While exploring AppDirect's platform capabilities, you may come across some terminology you might not be familiar with.
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B
Builders — Builders are customer self-service tools with a WYSIWYG editor designed for business users (e.g. Storefront Builder, Report Builder, Invoice Builder).
C
Centers — Destinations for particular user groups (e.g. Developers, Resellers) on the platform.
Channel — Marketplace company or owner
Community Distribution — The group of software products within the AppDirect catalog for which its customers do not use pre-negotiated agreements through AppDirect.
Core Distribution — The group of software products for which AppDirect has pre-negotiated pricing & terms so that its customers can immediately leverage the product within their catalog.
Customers — Organizations that purchase and pay for products & services from AppDirect (excluding payment solely for Distribution)
CRM — Customer Relationship Management
CSP* — Communication Service Provider
The vertical target market that specializes in providing communication services such as broadband, mobile phones, and plans to end users.
*Also can refer to: 1- Cloud Solution Provider, or 2- Microsoft co-selling program
D
Developer* — An individual who writes code.
*Also, the title of the User Role granted to this individual on the marketplace.
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Edition — A specific set of functions/capabilities/attributes of a product grouped together to meet specific customer needs.
End customers/End users — Businesses and their employees that purchase services/subscriptions from AppDirect customers.
ERP — Enterprise Resource Planning
F
First-party products — The products that are sold by AppDirect customers and provide their main line of business (they own the intellectual property).
I
IaaS — Infrastructure as a Service
Indirect channel — The entity that sells products on behalf of AppDirect customers, i.e. Reseller.
IPaaS — Integration Platform as a Service
M
Managers* — An aggregation of features and capabilities that are grouped at a level just below the product level (e.g. Marketplace Manager*, Application Manager, Storefront Manager).
*Note the distinction from the Marketplace Manager user role on the platform.
P
Platform — The underlying technology stack to which products are connected.
Products — Discreet collections of platform capabilities that are packaged and sold.
R
Roles — A purposeful group of user permissions thematically built around jobs to be done on the platform.
S
SaaS — Software as a Service
Service Provider — Companies to which AppDirect sells its services. This may be a prospect or a customer.
SMB — Small and Medium Sized Businesses
Software Company — The vertical target market that specializes in providing software services to end customers.
SSO — single sign-on
T
Telco — Telecommunications Provider
Toolkits — Toolkits offer customization of the platform without a WYSIWYG editor and are designed for technical users.
V
Vendor — An organization that provides products on the platform that other channels can sell.
X
XaaS — Everything as a Service