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If you can sneak away from the office, feel free to join me at one or more of the following events on February 7, February 14 and March 30-April 1. Each event is designed for managed service providers, solutions providers and small business owners. The events have different themes and formats, but all of them will extensively cover the managed services space.

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If you’re in the managed services market, no doubt you’ve noticed a lot of merger and acquisition activity in recent months. That got us thinking: Is there a way for managed service providers to easily follow M&As as they happen? Also, is there an easy way to research the strategic business value (and financial value) of MSPs?

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Generally speaking, software as a service (SaaS) is a great business model for tech companies and their customers. But a flood of press coverage has suggested that SaaS specialists are immune to an economic slowdown or recession.

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Chances are, plenty of managed service providers are popping up in your neighborhood. In addition to worrying about local competition, you better keep an eye on global competition. A case in point: Sify Technologies Ltd. of India is launching managed security services that have global reach. Here’s why you should care.

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The MSPmentor 100, our look at the world’s most progressive managed service providers, is now available as a single PDF file for you to download. You’ll find the PDF for free in our MSPmentor Resource Center (registration required). The PDF download allows you to read our comprehensive managed services report off-line at your leisure. Or, you can continue to read the report online by visiting our MSPmentor 100 main content area.

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Earlier this decade, I was guilty of sounding the compliance alarm. I moderated dozens of CIO events focused on Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and other corporate compliance mandates. These days, PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) has our collective attention, and clear implications for managed service providers. Here’s why.

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Look out, Geek Squad. Managed service providers are striving to remotely troubleshoot consumer PCs. Toward that end, DirectPointe building closer working relationships with broadband service providers and Internet service providers. DirectPointe’s partners, in turn, expect to offer remote PC management services to consumers.

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I still maintain that no tech sector is immune to an economic slowdown. But even the biggest bears have to admit the bull run continues for the managed services sector. The latest example: Nimsoft’s 2007 revenue hit $29.4 million, up 77 percent from 2006.

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In addition to running content for MSPmentor and The VAR Guy, I blog about Cisco and unified communications for NetWorldWorld (see Joe’s Eye on Cisco). While surfing across the NetworkWorld site today, I spotted this timely podcast about “Living in a SaaS World.” You ‘ll notice that it features Jeff Kaplan of ThinkStrategies. Kaplan is pretty prolific in all things SaaS (software as a service) and managed services.

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The MSPmentor 100 — our look at 100 of the world’s top managed service providers — is now available for your review. Before you dive into the list and the associated charts, here’s some background on how MSPmentor and its parent, Nine Lives Media Inc., pulled together this managed services report.

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