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CloudBlue Connect

Enhance operational efficiency and accelerate business growth

MEET CLOUDBLUE CONNECT

Catalog and channel management platform that powers anything as a service business.

Publish

Configure the product once and publish multiple listings with no additional development. Streamline and accelerate channel go-to-market release cycles from inception to availability.
Propagate

Automate and simplify partner or vendor onboarding and management. Distribute your catalog across multi-country, multi-tier channel systems, while reducing complexity and time to market.
Expand

Build a thriving self-sustaining ecosystem with CloudBlue’s extensive network of vendors and resellers to reach millions of customers worldwide.

Build a thriving self-sustaining ecosystem and grow market share.

Automate, centralize, and streamline multiple products, catalog, vendor and channel management processes.

Product Management

Accelerate product and service release cycles and become more agile:
• Automate, centralize, and manage different processes including Product Information Management (PIM), provisioning, and fulfillment while cutting down on the cost and time spent on operations and management.

IT & Operations

Automate and streamline your processes for greater operational efficiency and gain the flexibility to scale:
• Create, manage, and distribute catalogs through multi-country, multi-tiered channel networks while simplifying operations, minimizing integrations, and reducing costs and time.

Sales and Marketing

Accelerate expansion of your catalog and grow your as-a-service footprint:
• Take advantage of CloudBlue’s extensive network of vendors and resellers to reach millions of customers worldwide and extend your portfolio across countries, new segments, and verticals.

Channel

Build, manage and grow your network of partners, distributors, and resellers to expand market share:
• Automate and streamline processes for partner onboarding, agreements, and contracts
• Centralize catalog and publish it across channels quickly to drive revenue

Platform Features:

Product Information Management

Contracts and Agreement Management

DIRECTORY & FULFILLMENT MANAGEMENT

Catalog Management

Inventory and Usage Management

CloudBlue’s PIM function supports software, hardware, anything as a service and captures the metadata for products and services.
Handle complexity with structured data by capturing detailed product concepts including variation, attributes, class, categories, and groups.
Upload go-to-market assets to enrich the buyer experience.

Create and manage distribution and program agreements with vendors
Create, track and manage contracts with vendors
Review and electronically sign contracts
Notify vendors to digitally approve updates to signed contracts
View when vendors accept a new version of the agreement and which user signed it

Create and manage subscriptions in test and production scenarios
Manage tier configurations
View, reject and approve fulfillment requests
Preview fulfillment requests before launch
Manage fulfillment requests for all sales channels

Review, test and manage your products from the CloudBlue catalog.
Curate product catalogs for specific resellers. Create various product groups with tailored agreements.
Filter your search by product category or marketplace.
Create direct syndication agreements with resellers and manage from one place.
Add your products to the CloudBlue catalog for syndication.

Define products by SKU to create multiple plans and offers for each product.
Determine the consumption model (reservation or pay as you go), set a billing period (monthly or yearly), and commitment period to fit your product type.
View and export various pre-built reports ranging from: fulfillment (pending/history), subscription, customers, SLAs, contracts, catalog or customize your reports. Manage usage reports for your products by automating uploads via APIs or uploading manually from the UI.

1 / 5

Streamline product information in one place and populate all channels.

CloudBlue’s Product Information Management (PIM) functionality allows easy configuration to match marketplace specifications. Receive product updates from all vendors in one central location without having to work across multiple different systems.

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2 / 5

Easily manage relationships with vendors in your ecosystem

CloudBlue Connect allows you to manage relationships with the vendors in your ecosystem through digital agreements (contract templates) and contracts.

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3 / 5

Manage your subscriptions and fulfillment requests

Use this platform to purchase, change and suspend to resume, cancel and renew requests. Plus, fulfillment can be automated with APIs.

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4 / 5

View a list of products in the CloudBlue catalog and request products for syndication in your portfolio.

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5 / 5

Create, test, and manage the products and services in your portfolio

Upload reports on usage of consumption and pay-per-use products to bill your resellers or end customers accordingly

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Platform Features:

Streamline product information in one place and populate all channels.

CloudBlue’s PIM function supports software, hardware, anything as a service and captures the metadata for products and services.
Handle complexity with structured data by capturing detailed product concepts including variation, attributes, class, categories, and groups.
Upload go-to-market assets to enrich the buyer experience.

Easily manage relationships with vendors in your ecosystem

Create and manage distribution and program agreements with vendors
Create, track and manage contracts with vendors
Review and electronically sign contracts
Notify vendors to digitally approve updates to signed contracts
View when vendors accept a new version of the agreement and which user signed it

Manage your subscriptions and fulfillment requests

Create and manage subscriptions in test and production scenarios
Manage tier configurations
View, reject and approve fulfillment requests
Preview fulfillment requests before launch
Manage fulfillment requests for all sales channels

View a list of products in the CloudBlue catalog and request products for syndication in your portfolio.

Review, test and manage your products from the CloudBlue catalog.
Curate product catalogs for specific resellers. Create various product groups with tailored agreements.
Filter your search by product category or marketplace.
Create direct syndication agreements with resellers and manage from one place.
Add your products to the CloudBlue catalog for syndication.

Create, test, and manage the products and services in your portfolio

Define products by SKU to create multiple plans and offers for each product.
Determine the consumption model (reservation or pay as you go), set a billing period (monthly or yearly), and commitment period to fit your product type.
View and export various pre-built reports ranging from: fulfillment (pending/history), subscription, customers, SLAs, contracts, catalog or customize your reports. Manage usage reports for your products by automating uploads via APIs or uploading manually from the UI.

WHY CLOUDBLUE

What makes CloudBlue Connect different?

This catalog and channel management solution simplifies and unifies your indirect and direct channel operations as well as your procurement—all with a single platform. Use Connect to boost efficiency, speed time to revenue and establish a scalable business quickly.

125+

Global Vendors

200+

Products and Services

85K+

Channel Partners

400K+

Transactions Per Month

WHO WE SERVE

We have been very impressed by the commitment shown by CloudBlue. Their willingness to adapt their solutions to our requirements, however complex, delivers real value for us.

JUAN MANUEL MORENO
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