Tag: MSP

  • Perils of Switching MSP Platforms

    Perils of Switching MSP Platforms

    Pedro Pereira

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    Andy Harper can’t fathom the idea of switching from his current managed services platform. As the chief information officer of MSP Gaeltek, he knows all too well the pain and effort it takes to implement and learn the software. Gaeltek, based in Manassas Park, Va., has used vendor Level Platform’s technology for more than four… Read more

  • Network Depot Delivers Instant MSP Kit

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    The winds of change are blowing for the small business solution provider, fueled by shrinking hardware margins, a dying break-fix market and general apathy for new product sales. That situation has forced many solution providers to rethink how they will survive, much less grow their businesses. Many are in the process of re-inventing themselves as… Read more

  • Survey: MSP Market Expected to Get Crowded in 2009

    Charlene O’Hanlon

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    Managed service providers may be the only folks in IT who believe 2009 will bring more economic joy than sorrow. But it also will bring more competition. So says a managed services survey conducted by IT industry association CompTIA being released this month. The study looked at 200 MSPs in the United States and Canada,… Read more

  • MSP Alliance Launches Green IT Certification

    Pedro Pereira

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    The MSP Alliance is making it possible for managed services providers and their customers to wear their Green IT bona fides on their sleeve. The Chico, Calif., organization this week is introducing a Green IT certification that industry insiders are hailing as a good first step toward recognizing companies employing environmentally friendly practices. To achieve… Read more

  • Slowing Economy Opens MSP Opportunities

    Pedro Pereira

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    Managed services and automation software vendors believe the current economic slowdown is opening new SMB opportunities to services providers. “If you don’t look at this as an opportunity, you’re looking through the wrong end of the telescope,” says Frank Coker, president and CEO of CoreConnex, a business automation software vendor. But there is work involved,… Read more

  • Dell Takes Direct Managed Services to New York

    Jessica Davis

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    Dell has unveiled plans to bring its direct managed services offering to the New York metropolitan area and has also said it is eliminating the dollar requirement for managed services deal registration, which had previously been set at $50,000.  The PC maker sent a letter to New York metropolitan partners–both certified MSP partners as well… Read more