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LogLogic Unveils Cloud Services for Partners
Posted July 6th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Security and log management company LogLogic has unveiled its cloud services business model for its partner base. And to spearhead the new program, LogLogic now has a VP of business development in the form of Nadir Gulzar. Here’s the scoop.
MailGuard Doubles SaaS Security Partner Base
Posted July 5th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Australian cloud services provider MailGuard says its security, compliance, and real-time risk intelligence-as-a-service solutions have garnered a doubled partner base in the last year. And to further bolster that channel growth, MailGuard has announced that Daniel Benad has taken over as national sales manager. Here’s the scoop.
Trend Micro: SaaS Security And Online Backup In One Service?
Posted July 2nd, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
By the end of 2010 or by early 2011, Trend Micro plans to connect the dots between managed security services, online backup, cloud computing and SMB compliance solutions. The efforts will be channel-centric, empowering managed services providers (MPS) to promote SaaS-oriented business protection and continuity services to their end-customers, Trend Micro’s channel leaders tell MSPmentor. Here are the details.
Seven Managed Services Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write: July 2
Posted July 2nd, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
It’s time for me to “let go” of MSPmentor for just a little bit. As the July 4th holiday weekend gets set to kick off, I’m preparing for a real vacation. Really. But before I unplug, here are seven managed services blog entries that the MSPmentor team didn’t have a chance to write for the week ending July 2, 2010.
Amazon Cloud: SQS Gets Free Tier, Longer Retention
Posted July 2nd, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
If you’re developing cloud applications, now could be the time to take a look at Amazon Simple Queue Service: Amazon Web Services has announced that the first 100,000 SQS requests per month are now free. Better yet, they’ve amped up the message size limit and how long it can be retained in the cloud. Here’s the scoop.
Holiday Weekend: Can MSPs Really Unplug?
Posted July 1st, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
As the July 4 holiday weekend approaches here in the U.S., it’s time for MSPs, entrepreneurs (and me…) to face the following facts: First, as a small business owner you need to fully unplug from time to time. Second, if you can’t unplug you need to admit that you’re really not an effective small business owner. Here’s why it’s time for quite a few MSPs and entrepreneurs to take a vacation. Including me.
MSPs: Six Ways to Generate Leads Without Asking for Them
Posted July 1st, 2010 by Jason Beal
When it comes to lead generation for managed services providers (MSPs), what’s really effective and what’s just hype? It’s an age-old question that has riddled the channel for years and left many to take a shotgun approach to marketing and advertising, or even worse, to rely on their vendor and distribution partners for leads. Either way you look at it, nobody is winning.
LogMeIn Rescue Meets Apple iPad in the Workplace
Posted July 1st, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
LogMeIn Inc. is taking yet another step to further support Apple iPad tablet computers in the workplace. Within the next day or so, MSPMentor hears, LogMeIn is expected to introduce a new, free LogMeIn Rescue release designed to help MSPs administrate an ever-growing fleet of Apple iPad tablet computers in the workplace. Here’s the scoop.
Microsoft to Google: Up Your Customer Service Game
Posted July 1st, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
In a blog post entitled “Microsoft’s Support Sets Us Apart,” Barbara Gordon, corporate VP, Microsoft Customer Service and Support, accuses Google Apps of not providing the level of support end-users need. Here’s the scoop.
