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Verizon Business Remodels MSSP Platform
Verizon Business announced Aug. 5 a relaunch of its managed security services platform, introducing a number of new features that it hopes will take it to the top of the managed security service provider (MSSP) heap in the coming year. Designed to go above and beyond the standard antivirus-firewall-IPS trio so common among many security…
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CompTIA Outlines MSP success factors
With the annual value of the managed services opportunity expected to top $60 billion (US) by 2011, and margins as high as 40 percent, according to MSP Partners’ Jim Hamilton, it’s easy to understand why the channel is jumping on the managed services provider (MSP) business model. However, only a small fraction of VARs, just…
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Google’s Schmidt Quits Apple Board
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt is resigning from Apple Inc’s board of directors, Apple said, citing increased competition between the two leading technology companies. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that with Google’s recent unveiling of a computer operating system, "we have mutually decided that now is the right time for…
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McAfee Sports MSP Status After MX Logic Buy
McAfee agrees to buy security vendor MX Logic for $140 million to bolster its software-as-a-service business. The deal follows McAfee’s recent announcement that it will be looking to expand its SAAS footprint among enterprises. McAfee announced July 30 that it has agreed to purchase security vendor MX Logic for $140 million to help build out…
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Spiceworks Is a Force to Be Acknowledged
Not a day goes by for me without a conversation about managed services, professional services, cloud computing or software as a service. So Spiceworks’ claim seemed a big incredulous. How could anyone amass such a sizable community—much less the world’s largest—without catching even the slightest bit of attention by any of the established players? I…
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Spiceworks Claims World’s Largest MSP Community
The world’s largest community of managed service providers doesn’t belong to a major IT vendor or any of the well-established remote monitoring and management software providers. Rather, the crown goes to Spiceworks, a provider of free, Web-based network management tools. At least that’s what Spiceworks claims in a press release issued today. Austin, Texas-based…