Tag: MSP
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N-able Archiving Alliance to Combat MSP Commoditization
Managed services platform provider N-able Technologies is teaming up with Iron Mountain Digital to help give partners a quick entry into data backup and archiving. Executives at both companies say the alliance, initially a marketing arrangement, is likely to go deeper, and will probably become a technology alliance that offers partners an integration that bridges… Read more
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Worlds Collide at Channel Summit
Categories: News and TrendsAt the Ziff Davis Enterprise Channel Summit in Dallas on Feb. 7, a great deal of interest was generated around two very topical subjects: green technology and managed services. For the most part, the discussions were cordial in nature, but some VARs did express some serious doubts about the motivation behind each of those technologies.… Read more
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Nimsoft to Offer SAAS and More New Programs for Partners
Managed services platform provider Nimsoft is in the process of developing a software-as-a-service offering for its service provider partners to offer to their customers. The plans were among a handful for the Redwood City, Calif., company in 2008 that CEO Gary Read recently shared in an interview with Channel Insider. As Nimsoft moves toward its… Read more
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Silverback Partners Path Still Uncertain
Silverback managed services partners got the opportunity to ask candid questions about the future of their MSP platform during the first partner conference held since Dell acquired the company last summer. They learned that Silverback Version 8.0 would likely be hosted only by Dell. They learned that Dell plans to sell these services directly to… Read more
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AXS-One Seeking ‘Dozens’ of MSP Partners
Categories: News and TrendsAXS-One is seeking managed service provider partners to fill a growing need for hosted digital archiving and data management. The company currently provides data management and archiving software direct to customers and through a few select resellers. Bill Lyons, AXS-One’s CEO, believes that the opportunities for MSPs (managed service providers) in the hosted archiving market… Read more
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MSP Partners Opens Advisory Board to Competitors
Categories: News and TrendsVendor-created organization MSP Partners has formed a new advisory board and announced its inaugural members are Autotask, ContractPC, Kaseya and Xerox. Cisco, Ingram Micro, Intel, Level Platforms and Microsoft founded the organization in March 2007 with a mission of providing a comprehensive source of MSP (managed services provider) education. Now, with the addition of an… Read more