BCS Teams Up with Polycom to Offer 'Hardware as a Service' Funding Solution to Polycom Resellers

Business Continuity Solutions, Inc. (BCS) has teamed up with Polycom (News - Alert) Inc., a global leader in unified communications (UC), to offer all new "Hardware as a Service" (HaaS) financing solution to Polycom resellers.

The BCS HaaS offering will be served as a complimentary service to the Internet telephony service providers (ITSPs) belonging to Polycom Capital Program. This new service will offer financing for members of Polycom's Premier ITSP Program.

"The Business Continuity HaaS Business Model is a perfect fit to enhance a reseller's ability to demonstrate their value proposition in the marketplace," said BCS CEO Ramsey Dellinger. "How? Among other things, by providing customers with a unique way to pay for their technology as they use it. Working capital has never been more critical than today nor is it likely to change in the near term."

Along with that, Polycom's resellers and partners can also take advantage of the new service to bundle their own products and services into a single payment to their clients.

Resellers can also use the HaaS as a funding solution to offer a monthly payment plan to customers for hardware, allowing them to reap the benefits of a cash sale by freeing up capital.

To support the HaaS Program, BCS will also offer HAAS quotation tool, proposal templates, branded Managed Service Provider MSP/funding agreements and access to the BCS National Funding Desk(TM) to handle all of the paperwork. Once a Polycom reseller is authorized they can utilize HaaS funding in marketing their products and services directly to their clients.

“BCS also plans to provide its HaaS FasTrac Training program for Polycom's resellers," Dellinger said. "Training is an important key to success so we have devised a program where Polycom resellers will be able to sign up for a comprehensive, six-course training curriculum for Hardware as a Service.”

Dellinger believes that the new relationship will significantly drive revenue for all of their business units as they move forward with their relationship.

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