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As we put the finishing touches on the MSPmentor 100 research report, we noticed several clear business and technology trends. One of them involves marketing and branding. The most successful managed service providers, in fact, leverage successful marketing and branding strategies to build their businesses. Here are five examples of MSP branding and marketing done right. Read More >

Chances are, plenty of managed service providers are popping up in your neighborhood. In addition to worrying about local competition, you better keep an eye on global competition. A case in point: Sify Technologies Ltd. of India is launching managed security services that have global reach. Here’s why you should care. Read More >

The MSPmentor 100, our look at the world’s most progressive managed service providers, is now available as a single PDF file for you to download. You’ll find the PDF for free in our MSPmentor Resource Center (registration required). The PDF download allows you to read our comprehensive managed services report off-line at your leisure. Or, you can continue to read the report online by visiting our MSPmentor 100 main content area.

Look out, Geek Squad. Managed service providers are striving to remotely troubleshoot consumer PCs. Toward that end, DirectPointe building closer working relationships with broadband service providers and Internet service providers. DirectPointe’s partners, in turn, expect to offer remote PC management services to consumers.

This consumer-focused push should not be underestimated. DirectPointe recently landed atop the MSPmentor 100, a global report identifying 100 of the world’s top managed service providers. DirectPointe planted the seeds for managed consumer PC services in December, when the company aquired iTOK. The deal empowered DirectPointe with a proprietary platform for remote PC management. Read More >

The MSPmentor 100 — our look at 100 of the world’s top managed service providers — is now available for your review. Before you dive into the list and the associated charts, here’s some background on how MSPmentor and its parent, Nine Lives Media Inc., pulled together this managed services report. Read More >

Updated January 26: All of our MSPmentor 100 member companies are now plotted on this map. You can zoom in, get a quick snapshot of each company and then click out to each company’s Web site. Don’t forget to look at the MSPmentor members located outside of the U.S. And be sure to check the entire MSPmentor 100 list and associated report on January 28.

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Here’s a look at seven key trends from the MSPmentor 100, a first-of-its-kind research report identifying 100 of the world’s most progressive managed service providers. We’ll publish the complete MSPmentor 100 list and analysis on January 28, In the meantime, here’s a preview of our findings:

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Last fall I predicted that video surveillance would emerge as a hot managed service in 2008. Two pieces of anecdotal information are now backing up my prediction. Read More >