Software as a Service and Hardware as a Service
Through managed services, you can automate many mundane IT tasks and generate recurring revenue. But don’t stop there. Blend your MSP offerings with software as a service (SaaS) and hardware as a service (HaaS), and you’ll have a customer for life. Big names like Salesforce.com and NetSuite have productized SaaS. But there’s still plenty of room for VARs and MSPs to compete in this market. Get Started: Register to enter our Resource Center, where you’ll be able to download our guide to multiple SaaS offeringss. And check back often. We post new guides in the MSPmentor Resource Center every week.
If you’re a Microsoft partner, you likely know about the software giant’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) and hosted Dynamics CRM plans. But Microsoft’s software as a service (SaaS) strategy doesn’t end there. The company also is working on a platform as a service (PaaS) called xRM. Here are some preliminary details.
Even as Tech Data inks reseller relationships with managed services software providers, the distributor has no plans to emulate rival Ingram Micro’s Seismic master managed services strategy, according to eChannel Line. The Tech Data and Ingram Micro strategies seem as different as night and day. Here’s some perspective.
Another sleeping giant is waking up to the managed services opportunity. Microsoft has launched a managed services landing page on its partner web site, and is beginning to connect the dots between managed services, software as a service (SaaS) and the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS).
Google’s march beyond the search engine market continues. The latest proof: Google now has more than 1,000 employees focused on a Google Apps for Enterprise push, according to a Webcast briefing Google hosted earlier today. Here’s the latest on Google’s SaaS (software as a service) strategy and its implications for managed service providers.
Several new positions are posted on our free managed services 
Terremark Worldwide Inc. has been busy of late, generating strong managed services revenue and also getting cozy with VMware. Here’s a closer look at the provider of colocation and managed services.
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