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We’ve described how electronic health records could present an opening for MSPs as healthcare providers seek externally hosted systems. But health organizations with in-house EHR systems also present a services opportunity: disaster recovery.
Storage Guardian, the online backup provider that works with service providers, has announced their “Virtual Backup Roadmap” program, which is a fancy way of saying that they’re no longer charging upfront for transitioning a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 installation from on-premise to virtualized. Interested?
In a blog post, Google has announced that Google Apps — the software-as-a-service collaborative productivity suite — is now fully disaster-proof and ready to instantly restore data lost in the event of a catastrophe. Here’s why their braggadocio has some IT pros seeing red.
Asigra, the channel-focused cloud backup and recovery software provider that works with a who’s who of cloud service providers, is partnering with NetApp. The duo is promoting a so-called backup and recovery as a service (BRaaS) to solutions providers. Here are some details.
Gillware has a rather intriguing recommendation to help MSPs drum up business: The company says you should hook up with an accountant, and provide the CPA with a free-for-life managed backup/online backup solution for their QuickBooks financial files. How can that lead to more recurring revenue? Here are some clues.
Cloud storage vendor Nomadesk has launched a partner program, providing VARs a solution to integrate off-site backups into desktop operating systems as if they were additional hard drives. Here are some details about the program.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A backup and archive software vendor announces that their trademark solution is getting an upgrade to integrate seamlessly with a who’s-who of cloud storage providers. This latest example involves CommVault, and their Simpana 8 software joining the hybrid backup solutions club. Here are the specifics.
The year of the cloud/on-premises hybrid model marches on. The latest example: Asigra, a cloud backup and recovery software provider that works closely with MSPs, says its Hybrid Cloud Backup and Recovery software is now open to a who’s who of cloud service providers. Here’s the list, and why I think this move is a sign of things to come.
The lines between managed service providers, telecom companies and hosting providers continue to blur. The latest example involves Cavalier — a telecommunications specialist — acquiring NET Telcos, which specializes in data centers, managed services and business continuity. Here are some quick details about the deal.
LegalCloud isn’t your typical managed services provider. The Sausalito, Calif.-based company is targeting the legal vertical with a range of cloud, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), backup and disaster recovery services. I met CEO Mark Hadfield on January 15, and he shared portions of LegalCloud’s business plan with me. Here’s a look at his strategy.
Whether you call it online backup or managed storage, the market for SaaS-oriented storage solutions is intensifying. The latest news involves N-able Technologies partnering with Intronis. But each time I check my inbox there seems to be a new pitch about MSPs and managed storage. Here are six questions MSPs should ask before making an online backup decision.
Companies and developers are taking early steps toward making proprietary clouds interoperable. Stephen Foskett, director of consulting at Nirvanix, believes the cross-platform cloud may first arrive in storage. Here’s why.
Kaseya in late January 2010 will officially unwrap Kaseya 2, the company’s next generation software framework. Earlier today, Kaseya Executive VP Jim Alves (pictured) described Kaseya 2 and the company’s plans to push into multiple areas — including SaaS (software as a service), online back and some low-end professional services automation (PSA). What’s more, Kaseya appears to be taking aim at everyone from Citrix Systems to LogMeIn. Here’s the scoop.
Carbonite Inc., the company behind a consumer cloud backup solution, has just raised $20 million in fourth round venture capital. This is the second big consumer-oriented managed service investment we’ve spotted this week — reinforcing the fact that commodity players could potentially gain some ground in the SMB space. Here’s why.
Running a managed services practice is all about generating recurring revenue. Too many small IT providers get so hung up on the service part of Managed Services that they forget about the other ways to make recurring revenue. Here is my top ten list of ways to generate recurring revenue.
More than 900 managed service providers and VARs are networking this week at the ConnectWise Partner Summit, which kicked off November 4 in Orlando, Fla. Here are the top 15 highlights from the first evening’s events.
Talk about two extremes: Yesterday, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth (the guy behind Ubuntu Linux) said Amazon Web Services has emerged as a de facto cloud standard until open, vendor-neutral cloud standards can be developed. Yet only three percent of MSPs leverage Amazon’s cloud, according to our ongoing MSPmentor 100 survey. What’s behind the disconnect? Here are some thoughts.
Zetta, an enterprise-level cloud storage service available to managed service providers and VARs, finally leaves a long closed beta phase and becomes available to the channel at large today. Sure, online storage is an increasingly crowded market, but Zetta claims to have licked a few challenges that plague their peers. Here’s how.
Vembu, best known among managed service providers for their rebrandable StoreGrid, a network storage product that backs up drives locally and to Amazon’s cloud, is making a move into consumer territory. The twist is, they don’t really expect to make much money from it.
Managed services and cloud computing surface as part of the strategic alliance Verizon Business and McAfee unveiled today. On one level the global pact resembles a traditional channel distribution arrangement: Verizon Business will offer the entirety of McAfee security solutions through its customer premises equipment catalog. But the deal doesn’t end there.
Intronis, which specializes in online backup and recovery, is starting to integrate its SaaS (software as a service) platform with RMM (remote monitoring and management) and PSA (professional services automation) software. Intronis’s latest move, announced today, involves a relationship with Level Platforms.
What’s the fastest way to become a managed service provider? Are there certain steps you can take to accelerate your success? I weighed those questions while meeting with Virtual Administrator, a Master managed service provider, at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 (WPC09) in New Orleans this week. Here’s a recap.
During a “Tonight Show” style discussion at the Kaseya Connect User Conference that continues now, Kaseya CEO Gerald Blackie and President Mark Sutherland are offering their views on cloud computing, Software as a Service (SaaS), IT Resource Planning, open source, iPhone and Google Android support, and the so-called shelfware software problem in the managed services market. Here’s a recap of the session.
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