Comments on: SaaS And Managed Services: Friends or Foes? http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/ Managed Services & Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:47:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Compunite http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 Compunite Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:07:02 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/#comment-2504 I must Agree with Josh Haas, Saas and the rest are all the wave of the future, I have recently introduced a complete One Rate program where by they get Monthly Maint either on-site or remote, free phone support, Level Platforms and Untangle all owned and maintained by my company. The response has been overwhelming because at the end of the day all the client wants to know is how much will this cost for the year and what am I getting for it and can it make me and my staff hands off to do what ever it is we do. The answer is obvisiouly a complete managed service solution with a mix of Haas, Saas and now even Paas. Steve www.compunite.com I must Agree with Josh Haas, Saas and the rest are all the wave of the future, I have recently introduced a complete One Rate program where by they get Monthly Maint either on-site or remote, free phone support, Level Platforms and Untangle all owned and maintained by my company. The response has been overwhelming because at the end of the day all the client wants to know is how much will this cost for the year and what am I getting for it and can it make me and my staff hands off to do what ever it is we do. The answer is obvisiouly a complete managed service solution with a mix of Haas, Saas and now even Paas.
Steve
http://www.compunite.com

]]> By: Josh Clifford http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/comment-page-1/#comment-1588 Josh Clifford Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:30:05 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/#comment-1588 Hey Peter, I was thrilled to find your post about SaaS. I truly believe that for the first time we have reached the point where it is practical for a business to run with little to no infrastructure. MSPs will need to embrace SaaS, HaaS, PaaS, hosted phone systems, hardware as a service, and hosted application of all types if they intend to survive into the future. I am excited that LPI has plans for this going forward and as always I look forward to seeing how your tool grows to support the MSP community in this endeavor. - JC www.smbitpros.com Hey Peter,

I was thrilled to find your post about SaaS. I truly believe that for the first time we have reached the point where it is practical for a business to run with little to no infrastructure. MSPs will need to embrace SaaS, HaaS, PaaS, hosted phone systems, hardware as a service, and hosted application of all types if they intend to survive into the future.

I am excited that LPI has plans for this going forward and as always I look forward to seeing how your tool grows to support the MSP community in this endeavor.

- JC
http://www.smbitpros.com

]]> By: » SaaS represents the next big opportunity for managed services success smbITpros.com : a resource for small business IT professionals http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/comment-page-1/#comment-1586 » SaaS represents the next big opportunity for managed services success smbITpros.com : a resource for small business IT professionals Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:20:45 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/#comment-1586 [...] SaaS And Managed Services: Friends or Foes? [...] [...] SaaS And Managed Services: Friends or Foes? [...]

]]> By: messels http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/comment-page-1/#comment-413 messels Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:19:31 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/#comment-413 hi, there was an important presentation by marc benioff ceo of salesforce.com last week that i thought was relevant to this topic. <a href="http://www.positionmakers.com/2008/01/18/salesforcecom-expands-its-core-business-paas-and-the-future-of-app-develpment/" rel="nofollow">here's the link</a>. i'm personally thinking that PaaS, with access to a full suite of APIs, along with a well-rounded internal development team is going to severely challenge the need for smaller SaaS development companies. any thoughts? hi, there was an important presentation by marc benioff ceo of salesforce.com last week that i thought was relevant to this topic.
here’s the link.

i’m personally thinking that PaaS, with access to a full suite of APIs, along with a well-rounded internal development team is going to severely challenge the need for smaller SaaS development companies.

any thoughts?

]]> By: A James http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/comment-page-1/#comment-273 A James Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:30:03 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/#comment-273 Peter, I was surprised to see your reply to me. Thanks. I work for a distributor that has relationships with multiple managed service platform makers. I can't reach out to you directly because of my position but you should know that my company is in touch with LPI to discuss the saas market more fully. I think we have some common goals with saas. Peter, I was surprised to see your reply to me. Thanks. I work for a distributor that has relationships with multiple managed service platform makers. I can’t reach out to you directly because of my position but you should know that my company is in touch with LPI to discuss the saas market more fully. I think we have some common goals with saas.

]]> By: Peter http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Peter Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:39:12 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/#comment-270 James, This has been in the product for almost a year and is being used principally to monitor hosted SaaS e-commerce sites. We have significant plans in this area. We would of course be pleased to understand your particular circumstances and determine the best way to configure this feature to meet your needs. Please feel free to call me directly or contact anyone here to better understand the details of the current offerings and roadmap in this area. Peter James,
This has been in the product for almost a year and is being used principally to monitor hosted SaaS e-commerce sites. We have significant plans in this area. We would of course be pleased to understand your particular circumstances and determine the best way to configure this feature to meet your needs. Please feel free to call me directly or contact anyone here to better understand the details of the current offerings and roadmap in this area.
Peter

]]> By: A James http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/comment-page-1/#comment-269 A James Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:59:34 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/14/saas-and-managed-services-friends-or-foes/#comment-269 Peter, This is the first thing I've read that clearly connects the dots between saas and managed services. Does Level Platforms currently offer a way to manage saas applications or is this something I should watch for in the near future? Peter,

This is the first thing I’ve read that clearly connects the dots between saas and managed services. Does Level Platforms currently offer a way to manage saas applications or is this something I should watch for in the near future?

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