13 Emerging SMB Software Vendors
CRN's 2008 Emerging Vendors list turned up some interesting, up-and-coming SMB software vendors who may have just the right product for needy solution providers.
Adaptive Planning
Product Line: Provides a Web-based, on-demand budgeting, forecasting and reporting solution that's an alternative to Excel-based processes.
Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 partner to 250 partners
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider
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AdvancedEMedia
Product Line: WebJaguar is Software-as-a-Service to build fully-featured, dynamic Websites and eCommerce solutions for the SMB market.
Featured Product (pictured): WebJaguar
Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 partner to 250 partners
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider
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American PrintWare
Product Line: Product line focuses on printer and document management.
Featured Product (pictured): RX 5to1
Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 partner to 250 partners
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider
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BRIDGEHEAD SOFTWARE
Product Line: Develops enterpise data management software for managing the backup and archiving of data and storage infrastructures.
Featured Product (pictured): FileScan Backup
Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or less
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider
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Computhink, Inc.
Product Line: Enterprise Content/Document Management (ECM) and E-mail Archival (EAS) solutions for the SMB.
Featured Product (pictured): ViewWise Enterprise
Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or less
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider
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Gordano, Ltd.
Product Line: Provides messaging software with full groupware capabilities.
Featured Product (pictured): Gordano Messaging Suite
Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or less
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider
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Marathon Technologies
Product Line: Marathon's everRun is fault-tolerant, high availability and disaster recovery software for physical and virtual servers.
Featured Product (pictured): everRun VM
Channel Recruitment Goal: 250 partners to 500 partners
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider
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Maximizer Software
Product Line: Maximizer CRM 10 sales, marketing and customer service and support products are available in four editions.
Featured Product (pictured): CRM10
Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or less
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused Solution Provider
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MuleSource
Product Line: MuleSource open source SOA infrastructure software offers an enterprise service bus for creating, architecting and managing services, as well as a registry/repository for SOA governance.
Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or less
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider
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Objectworld Communications
Product Line: Objectworld UC Server software provides unified communications, VoIP and communications-enabled business process solutions.
Featured Product (pictured): Objectworld UC Server
Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 partner to 250 partners
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider
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Open-E, Inc.
Product Line: The Open-E Data Storage Server is an all-in-one IP-Storage OS offering NAS and iSCSI functionality in a single operating system.
Featured Product (pictured): Open-E Data Storage Server
Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 partner to 250 partners
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused Solution Provider
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SpectorSoft Corporation
Product Line: Spector 360 is SpectorSoft's flagship solution for monitoring employees even when they are not connected to the company network.
Featured Product (pictured): Spector 360
Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 partner to 250 partners
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused Solution Provider
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Wasp Barcode Technologies
Product Line: Provides complete hardware and software solutions including inventory software, asset tracking, time and attendance, and POS for SMBs.
Featured Product (pictured): Wasp Barcode Maker
Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 partner to 250 partners
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused Solution Provider
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