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Barracuda Networks Inc., a provider of security, data protection and application delivery solutions, recently announced the new Barracuda Backup Service with VMware host support, enabling backup of guest virtual machines. The new service also provides deduplicated images of virtual servers that can be transferred offsite for comprehensive disaster recovery protection. The functionality is available free of charge for existing Barracuda Backup Service customers with an active Energize Updates subscription.

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Nirvanix, a provider of enterprise-class cloud storage services, has announced a two-fold increase in its cloud storage capacity in the Dallas area through an agreement with CyrusOne. The addition of this data center in Dallas, marks the second data center location in Dallas for Nirvanix, which accompanies seven additional data centers in geographically diverse locations worldwide.

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The MSPmentor job board offers a variety of jobs in the IT field for job searching techies. Take a look at one, two or all of our job posts. However, it may be best to take a look at our most recent managed services jobs…

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About a year ago, MSPmentor covered the debate between MSPs opting to pursue hosted VoIP services and those questioning whether such services offered the price/performance edge MSPs needed. A new report from Infonetics Research doesn’t necessarily settle the question of VoIP timing, but does depict a fast-growing hosted VoIP market. The Infonetics study says hosted PBX and unified communications service revenue climbed 33 percent in 2011, while the number of seats rose 44 percent. The uptick likely stems, at least in part, from the smallish base of hosted VoIP business customers.

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Many financial services firms have no confidence in their IT organizations to recover data after a disaster. According to the recent Acronis Disaster Recovery Index, 68 percent of U.S. financial services organizations lack confidence in their companies’ backup and disaster recovery capabilities, and only 36 percent believe they have ample resources. Only 32 percent believe they have adequate technologies to execute effective backup and disaster recovery.

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Back in May of 2011, MSPmentor reported SAP‘s outline of its mobile technology plans, which were then revealed at the Sapphire conference in Orlando, Fla. Almost a year later, SAP has announced plans to acquire Syclo, a provider of enterprise mobile applications and technologies. As businesses increasingly adopt smart devices and enterprise mobility, SAP’s move seems to be logical.

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Mocana, a company that develops device security, recently introduced its latest version of Mobile App Protection (MAP), which covers iOS applications, as well as cross-platform iOS and Android support. MAP 2.0 attempts to simplify, automate and secure mobile app management for enterprise IT and their employees.

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IBM is launching a new way for MSPs to take line-of-business computing to midmarket companies with IBM PureSystems, which IBM describes as “expert integrated computing systems designed to radically simplify enterprise computing by making it easier, more secure and less expensive to own and maintain.”

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Veddio Cloud Solutions, a wholesale provider of cloud services for solution providers, has integrated its Cloud Dashboard with the ConnectWise professional services automation (PSA) platform, letting MSPs and other IT service providers provision and manage cloud services while getting the benefits of using a PSA.

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Many IT organizations are unprepared to handle an interruption of services and/or disaster of any duration, size or scale. That’s according to a new study by Continuity Software that revealed  more than a quarter of the firms surveyed admitted that they did not meet their service availability goals for their mission critical systems in 2011. On top of that, 84 percent confessed that they were aware that their organization lacked sufficient disaster recovery capacity.

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SolarWinds, a developer of IT management software, announced the release of SolarWinds Mobile Admin software v.7, which SolarWinds acquired from Rove.

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The MSPmentor job board offers a variety of jobs in the IT field for job searching techies. Take a look at one, two or all of our job posts. However, it may be best to take a look at our latest additions…

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Here’s a bit of technology transfer for the virtualization market: Atlantis Computing, which partners with a number of MSPs, has taken its storage optimization approach for virtual desktops and moved it in into the application virtualization space.

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Looking to kick your BlackBerry Mobile Fusion implementation up a notch? How about a defense-grade sandbox? Fixmo, the mobile risk management company, recently announced its support for customers deploying the new BlackBerry Mobile Fusion. Here’s the background.

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BoxTone, an Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) company, recently announced the BoxTone EMM Partner Network. The BoxTone EMM Partner Network enables organizations to use BoxTone’s automated EMM platform for full lifecycle mobility management across security, support and operations, while customizing the platform with integrations for their specific needs.

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Many MSPs have placed check marks next to RMM, BDR, and PSA on their in-house applications to-do lists. What about marketing automation?

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Who are the top managed security services providers (MSSPs) around today? Well according to a new report from Forrester Research a handful of big technology vendors and telecom carriers are leading the pack. Now keep in mind, Forrester divides the MSSP provider space into two segments, one that serves very large enterprises and the second that serves mid-sized companies. For this particular report, Forrester focused on the segment of MSSPs that serve the very large enterprises. Here’s the update.

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Looking to create a disruption in how email security is priced, cloud email security vendor Maildistiller is introducing a utility billing model for channel partners.

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Research In Motion (RIMM) has officially launched BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, its next-generation mobile device management (MDM) solution for enterprise customers that extends support to other mobile operating systems such as iOS and Android. RIM says the new technology delivers a cost-efficient, secure, reliable and scalable solution with a unified web-based console for easily managing devices.

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TeamDrive Systems has launched TeamDrive 3.0 for iOS, now available in the App Store, to offer iPad and iPhone business users secure and private access to cloud data. TeamDrive offers its application with a data protection seal approval (a unique addition to this service) to augment its cloud synchronization tool. A TeamDrive gives the customer the option to run a TeamDrive server in its own data center, as well as the option to run it in a public or private cloud.

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Looking for a little extra help with some aspect of your MSP business? Well if you are a Kaseya MSP, you just may be in luck. This week the IT systems management software provider announced a new Industry Experts program, designed to put MSPs in touch with experts to help them in a variety of areas such as finance, management, marketing, operations and sales.

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A new study by Tenable Network Security revealed that mobile device vulnerability management is a top concern for security professionals for the next 12 to 15 months. Nearly 70 percent of attendees surveyed at the RSA Conference 2012 said mobile device vulnerability management is ‘very important’ when compared to other security initiatives. Mobile device vulnerability management may be a top concern among security professionals, but can they identify known mobile device vulnerabilities?

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Good Technology, a provider of secure and managed enterprise mobility and collaboration tools for a range of mobile devices, announced the availability of Good Mobile Access (GMA) for Android users, a secure mobile browser for Android. GMA, a feature of the Good for Enterprise solution, provides secure mobile access to behind-the-firewall applications, resources and data. In addition, the GMA accomplishes this without a virtual private network (VPN) connection.

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