Comments on: Zmanda: Open Source Backup Meets Managed Services http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/03/20/zmanda-open-source-backup-meets-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 By: Joe Panettieri http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/03/20/zmanda-open-source-backup-meets-managed-services/comment-page-1/#comment-46258 Joe Panettieri Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/03/20/zmanda-open-source-backup-meets-managed-services/#comment-46258 I reader just emailed me, asserting this piece was far too positive on Zmanda. Yes, I'm upbeat on Zmanda because the company has been disrupting traditional closed-source on-premise client/server solutions. But I do have to eat some crow: The article above should have at least mentioned the following: <a href="http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=60" rel="nofollow">Amazon points to</a> three companies -- <a href="http://datacastlecorp.com/" rel="nofollow">Datacastle</a>, <a href="http://www.hyperic.com" rel="nofollow">Hyperic</a> and <a href="http://www.ezasset.com" rel="nofollow">EZasset</a> -- as early, fully-functional storage and/or management solutions that successfully plugged into Amazon Web Services. In other words, Zmanda is sorting through some issues (such as SaaS billing as it pertains to VARs and MSPs) that other Amazon partners have already solved. I reader just emailed me, asserting this piece was far too positive on Zmanda. Yes, I’m upbeat on Zmanda because the company has been disrupting traditional closed-source on-premise client/server solutions.

But I do have to eat some crow: The article above should have at least mentioned the following: Amazon points to three companies — Datacastle, Hyperic and EZasset — as early, fully-functional storage and/or management solutions that successfully plugged into Amazon Web Services.

In other words, Zmanda is sorting through some issues (such as SaaS billing as it pertains to VARs and MSPs) that other Amazon partners have already solved.

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