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Based on certification levels achieved through ManagedOps.com's training programs, partners will receive an annuity stream of between 5 percent and 8 percent for the life of the customer relationship.The ASP will deliver services directly to customers in the Northeast under the name the Taylor Group but will rely on its partners to cover the rest of the United States.The company already enlisted 50 partners and is seeking new partnerships to help reach customers with revenue of between $ 10 million and $250 million, said Taylor."We are interested in helping partners build their business by teaching them how to implement new services, such as in the case of one partner that had never done a Siebel [Systems Inc.] implementation before," said Taylor.ManagedOps.com specializes in applications from Great Plains Software Inc., Siebel and Microsoft Corp.

Founded as the Taylor Group 13 years ago, ManagedOps.com has tiffany rings uk one of Great Plains' largest service partners with its integration management technology being licensed to Great Plains and resold through the software vendor's partners. It also has been providing Great Plains and Microsoft partners with executive, consulting and business development workshops for years, said Taylor.

On the hardware side, the ASP's data center network is built end to end on Cisco tiffany & co on sale Inc. technology, AT&T Corp. bandwidth and Compaq Computer Corp. servers. ManagedOps.com is building a new 93,000-square-foot center adjacent to its existing center in Bedford.The company plans to introduce new applications in areas such as supply chain management and e-business over time, said Taylor. CRN

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