Comments on: The Average Managed Service Provider: $3.9 Million In Revenue http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/ Managed Services & Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Panettieri http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-26692 Joe Panettieri Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:37:55 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/#comment-26692 @Jeff: The open source angle is something I believe in strongly. We will see a blending of open source and closed source. But open source will have a growing position in this market, and will greatly influence the decisions of closed-source solutions providers. There is value in both open and closed source. But the days of pure closed-source are over. @Jeff: The open source angle is something I believe in strongly. We will see a blending of open source and closed source. But open source will have a growing position in this market, and will greatly influence the decisions of closed-source solutions providers. There is value in both open and closed source. But the days of pure closed-source are over.

]]> By: Jeff Huckaby http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-26691 Jeff Huckaby Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:26:54 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/#comment-26691 I suspect margins to improve as companies increase productivity and capital investments mature. Leveraging open-source solutions to build integrated management dashboards should increase service delivery efficiency while adding considerable value to the client. I know in our pure-managed services, pre-tax margins are well above the 11.5% margin noted above. I suspect margins to improve as companies increase productivity and capital investments mature. Leveraging open-source solutions to build integrated management dashboards should increase service delivery efficiency while adding considerable value to the client. I know in our pure-managed services, pre-tax margins are well above the 11.5% margin noted above.

]]> By: Jim Van http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-24825 Jim Van Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:14:47 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/#comment-24825 Joe: Great predictions! Hope they all come true, particularly #4 in your case... Jim Van http://www.logicomm-inc.com Joe: Great predictions! Hope they all come true, particularly #4 in your case…

Jim Van
http://www.logicomm-inc.com

]]> By: Todd McKendrick http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-24750 Todd McKendrick Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:57:20 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/#comment-24750 Thanks for your efforts Joe. You too Ms. Katz. You both certainly bring value to the MSP market of today. I agreee the best is yet to come! Everyone tell a friend about MSP Mentor so we can help Joe at least fly on a better airline. If it is to the Caribbean so be it... Thanks for your efforts Joe. You too Ms. Katz. You both certainly bring value to the MSP market of today. I agreee the best is yet to come!

Everyone tell a friend about MSP Mentor so we can help Joe at least fly on a better airline. If it is to the Caribbean so be it…

]]> By: Joe Panettieri http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-24747 Joe Panettieri Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:08:54 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/#comment-24747 Josh: Hard to say what the numbers will look like. But the platforms are pretty predictable: A year or 18 months from now, I suspect at some point the number of MSPs will actually drop just a bit, since "pretenders" in the market will exit amid failed SLAs and bad business/revenue models. Three years from now... 1. MSPs will drive profits even higher using such services as managed telepresence, managed video surveillance and SaaS applications that contain open source at the core. 2. MSPs will also have a single, API-driven dashboard for all of their managed services. 3. MSPs will plug into commodity back end services (such as Amazon S3) if/when needed. 4. The MSP-oriented conversations will continue to be more business-driven, with marketing and branding forever remaining the biggest priorities for MSPs. 5. Hopefully, I won't be blogging from a hotel room at midnight -- unless, of course, the hotel is somewhere in the Caribbean. Josh: Hard to say what the numbers will look like. But the platforms are pretty predictable: A year or 18 months from now, I suspect at some point the number of MSPs will actually drop just a bit, since “pretenders” in the market will exit amid failed SLAs and bad business/revenue models.

Three years from now…
1. MSPs will drive profits even higher using such services as managed telepresence, managed video surveillance and SaaS applications that contain open source at the core.
2. MSPs will also have a single, API-driven dashboard for all of their managed services.
3. MSPs will plug into commodity back end services (such as Amazon S3) if/when needed.
4. The MSP-oriented conversations will continue to be more business-driven, with marketing and branding forever remaining the biggest priorities for MSPs.
5. Hopefully, I won’t be blogging from a hotel room at midnight — unless, of course, the hotel is somewhere in the Caribbean.

]]> By: Josh Clifford http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-24744 Josh Clifford Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:51:23 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/08/12/the-average-managed-service-provider-39-million-in-revenue/#comment-24744 Those are impressive and interesting numbers. I think the real interesting question is where these numbers will be three years from now. The next few years should theoretically see a lot of providers consolidating/scaling up in some way. I wonder what the averages will look like then. Mike Cooch www.everonit.com www.smbitpros.com Those are impressive and interesting numbers. I think the real interesting question is where these numbers will be three years from now. The next few years should theoretically see a lot of providers consolidating/scaling up in some way. I wonder what the averages will look like then.

Mike Cooch
http://www.everonit.com
http://www.smbitpros.com

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