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Here’s an update on NEVEX Virtual Technologies, the start-up application performance solution provider that recently launched its signature CacheWorks platform. According to NEVEX Product Manager Andrew Flint, the company is planning to support Linux and VMware ESX environments and add new dashboards for increased user interaction in 2012.
If you’ve been keeping pace with MSPmentor coverage lately, you’ve likely noticed that there’s no shortage of 2012 predictions from IT service professionals who have been monitoring IT industry trends throughout 2011. Ken Singer, CEO of AppCentral, ist the latest to weigh in.
Cormant, Inc., an IT infrastructure management software provider, has capped-off 2011 by announcing both revenue growth and international customer momentum. Specifically, the company has roughly 37 percent revenue growth from 2010 to 2011 and added more customers in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. In a prepared statement, Cormant CEO Paul Goodison offered an explanation for the software provider’s successful year.
SunGard Availability Services, the disaster recovery service provider, has embraced the Zenoss Service Dynamics platform to support the company’s cloud services and managed services infrastructure. Here’s a closer look at SunGard’s move.
How are enterprises evolving their information management strategies? A recent Coleman Parkes Research study, organized by Hewlett-Packard, may offer some answers. The study included over 500 interviews with top-level business and technology executives from enterprise companies around the world. Each company has at least 1,000 employees. Among the most striking results? Roughly 60 percent of the executives surveyed recognized the need for a strategy to analyze data sources in order to efficiently use their enterprise data, but admitted that they currently do not have strategy in place.
The mobile device management (MDM) market continues to generate buzz. Another recent example: Fiberlink Communications, which offers SaaS-based mobile device security and application management, has again expanded its MaaS360 mobile security platform to include new secure document sharing capabilities for international business customers.
NaviSite, the cloud service provider that promotes managed applications, is partnering with Comport Consulting Corp., a data management and infrastructure solutions developer for commercial enterprises and healthcare providers. The goal of the partnership is to help Comport expand its cloud offerings and on-premise services.
Odyssey Software, which develops mobile device management (MDM) software provider for the enterprise, has extended its Athena platform to support Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 — a.k.a. Mango. Athena is Odyssey’s signature MDM platform for Windows Phone, Android, Apple iOS, Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded CE devices, and it claims to be the only MDM software provider to offer a fully integrated MDM software solution for the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Here’s a look at the new features that Odyssey Software enterprise business customers can now benefit from.
WANdisco, the application lifecycle management (ALM) service provider, has updated its uberSVN open ALM platform for Apache Subversion and has developed a codename for the platform: “Blake,” after the Blake Hotel and Pub in Walkley, Sheffield where its European headquarters is located. uberSVN 11.12 still comes fully integrated with the uberAPPS application store but now includes social coding features for the very first time.
SysAid Technologies, an IT service management software and help desk solution provider, has a message for IT staff looking forward to taking a few days off during the holidays: Not so fast. According to the software provider, there is no more ideal time for IT administrators to evaluate company IT systems than during the holiday season when most employees are out of the office and usually not logging-in to company networks via mobile devices to work remotely.
Numara Software, a help desk software provider, has a message for MSPs: Your mobile device management (MDM) efforts should integrate with your existing managed services for network devices security, provisioning, management and control. So where does Numara Cloud fit into the MDM Conversation?
In recent weeks, some MSPs have called on Kaseya to spend more time developing and enhancing its core software platform and existing modules — rather than building out more add-on modules. In an online forum, Kaseya CEO Gerald Blackie has responded to MSPs by saying that the company continues to march forward on its R&D and software quality efforts. Here’s a summary of the dialog.
Abiquo 2.0, a cloud management platform for MSPs and enterprises, has officially hit the open market. The major enhancement? MSPs can give users simplified deployment portals. Approved users can create virtual enterprises (tenants), virtual datacenters (sub-tenants) and virtual appliances (applications), Abiquo claims.
N-able Technologies, the remote monitoring and management (RMM) software provider, is putting the spotlight on its top managed services providers (MSPs) across North America and Europe. The company’s 2011 Partner Awards honored the following companies…
Kaseya, the IT systems management provider, is teaming up with Safe Systems, an IT support and hosted services provider for financial institutions, to create an IT management solution for the financial services vertical. The move comes as a growing number of MSPs (managed services providers) specifically target the financial services market.
GFI Max is hosting its first-ever U.S. customer conference this week (Orlando, Nov. 8-9). The customer conference, which certainly includes VARs and MSPs, offers an important inflection point for GFI and its partners. Indeed, parent GFI Software has acquired numerous companies, and the GFI Max portfolio now includes a range of remote management, security and storage solutions. Where do MSPs fit into the conversation? Here are four questions worth asking during the GFI Max gathering.
LogMeIn Rescue, a remote support offering, has received an upgrade. LogMeIn says the new release builds on the mobile services added to LogMeIn Rescue when it was last updated in February 2011. The biggest addition? Mobile device configuration capabilities that allow end-users to troubleshoot and secure smart devices while they’re out working in the field.
RES Software, which develops Windows Desktop management software, has launched a service provider program to assist partners with hosted virtual desktops. The RES Service Provider (RSP) program is for partners that participate in Microsoft’s SPLA (Service Provider License Agreement) program and the Citrix Service Provider (CSP) program. The addition of RES Software allows service providers to track application licenses in real-time and only pay for actual end-user usage, RES claims.
Deeper details about Zenith Infotech‘s financial state may potentially emerge. Zenith Infotech, which defaulted on a bond payment in September, has been ordered by the Mumbai high court to disclose details about the recent Zenith RMM business spin-off, according to the Economic Times. If those Zenith Infotech-Zenith RMM financial details emerge, it could shed light on a range of matters. Here’s why.
Quosal, which develops quoting and sales proposal software for VARs and MSPs, has upgraded its Order Porter Mobile solution for Apple’s iPad. The benefits: iPad users now have visual quoting capabilities, and managers and sales personnel can now break down company-wide data by sales offices, locations or individual company representatives.
The North American SaaS-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) market remains promising for the next several years, according to a new report from Research & Markets. The study predicts SaaS-based ERP software revenue will experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8% between 2010 and 2014. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the low initial investment required to implement SaaS-based ERP software, and the SaaS-based ERP Software market in North America has also been witnessing the emergence of open source SaaS-based ERP vendors. So outside of being a bonanza for lovers of acronyms, what does this news mean for MSPs serving the SMB sector?
Dell KACE, a systems management appliance, is taking aim at Kaseya. But can Dell actually hit the target this time around? The background: Dell is positioning KACE as an “affordable alternative” to Kaseya in an online marketing campaign spotted by MSPmentor. Generally speaking, it sounds like Dell KACE is targeting Kaseya’s midmarket and enterprise accounts. But MSPmentor is watching to see if Dell begins to position KACE against Kaseya for managed services providers.
Affant Communication, an IT outsourcing company, has developed a new network monitoring software solution called AffantWatch2. It is designed to monitor IT environments for Fortune 500 companies and large enterprises. Affant claims AffantWatch2 gathers data in real time to help IT administrators make more informed decisions.
