Tag: MSPs

  • MSPs Get Insurance Boost

    Sara Driscoll

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    Managed services providers are now able to enter deals with more confidence, following the launch of an MSP-specific professional liability insurance offering from the MSPAlliance. Previously MSPs would have to use liability insurance that was designed more for VARs, such as errors and omissions liability insurance, which could be restrictive for MSPs, according to Charles… Read more

  • Communicado Calls on MSPs to Deliver Unified Communications

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Communicado on March 28 announced enhancements to its Streamline Management as a Service Platform that will make it easier for managed services providers to remotely deliver, monitor and manage customers’ converged voice and data networks. The unified communications space is ripe with opportunities for VARs and MSPs to bring voice and data technology to their… Read more

  • Zenoss Unveils Open-Source Platform for MSPs

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Open-source network monitoring and management vendor Zenoss March 20 unveiled a new platform for managed service providers that will target small and midmarket customers. "Our sweet spot has traditionally been above the midmarket," said Bill Karpovich, CEO and co-founder of Zenoss, adding that Rackspace, a hosted application provider customer, uses Zenoss software to monitor and… Read more

  • The Utility Company Wants to Take MSPs Beyond Managed Services

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    The Utility Company has announced the addition of a new partnership level to its Beyond Managed Services franchise program aimed at attracting existing managed services providers to the company’s business model. The BMS franchise program offers small and midsize businesses a turnkey business plan so they can quickly become MSPs, delivering business services to customers… Read more

  • CommVault Expands SAAS Offerings for MSPs

    CommVault Expands SAAS Offerings for MSPs

    Jessica Davis

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    CommVault is hoping to beef up its partner ranks by formalizing its data protection services program targeted at managed service providers who already offer online backup. The move is part of CommVault’s effort to win partners and customers, as it goes head to head with giant rival Symantec, which plans to roll out its own… Read more

  • Wanted: A Few Good MSPs

    Wanted: A Few Good MSPs

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    MasterIT is looking for a few good MSPs to deliver technology using an IT-as-utility business model, which the firm has claimed is “almost recession proof.” The Bartlett, Tenn.-based company began selling IT-as-utility in 2006 and is now looking to expand its reach by recruiting business partners that will act as MSPs that sell IT-as-utility under… Read more