http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/11/05/google-managed-services-shifting-to-applications/ Managed Services Blog for Top Managed Service Providers Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/11/05/google-managed-services-shifting-to-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-52176 Dustin Thompson Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:31:18 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/?p=4752#comment-52176 I agree, it would be a very difficult sale and in most cases not worth converting existing applications to Google App engine. I see a lot of opportunity in building applications on the App engine around Google Apps and the new collaboration tool/features they offer. When a client gets accustomed to collaborating on Google Apps they want to extend that into other areas of their business. Many customers also like begin to really enjoy the hosted model and look for ways to move deeper into it. I agree, it would be a very difficult sale and in most cases not worth converting existing applications to Google App engine. I see a lot of opportunity in building applications on the App engine around Google Apps and the new collaboration tool/features they offer. When a client gets accustomed to collaborating on Google Apps they want to extend that into other areas of their business. Many customers also like begin to really enjoy the hosted model and look for ways to move deeper into it.

]]> http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/11/05/google-managed-services-shifting-to-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-52162 Joe Panettieri Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:17:54 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/?p=4752#comment-52162 Damon: I think some MSPs see Google Apps as an easy way to test/learn about the SaaS market, before potentially moving onto more complex cloud solutions that involve migrating customer apps out to a public cloud... -jp Damon: I think some MSPs see Google Apps as an easy way to test/learn about the SaaS market, before potentially moving onto more complex cloud solutions that involve migrating customer apps out to a public cloud…
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]]> http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/11/05/google-managed-services-shifting-to-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-52161 Damon Young Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:37:28 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/?p=4752#comment-52161 I agree that application management will continue to expand as a very profitable business line for MSPs, but as long as Google App Engine is a proprietary framework, they're a long way from becoming the standard. After all, which enterprise wants to spend the time & money to completely re-code their applications just to run on Google, especially when there are cloud solutions out there that allow you to transfer your existing code, line-for-line, to an equally elastic cloud framework? I agree that application management will continue to expand as a very profitable business line for MSPs, but as long as Google App Engine is a proprietary framework, they’re a long way from becoming the standard. After all, which enterprise wants to spend the time & money to completely re-code their applications just to run on Google, especially when there are cloud solutions out there that allow you to transfer your existing code, line-for-line, to an equally elastic cloud framework?

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