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I tell them that, simply put, cloud computing is a better way to run your business.\u201d<\/p><\/div><div><cite>Marc Benioff, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Salesforce<\/cite><\/div><\/blockquote><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><div><p>\u201cCloud computing is empowering, [\u2026] companies leveraging cloud will be able to innovate cheaper and faster.\u201d<\/p><\/div><div><cite>Jamal Mazhar, Founder and CEO of Kaavo<\/cite><\/div><\/blockquote><p>These are precisely the reasons we decided to create our marketplace for: empowerment, scalability, convenience. Sounds too good to be true? Fear not, it\u2019s 100% real \u2013 and it\u2019s already here.<\/p><h4>So\u2026 Marketplace. What is it?<\/h4><p>Similar to Google Play on Android devices, where everyone can browse and buy Apps, our marketplace offers numerous third party services on a single platform. Through it, service providers can easily offer their products to thousands of people all over the world \u2013 providing them an extremely large array of services that would otherwise not be available at once.\u00a0<\/p><p>Everything is centrally managed in the marketplace to help people discover services they will truly love. 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Searching and subscribing to services has never been easier. First, choose the service and plan that best suits your deployment. Second, use our convenient payment system to purchase your services. All services will then be auto-configured on your networks.<\/p><p>We aim to provide maximum user-friendliness and zero hassle. No more hours spent following complicated setup procedures or dealing with compatibility issues: just select, pay and go.<\/p><h4>Which services should you expect?<\/h4><p>There will be a wide-range of services available on the marketplace. You can expect the following categories: captive portal and remote splash pages, presence analytics, vouchers, social login, DNS filtering, VPN \/ proxy, network troubleshooting, WiFi ads, security, access control, asset management, operations software, and many more.<\/p><p>A few practical examples of the usefulness of services:<\/p><ul><li>Remote troubleshooting: a remote technician is faster and cheaper than in-person visits;<\/li><li>Social login: deploying Social Wi-Fi helps any type of business boost its social visibility and increase brand\u00a0awareness;<\/li><li>Retail analytics: better understand how customers move and behave within shopping areas.<\/li><\/ul><p>The possibilities are as endless as the number of services that can be provided through our marketplace platform. By allowing third parties providers additions to the marketplace, we effectively put no limit on the amount and type of services users can enjoy.<\/p><h4>Why will you love all of this?<\/h4><p>Following several feature requests, we are aware \u2013 as you are \u2013 that users want these services. What you may not know yet, is that you will soon come to love the whole concept surrounding this marketplace \u2013 and the reasons are plenty.<\/p><p><strong>For service providers:<\/strong>\u00a0Plasma Cloud customers will be able to find your offering in our marketplace and subscribe to your service. The advantage is an expansion of your customer reach while our own customers get more choice and the ease of installation. Service partners have full access to our service API for a seamless integration with Plasma Cloud.<\/p><p><strong>For end users:<\/strong>\u00a0There will be a great selection of services available through a centralized subscription system \u2013 you will not need to search the internet for a compatible service. Instead, the marketplace will give you an overview of what\u2019s out there. In addition, you will be able to see and manage all your subscriptions at a glance from a single platform. It has never been this easy and scalable.<\/p><h4>Interested in more?<\/h4><p>Are you a service provider interested in offering your product on our marketplace?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.plasma-cloud.com\/hc\/en-us\/requests\/new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact us now<\/a>\u00a0to discuss the next steps \u2013 please clearly state what your service offers and which APIs you need to integrate with us.<\/p><p>Are you a user looking for a specific service?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.plasma-cloud.com\/hc\/en-us\/requests\/new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Let us know<\/a>\u00a0which one you need and we will do our best to find a matching service provider to join our marketplace!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-162b9e2e elementor-hidden-phone tagsidearia\" data-id=\"162b9e2e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59707422 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"59707422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4311329 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"4311329\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"1347\" class=\"elementor elementor-1347\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bba7da5 Rightsidebar elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bba7da5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b51df99\" data-id=\"1b51df99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511b129c cat_list_style elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-categories\" data-id=\"511b129c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-categories.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Categories<\/h5><nav aria-label=\"Categories\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasma-cloud.nl\/en\/category\/cloud\/\">Cloud<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasma-cloud.nl\/en\/category\/console\/\">Console<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasma-cloud.nl\/en\/category\/general\/\">General<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasma-cloud.nl\/en\/category\/marketplace\/\">Marketplace<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasma-cloud.nl\/en\/category\/networking\/\">Networking<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasma-cloud.nl\/en\/category\/new-products\/\">New Products<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasma-cloud.nl\/en\/category\/press-release\/\">Press Release<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasma-cloud.nl\/en\/category\/update-firmware\/\">Update firmware<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-67\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasma-cloud.nl\/en\/category\/white-label\/\">White Label<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>",
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