Flexera, which provides technology spend and risk management solutions – announced an investment in its global partner program. The move, it noted, underscores the company’s commitment to partner and MSP success.
Under this investment, Flexera streamlined and refreshed its existing program, bringing together benefits from Flexera and Snow Software, in addition to expanding the program’s focus on MSPs. In particular, the update includes additional capabilities for FinOps, enhanced ITAM features and plans to grow into SaaS management.
Flexera also plans to release a partner services layer for its Flexera One flagship family of applications to help partners and MSPs provide unique services that meet customer business requirements.
“According to industry analyst estimates, organizations will spend more than $5 trillion on technology in 2024,” said Brian Hibner, SVP, alliances and services, Flexera. “Yet, we find many organizations still asking basic questions like ‘what technology do we own’ and ‘what’s being used and what’s being wasted’. We want to empower our customers and partners with a system of insight that can unite the tools they love with a common set of data that offers actionable insights to drive value. Flexera’s partners play a critical role in helping customers navigate this ever-changing technology landscape, providing a full panoramic view of their IT ecosystem. Our increased investment in our channel is vital to our customers’ success – and the future of Flexera.”
Key components include:
- Accelerated development of MSP capabilities.
- The technology intelligence platform for supporting unique partner and MSP offerings.
- Complete FinOps functionality for MSPs.
- A future partner service layer for Flexera One, to provide partners and MSPs the ability to manage clients at scale, extend the platform to develop unique services for customers and derive sharable insights from the combined customer portfolio.
- Expanded Flexera team, including support, enablement and leadership hires, as well as additions to its MSP team, with further open head count planned for 2025.
“Our goal is to create a world-class partner ecosystem, where every partner and MSP has opportunities to innovate, differentiate and succeed in delivering high-margin services to their clients,” said Hibner. “With these investments, we are eliminating obstacles and creating seamless pathways for partners to develop next-generation services – powered by Flexera technology – that their customers will demand.”
