2025 was a defining year for Spektra Systems, a year where vision met execution and innovation met scale. As cloud ecosystems evolved and expectations rose across enterprises, educators, CSPs, and ISVs, we remained anchored in our mission: to build reliable, intelligent, and future-ready solutions that accelerate learning, operations, and go-to-market success.
Through CloudLabs, CSP Control Center (C3), and SaaSify, we strengthened engineering foundations, expanded global influence, deepened partner trust, and continued shaping global ecosystems. The goal was simple: to build not just tools, but solutions that enable cloud success across learning, operations, and go-to-market.
This year in review reflects the milestones, breakthroughs, and momentum that defined 2025 and set the stage for an even more transformational 2026.
CloudLabs: A Global Year of Impact & Innovation
2025 was a defining year for CloudLabs, reaching more educators, supporting large-scale innovation events, and driving hands-on cloud learning worldwide. Alongside platform enhancements and expanding global presence, CloudLabs also took on a new responsibility, helping ISVs accelerate growth with end-to-end GTM support.
CloudLabs: Powering Global Enablement
CloudLabs’ presence across flagship events reflects a commitment towards shaping the future of hands-on, cloud-powered learning and enablement across the globe.
- European MCT Summit (UK & Europe):
The year started with CloudLabs attending the European MCT Summit 2025 as the official Gold Sponsor. Held on January 9-10 in Manchester, UK, the Summit brought together an energetic community of MCTs for two days of global speaker sessions, learning exchanges, and hands-on exploration of cloud technologies. Team CloudLabs was on the ground in Room No. 1, meeting instructors, sharing insights, and discussing how modern labs can transform the training experience. It was a great opportunity to connect with MCTs across Europe and support a community that continues to lead the way in technical education.
- North America MCT Summit 2025:
The North America MCT Summit 2025 (March 21-23 in Seattle, Redmond, WA) yet again brought together MCTs from around the world, and Spektra Systems was proud to be a Silver Sponsor. The event created a vibrant space for instructors to connect, exchange insights, and explore the latest in cloud-based training. Our CEO, Manesh Raveendran, represented Team CloudLabs at the Summit, engaging with MCTs through sessions, discussions, and networking around the future of technical training.
- CloudLabs at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025
Team CloudLabs had a strong and engaging presence at EDUCAUSE 2025, showcasing CloudLabs VM Labs and our AI-ready hands-on lab platform. As institutions looked to modernize education in AI, data science, cybersecurity, and cloud programs, the platform stood out as a fully managed, practical choice. Throughout the event, our experts walked visitors through VM Labs, addressed concerns from Azure Lab Services users, and shared next steps, including our $2K Azure Credit Program for qualified institutions signing up for a free POC. A highlight was Director Vikas Dahiya’s conversation with Bren Triplett, reinforcing the importance of real, future-focused learning discussions.
CloudLabs $2K Azure Credit Program for Existing Azure Lab Services Users
Azure Lab Services is all set to retire in 2027, and Microsoft recommends an immediate transition to an alternative solution. CloudLabs VM Labs is a Microsoft-recommended alternative to Azure Lab Services, providing access to preconfigured virtual machines tailored to their specific needs. Whether for classroom training, professional training, hackathons, or hosting hands-on labs at any scale. To support your transition from Azure Lab Services, CloudLabs is offering $2,000 in Azure Credit to qualified customers. The credit applies to any VM Labs usage, allowing you to get started immediately, with no upfront costs.
Enabling Innovation: Empowering Global Hackathons & Enterprise Programs
In 2025, CloudLabs continued to power large-scale innovation programs, supporting high-impact hackathons and technical events across industries, enabling interested minds across 30+ countries, and earning an average rating of 4.9/5.
- IBM Agentic AI Hackathon
CloudLabs is honoured to be part of the IBM Agentic AI Hackathon, offering complete infrastructure and end-to-end technical support to over 450 participants for 30 days. Our key involvement also included helping the IBM team onboard registered participants by creating tailor-made user-specific, pre-configured hack environments.
- DXC MI Hackathon
CloudLabs is thrilled to have supported the DXC team for 20 days, providing seamless collaboration and constant encouragement throughout the DXC-MS AI Hackathon. From initial setup to real-time technical query resolution and continuous group-wide assistance, our dedicated team of experts ensured ultimate responsiveness and commitment.
CloudLabs Hackathon Services
CloudLabs, as a premium solution provider, has been supporting leading companies, including EY, IBM, DXC Technologies, Capgemini, LTIMindtree, Accenture, and others, in hosting successful hackathon events worldwide for nearly a decade. Whether it’s a one-day challenge-based hackathon or a month-long open-ended schedule, companies trust us with a seamless experience.
Shop.CloudLabs
Designed as a self-service platform, Shop.CloudLabs allows instructors and organizations to browse, purchase, and redeem hands-on labs on the go, with environments made available within a defined timeframe, no infrastructure setup, maintenance, or technical overhead required. Every lab is end-to-end managed by CloudLabs, supported by our superior technical assistance, and optimized for real learning/training outcomes. Choose from a variety of labs: AI, ML, Cloud Computing, Data Science, MOC, and more. All labs are fully managed, globally scalable, and backed by 24/7 support.
Powering ISVs’ GTM Growth: Looking Beyond Enablement
Modern ISVs build strong, enterprise-ready products, but growth requires more than innovation. Sales, partners, and customers need real hands-on experiences, not static demos, to truly understand value and drive confident adoption.
Trusted by 100+ leading ISVs, CloudLabs delivers end-to-end managed, immersive, and scalable hands-on experiences tailored to real-world use cases. Microsoft alone runs 50,000+ immersion workshops annually through CloudLabs, a testament to the platform’s reliability and global reach.
With CloudLabs, ISVs:
- Host impactful 1:1 or 1:Many immersion workshops that accelerate conversions
- Equip sales teams with ready-to-launch demo environments
- Deliver partner training and certifications at a global scale
- Offer secure, sandboxed product trials without infrastructure overhead
- Enable support teams to test and troubleshoot within isolated sandboxes
2025 was also all about CloudLabs going beyond being just a lab provider and wearing a new hat, functioning as ISVs’ extended team, enabling them with targeted Go-To-Market support, guiding them with consistent, branded, and measurable engagements.
Phase 1: Design & Launch
- Identify key use cases, build guided workflows, create Event-in-a-Box assets, and optimize the whole experience
Result: A compelling, repeatable product story aligned to buyer needs.
Phase 2: Execute & Scale
- Fully managed workflows, branded registration portals, automated lab hosting, instructors on demand, and post-event analytics
Result: Faster adoption and scalable enablement across regions and customer segments.
Key CloudLabs Engineering Enhancements in 2025
CloudLabs advanced significantly in 2025 with platform-wide upgrades designed to improve performance, strengthen security, enhance learner experience, and streamline event operations. These enhancements laid the groundwork for more scalable, intelligent, and enterprise-ready lab deployments across training, POCs, and hackathons.
- Event Portal Enhancements & Maintenance
This year, CloudLabs introduced several improvements to the Event Portal, including Practice Lab Experience upgrades for pre-event validation, new Price Book and Vendor Book modules for better commercial management, Catalogue PDF export for offline approvals, Hybrid Event Support for flexible delivery formats, and Customer Invite OFT Versioning for enhanced branding control. Core modules such as Event Management, Budget Management, email compliance, and multilingual support were also strengthened to deliver a more reliable global event workflow.
- Improved Learner Experience
To elevate the learner journey, CloudLabs rolled out image pop-outs for clearer visuals, smoother transitions between VM consoles and lab guides, a dedicated “End” button for clear completion signaling, customizable registration pages for accurate onboarding, detailed lab progress tracking for learners and organizers, and leaderboard functionality for on-demand labs, introducing light gamification where relevant.
- Core Platform Enhancements
Under the hood, platform stability and security received major upgrades, including Azure Temporary Access Pass integration to streamline MFA workflows, IP-based RDP access locking for stronger environment protection, MFA reset capabilities for faster recovery, automated deployment recovery to reduce manual effort, and Axonius API integration to support large-scale, complex deployment and asset management.
- LAAS-Specific Enhancements
CloudLabs advanced its Labs-as-a-Service capabilities with Global Max Settings for better quota governance, Azure AD Sync with least-privilege controls for secure identity management, Multi-VM support enabling richer multi-node lab scenarios, and enhanced Resource Group controls that allow unlocking, image deletion, and re-locking of environments, providing administrators with precise operational control across large-scale learning programs.
CSP Control Center (C3): Redefining CSP Operations for 2025
While CloudLabs focused on learning and enablement, CSP Control Center (C3) concentrated on strengthening cloud operations, partner management, and billing automation for Cloud Solution Providers and resellers.
Modern UI & Performance: Angular 17 Upgrade
In 2025, C3 underwent a major front-end overhaul: the entire application was upgraded to Angular 17, resulting in clear improvements in performance, usability, and future-proofing. The result: faster loading times, smoother navigation, and a more responsive experience, whether you’re managing subscriptions, processing renewals, or building a custom marketplace. For busy CSPs juggling many customers and billing cycles, this upgrade translates into tangible time savings and fewer friction points. Internally, it also sets a more maintainable foundation for rolling out future features with agility. In short: C3 is no longer just powerful, it is now sleek, fast, and future-ready.
KPN and CSP Control Center Partnership
2025 wasn’t just about features; it was also about real-world validation and growth. In a landmark moment, C3 secured a major partnership with KPN, marking the largest single deal in C3’s history. This underscored C3’s maturation as an enterprise-grade platform, capable of meeting the demands of a top-tier CSP. With C3’s advanced billing automation capabilities, KPN is now positioned to streamline complex billing workflows, improve operational efficiency, and deliver a more seamless experience for both resellers and customers. The partnership strengthens accuracy, transparency, and scalability across KPN’s billing operations, enabling smarter, automated financial management at enterprise scale. This collaboration not only validates C3’s role as a trusted billing automation platform but also reflects a shared commitment to modernizing cloud commerce with intelligent, next-generation solutions.
Key C3 Feature Enhancements in 2025
C3 continued to evolve throughout 2025 with updates designed to strengthen automation, improve partner workflows, and enhance operational visibility. These enhancements focus on making CSP operations more efficient, scalable, and easier to manage across diverse customer and reseller ecosystems.
- Granular Relationship Status for GDAP
Introduces a detailed relationship status menu that gives partners clearer visibility and control over GDAP permissions. It helps CSPs manage customer access more accurately, maintain compliance, and streamline delegated admin workflows across growing customer portfolios.
- Centralized Scheduled Renewals Tracking
A unified renewals dashboard that consolidates upcoming subscription renewals across all customers. This feature reduces missed deadlines, improves customer engagement, and enables proactive account management for CSPs handling high-volume licensing operations.
- New Price Lists Menu for Partners
Allows partners to create, customize, and manage multiple price lists for different customer groups. This flexibility supports tailored pricing strategies, better margin management, and faster SKU configuration across diverse offerings and market segments.
- Custom Dashboard Tiles for Partners & Resellers
Provides dynamic, customizable dashboard tiles that help partners and resellers visualize the metrics that matter most. From billing insights to subscription usage, this enhancement supports data-driven decision-making and a more personalized portal experience.
- Partner Offer Bulk Upload
Enables partners to upload large sets of offers in a single action, simplifying catalog expansion and SKU onboarding. This is especially valuable for large CSPs or distributors managing extensive product portfolios, cutting down manual effort significantly.
- ConnectWise Integration Enhancements
Includes support for usage-based Azure billing data push and improved quoting functionality. These updates strengthen financial accuracy, automate billing workflows, and ensure seamless synchronization between C3 and ConnectWise for partners relying on PSA systems.
CSP Control Center Partner Meets
On the engagement front, a series of partner meetings across Europe enabled the C3 team to gather feedback directly from partners such as Savaco, Vanroey, Aurelium, Inspark, and KPN, refining workflows, understanding pain points, and reinforcing trust through collaboration. These interactions not only validated C3’s feature roadmap but also reinforced its value as a trusted operations backbone for global CSPs.
SaaSify: Enabling ISVs with Marketplace Growth, Automation & AI
While CloudLabs and C3 supported learning and operations, SaaSify advanced Spektra Systems’ vision by enabling ISVs with the tools and services they need to succeed in the modern cloud marketplace. Solely focusing on automation, global reach, and AI-driven enablement.
Catalyst 2025 & Marketplace Momentum
2025 started off with a major milestone for SaaSify: our participation at Catalyst 2025, where cloud-native ISVs, partners, and marketplace stakeholders convened to explore the future of cloud commerce. As a key platform enabling cloud-marketplace growth, SaaSify used this opportunity to highlight how marketplace dynamics are shifting, and why ISVs need more than just good products. They need streamlined operations, automated listing workflows, and integrated GTM support to leverage marketplace economies. At Catalyst, conversations centered on emerging trends like multi-cloud SaaS distribution, co-sell readiness, and the growing importance of usage-based billing. For many attendees, SaaSify provided a credible backbone for marketplace readiness, transforming manual listing, billing, and co-selling complexity into a smooth, repeatable process.
Automating Cloud Marketplace Operations: A Playbook for ISVs
June 2025 started with team SaaSify publishing the Playbook: Automating Cloud Marketplace Operations blog, a detailed guide for ISVs looking to scale across AWS, Azure, GCP, and more. The playbook explores how marketplace growth is exploding, with cloud marketplaces projected to reach tens of billions in valuation, yet many ISVs are held back by operational friction. SaaSify stands out as a no-code self-service platform to automate critical workflows: listing management, private-offer lifecycle, co-sell coordination, usage billing, and revenue operations. Further, a unified dashboard lets teams launch new listings in as little as 2 weeks, with no heavy engineering overhead. The result: faster time-to-market, fewer errors, scalable revenue growth, and the operational backbone to handle hundreds of deals once traction begins.
Strengthening ISV Enablement Through Strategic Workshops & Learning Series
In 2025, SaaSify focused heavily on community-driven learning and strategic knowledge-sharing with ISVs. SaaSify convened ISVs, hyperscaler experts, and channel stakeholders to share best practices for scaling SaaS on major cloud marketplaces. These sessions explored strategies around co-sell readiness, compliance, usage-based billing, marketplace listing standards, and GTM alignment. For participating ISVs, these events were more than webinars. They were strategic workshops that combined product readiness, marketplace compliance, and GTM planning under one roof.
- SaaSify × PartnerInsights × AWS × Palo Alto Workshop
This workshop deep-dived into Palo Alto’s $1B+ marketplace strategy, highlighting how ISVs can align co-sell motions, partner programs, and automated sales workflows to accelerate revenue. Attendees received actionable guidance on scaling marketplace presence using real enterprise GTM models.
- SaaSify × Flosum Hyperscaler Series
The Hyperscaler Webinar Series brought together our CEO, Manesh Raveendran, and Cathleen Nelson, VP, Partners & Cloud Sales at Flosum, to discuss their firsthand knowledge about what works and what doesn’t when building cloud partnerships that scale. By the end of the series, ISVs were able to unlock pre-committed cloud budgets through private offers and co-selling. Accelerate sales cycles by streamlining the procurement process. Lastly, leverage CRM automation to co-sell at scale, driving larger and faster deals.
GCP Marketplace Automation Playbook
By mid-2025, Google Cloud Marketplace had emerged as a high-growth channel for ISVs expanding beyond AWS and Azure. With this shift, SaaSify released the GCP Marketplace Automation Playbook blog to help ISVs navigate GCP’s offer lifecycle without rebuilding backend infrastructure. The guide explains how SaaSify’s no-code platform automates listing setup, compliance checks, private-offer configuration, billing and metering, co-sell integration, and subscription lifecycle management, all from a unified dashboard. This means ISVs can go live on GCP “out of the box,” losing none of their existing workflows. As marketplaces grow more fragmented, this automation layer becomes a competitive advantage: ISVs that adopt it unlock faster launch times, reduced manual effort, and a clean, consistent presence across multiple clouds.
SaaSify AI Agents for Azure Marketplace Onboarding
SaaSify AI Agents is a well-planned launch designed to target one of the biggest bottlenecks ISVs face: marketplace onboarding. Manual steps, compliance checks, and repetitive validations often slow down Azure Marketplace listings. SaaSi Agentic AI makes it all seamless, enabling ISVs to meet listing requirements, validate offer parameters, and streamline private-offer creation on the go. Drastically reducing the time and effort typically required for onboarding. By blending automation with guided workflows, the platform enables ISVs to move from product-ready to marketplace-ready with ease. The impact is immediate: faster time-to-market, fewer errors, and the ability to scale offers confidently across multiple regions. With Agentic AI managing the operational complexity, ISVs can stay focused on product innovation and go-to-market strategy rather than navigating marketplace procedures.
F1 with SaaSify
The “United States Grand Prix” event, branded “F1 with SaaSify,” was offered as an exclusive sponsored pass to select AWS partners and ecosystem members, combining a day at the Grand Prix in Austin with premium hospitality, networking, and partner engagement. Attendance of the event was capped, registrations closed once capacity was reached. saasify.ai The experience was framed as a blend of high-energy entertainment and meaningful partner connection within the cloud and marketplace community.
Accelerate Your AWS Partnership Journey: AWS x SaaSify
AWS and SaaSify came together to host the Accelerate Your AWS Partnership Journey series across Berlin, London, and Paris, helping early-stage startups to unlock the full potential of AWS Marketplace and co-sell programs. Besides learning key tips to operationalize their AWS partnership, accelerate deal velocity, and build a scalable GTM motion. The audience included founders, technical leaders, GTM and partnership teams, and startups innovating across Data, GenAI/ML, Cybersecurity, DevTools, and industry-focused applications. With an emphasis on six-month partnership roadmaps, co-sell workflow execution, and the role of AI-powered automation in partnership operations, the roadshow delivered clear, actionable next steps to help companies strengthen their AWS strategy and accelerate Marketplace readiness.
Launch of AWS Partner Central Migration Agent
The AWS Partner Central Migration AI Agent marks an important step forward for ISVs navigating the evolving AWS partner ecosystem. As AWS unifies the partner experience, bringing Partner Center and AWS Marketplace together into a single, API-first, SSO-enabled Partner Central console with granular access controls, the transition introduces new layers of operational complexity. SaaSify’s intelligent Migration Agent acts as a virtual consultant, replacing these manual, error-prone steps with a guided, fully automated migration workflow that keeps teams moving forward with confidence. What once required significant engineering effort is now a smooth, efficient process, allowing ISVs to stay focused on strategy, customer value, and marketplace growth.
CRM Integrations 2025: Streamlining Marketplace Execution Across Salesforce, HubSpot & D365
SaaSify strengthened its CRM integration ecosystem in 2025, delivering updates that make marketplace operations more connected, automated, and efficient for revenue and partnership teams.
- Salesforce CRM Connector Updates
Enhancements to the Salesforce connector improved marketplace-driven deal execution with better plan-type mapping, expanded private-offer field support across AWS and GCP, and more reliable offer–subscription alignment. These updates streamline CRM-to-marketplace workflows and increase operational accuracy.
- HubSpot CRM Connector Updates
The HubSpot connector added stronger co-sell handling through support for multiple co-sells per deal, detailed audit logs for pending and error states, and improved filters for “Action Required” workflows. These changes enhance visibility and reduce friction in HubSpot-driven marketplace processes.
- D365 CRM Connector Updates
For Dynamics 365 users, updates expanded lifecycle support for AWS and Azure co-sell opportunities, introduced webhook-based synchronization, improved data mapping control, and added interface enhancements like progress indicators, enabling tighter CRM and marketplace alignment from within D365.
Together, these enhancements reinforce SaaSify’s commitment to delivering a unified, automated CRM-to-marketplace experience that accelerates co-sell workflows and strengthens revenue operations across the board.
SaaSify at AWS re:Invent
Team SaaSify with SentinelOne hosted The Security Social Happy Hour at AWS re:Invent, an exclusive executive gathering focused on elevating AWS Marketplace performance and security innovation. Held at SUSHISAMBA, The Palazzo, the evening brought global leaders together for meaningful dialogue, strategic alignment, and real-world GTM insights in an intimate, high-impact setting.
Strengthening Security & Compliance in 2025
2025 marked a significant step forward in strengthening Spektra Systems’ security and compliance posture. With a focus on protecting customer data, reinforcing trust, and meeting global security expectations, Spektra Systems introduced several key enhancements that demonstrate a continued commitment to operating as a secure, enterprise-ready platform.
- ISO 27001 Certification
Spektra Systems successfully achieved ISO 27001 certification, validating its robust Information Security Management System (ISMS) and commitment to global security standards.
- SOC 2 Type II Compliance
The SOC 2 Type II attestation confirms that Spektra Systems’ security, availability, and confidentiality controls are not only well-designed but consistently effective over time.
- SSPA (Supplier Security and Privacy Assurance)
Completion of the SSPA program ensures alignment with stringent privacy and security requirements, reinforcing Spektra Systems’ responsibility in handling customer data.
- Regular VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing)
Spektra Systems conducted comprehensive VAPT exercises to proactively identify and remediate potential vulnerabilities, ensuring system resilience against evolving threats.
Looking Ahead to 2026 & Beyond
As we move into 2026, Spektra Systems plans to step into a new era, one defined by intelligent automation, expanded global impact, and deeper partnership-led innovation. Above all, we plan to keep our focus unwavering: empowering teams, elevating possibilities, and building technology that creates shared progress. Thank you for being part of our 2025 journey, believing in our solutions, and supporting us with your valuable feedback that helped us make a difference.
