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Anybody else notice that Dell is a silver sponsor for the big CompTIA Breakaway show in Orlando (August 4-7)? CompTIA Breakaway typically attracts more than 1,000 attendees, with a heavy emphasis on VARs and managed service providers.

Breakaway arrives at an interesting time for Dell, which is starting to generate positive channel press coverage from some unlikely sources. Here’s a recap of Dell’s MSP and channel strategy to date.

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I am traveling quite a bit over the next few weeks, which means I’ll have ample time to catch up on some reading during flights (and flight delays…). With that in mind, I noticed this list of the top 25 best business books ever. Is the list perfect? Perhaps not. But you may find a few gems in the list to help you along with your managed services practices.

Roaring Penguin Software Inc., which specializes in anti-spam solutions, has inked a managed services partnership with LPI Level Platforms Inc. Next up, Roaring Penguin will be at CompTIA Breakaway seeking to recruit more managed service providers and resellers into its channel program.

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RightNow, a member of our SaaS 20 Stock Index, has released quarterly results that reveal accelerating software as a service (SaaS) sales. You never know how investors are going to react — especially as oil prices fluctuate by the hour. But RightNow’s optimistic financial outlook could be reassuring to the SaaS industry. Here are some of the financial figures RightNow released July 30.

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Welcome to Part IV of our MSPmentor 250 — which identifies the top executives, entrepreneurs and experts across the global managed services market. We’ve now revealed 200 of the 250 names on the list.

Here’s each section of the report

• MSPmentor 250, Part I
• MSPmentor 250, Part II
• MSPmentor 250, Part III
• MSPmentor 250, Part IV
• Part V coming Friday, August 1
• The MSPmentor 250 Report: Our complete, free report in PDF format. It contains names, brief bios and company background for each member of our list. Coming August 1.
• Our MSPmentor 250 Center, explaining how we put together the report.

Should managed service providers start adding Linux-type devices to their hardware as a service (HaaS) strategy? Before you answer, consider a conversation I had with Canonical (developer of Ubuntu Linux) at last week’s OSCON (Open Source Convention). Here’s the scoop. Read More >

RightNow, one of the leading publicly held software as a service (SaaS) companies, is scheduled to announce earnings later today (July 30). We’ll provide some perspective once we see the numbers.

RightNow is one of companies within the our SaaS 20 Stock Index.

During a tight economy, it’s sometimes difficult for you to turn down a questionable business engagement — even if you know the customer is going to be a nightmare, and the margins aren’t going to be so great.

But MSP University CIO Erick Simpson offers some solid advice on how to  transform your business, so that you can focus on fewer, higher-paying customers. Take a look.

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