Recent Articles
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Recession Boosts Managed Services Sales
The recession is driving the increased use of managed services by IT organizations. That’s according to a new report from Forrester Research which notes that almost 20 percent of IT professionals are purchasing more managed services as a result of the current economic conditions. The finding comes from Forrester’s Enterprise and SMB Networks and Telecommunications…
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Kaseya-Powered ASCII MSP Fuel Helps VARS Jump into Managed Services
Resellers looking to get into managed services now have yet another option to choose from with the introduction of ASCII MSP Fuel from the ASCII Group. The community of independent resellers says that ASCII MSP Fuel is currently in beta and is being powered by Kaseya, a provider of software and services to MSPs. The…
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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…