SaaS company, intY, is collaborating with Microsoft and a number of independent comms providers to drive market share among enterprise and SME customers in the SaaS space.

The company set out its intentions for growth at the intY Strategic Partner Summit, held on 25 February at Microsoft's Reading head office. The event was attended by key players Daisy Group, Webfusion, KCOM, Thus, Gamma Telecom, Convergence Group and Opal.

Chris Baldock, intY's MD, said: "In working with our strategic distribution partners we are perfectly placed to drive ‘third wave' enterprise-class SaaS solutions into a multi-vendor application delivery model through a tiered channel structure."

Keynote speakers at the event included Microsoft's UK head of software services, Bernie Franckel, who discussed the roadmap for SaaS in the UK, together with the technologies and channel strategies required to maximise the opportunity.

"Today's businesses are looking to secure an increasing range of quality IT services from a single provider of choice," added Baldock. "In response, this initiative represents a major step forward for channel partners who want to deliver a complete range of service to their customers on a simple ‘one touch' deployment, management and billing basis."