http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/02/29/whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-managed-services/ Managed Services & Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:25:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/02/29/whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-managed-services/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 Digital Edge Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:48:09 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/02/29/whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-managed-services/#comment-2730 Small Business Server is huge trap. Don't use it if you plan to grow. Even you don't plan to grow it is very hard to provide fast recovery or warm standby configuration if you are locked in small business server. Small Business Server is huge trap. Don’t use it if you plan to grow. Even you don’t plan to grow it is very hard to provide fast recovery or warm standby configuration if you are locked in small business server.

]]> http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/02/29/whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-managed-services/comment-page-1/#comment-2627 Chris Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:44:52 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/02/29/whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-managed-services/#comment-2627 I got caught with the problem john explained as my customers grew from msft small business server to the full windows server. I expect to see similar growing pains in the saas world. I got caught with the problem john explained as my customers grew from msft small business server to the full windows server. I expect to see similar growing pains in the saas world.

]]> http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/02/29/whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-managed-services/comment-page-1/#comment-2475 John Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:36:43 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/02/29/whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-managed-services/#comment-2475 Joe: On the subject of storage as a service, your MSP recommendation to expand into related areas such as contingency planning and DR services makes a lot of sense. Another thing MSPs need to consider is the technology platform of their partner and whether it will offer customers flexibility as their business and data needs change and grow. There should be an easy migration path if say a SMB outgrows backup and recovery SaaS and wants to move to software or a hybrid managed service model. Many of the established vendors have different technologies when it comes to their service and software offerings, which can make it very painful for customers when they want to change..... Joe: On the subject of storage as a service, your MSP recommendation to expand into related areas such as contingency planning and DR services makes a lot of sense. Another thing MSPs need to consider is the technology platform of their partner and whether it will offer customers flexibility as their business and data needs change and grow. There should be an easy migration path if say a SMB outgrows backup and recovery SaaS and wants to move to software or a hybrid managed service model. Many of the established vendors have different technologies when it comes to their service and software offerings, which can make it very painful for customers when they want to change…..

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