Recent Articles
-
Managed Services Thrive in the Cloud Era
By Michael Vizard Conventional wisdom held that cloud computing would lead to a centralization of IT resources in a way that would ultimately lead to the demise of managed services. Instead, we’ve seen an explosion in complexity that is about to create more demand for managed services than ever before. The major issue customers are…
-
Managed Security Services Gain Momentum
By Ericka Chickowski Traditional security vendors and managed security service providers (MSSP) vied for attention at the Gartner Security Summit. The spate of announcements made at this event should underscore for channel partners the momentum behind security services and cloud deployments in the security niche, which has traditionally held on to on-premise models longer than…
-
OpenDNS Simplifies Web Security Services for MSPs
Aimed at simplifying the deployment of cloud-based Web security services for managed service providers (MSPs), OpenDNS has unveiled a new management console and business processes that enable its partners to deliver the Umbrella by OpenDNS Web security service to customers more quickly. The new automated management capabilities, monthly billing and volume pricing also are designed…
-
Cisco Makes a Managed-Services Move
The number of managed-services platform options in the channel has continued to grow now that Cisco has formally unveiled the Cisco Meraki Managed Services Dashboard. Based on the managed-services platform that Cisco gained when it acquired Meraki last year, the Meraki managed-services platform, under the umbrella of the Cisco Cloud Networking Group, has now been…
-
The Road to Converged Infrastructure
Adoption 31% have converged infrastructure in the data center, and 51% are considering it.
-
ZettaNet Allows MSPs to Backup Multiple Customers
In the age of virtualization and the cloud, the way IT organizations think about backup and archiving is changing dramatically. Instead of backing up entire systems once a week, IT organizations are finding it more practical to replicate data across a WAN to a site that allows them to recover an instance of a live…
