for improving the way the industry plans, designs, builds and operates our nation\u2019s buildings and infrastructure. That is a level of partnership that we truly value, and our clients feel the benefit of as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=aae96938-0b3b-4ac7-a3f3-5417bc130f5a\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TP4DYnFDhHPaG2YWvNtKMB0Sk2o\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TP4DYnFDhHPaG2YWvNtKMB0Sk2o\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/CloudNewsDaily\/~4\/iG5brksh_ys\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Partner Network Authorized to Sell Complete Autodesk 3D Design        Portfolio and Autodesk 360 Cloud Services     SAN RAFAEL, Calif.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Autodesk,        Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) is enhancing the Autodesk        Partner Advanta&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,131,132,134,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autocad","category-autodesk","category-autodesk-360","category-autodesk-subscription","category-partnerships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}