Tag: managed service providers (MSP)
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Egenera Eases the Channel’s Move to the Cloud
Egenera is capitalizing on cloud management capabilities acquired last year and now aims to help companies in the channel more easily manage IT services running on-premise and in the cloud via the same management console. The latest version of Egenera Cloud Suite adds support for enhanced workflow automation, simplified administration and integration with Microsoft Active… Read more
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Mimecast Forges New MSP Program
Mimecast’s new North America Managed Service Providers Program is aimed at making it easier for MSP partners to deliver its cloud-based email management services to its customers. Mimecast’s Unified Email Management services include security, archiving and continuity. Although Mimecast has worked with MSPs in North America for many years, it did not have a formal… Read more
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SMB Cloud Backup Demand: An Untapped Revenue Stream for MSPs
Categories: Managed ServicesCloud backup SMB Market Is Hot 73% of IT companies surveyed say they target SMBs with 1 to 250 employees for their BCDR offerings, while 41% focus on SMBs with 25 to 250 employees. Resellers’ Best Seller: Backup and Recovery 56% of resellers said cloud backup and recovery is their company’s best-selling offering, followed by… Read more
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Gen Y Ups the Ante for Technology in the Workforce
Categories: Managed ServicesGen Y for Technology Bye-Bye Baby Boomers As older Boomers reach retirement age, Gen Y and Gen X workers will be filling the gap. The workforce is expected to shift to Gen Y by 2020. This means businesses will need to adapt to a new set of expectations, attitudes and work preferences, including IT tools… Read more
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MSP Platform War Escalates Across the Channel
Categories: Managed ServicesFor more than 10 years, a slow but steady migration toward managed services has been taking place across the channel. There have been many challenges facing solution providers making that migration, including the fact that most customers are still not managing IT as a service. Without that fundamental shift in philosophy about the management of… Read more
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LogMeIn Launches Its First Official Channel Program
Categories: Managed ServicesAfter 10 years of operating without one, LogMeIn has launched its first formal channel program, which is aimed primarily at managed services providers (MSPs) that would incorporate the company’s IT application and systems management tools into their portfolios. The new channel program puts some formal terms and conditions around tools that are already widely used… Read more