MSPmentor

Apparently, managed service providers are developing a love-hate relationship with Dell. While some solutions providers worry about Dell’s intentions in the MSP market, other partners are pushing — aggressively — to have Dell executives included on our forthcoming MSPmentor 250 list.

Here’s some more background on the list and the current nominees.

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Do you know a true managed services guru? If so, nominate him or her (or multiple people) to appear on the MSPmentor 250 — the definitive, global guide to manged service provider industry leaders.

That final MSPmentor 250, to be unveiled in July, will likely include CEOs, senior executives, entrepreneurs, consultants and other MSP experts from around the world. To nominate someone for the MSPmentor 250 and for complete details about the forthcoming list, check out our MSPmentor 250 center.

In the meantime, we’re plotting MSPmentor 250 nominees on a global Google map. Here’s a quick look at the updated nomination map:
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We’ve updated our MSPmentor 250 map to reflect many of our recent reader nominations.

But I’ve got to be honest: We still need to plot an additional 50 nominations on the map below. It seems like the pace of nominations is accelerating as we near our final deadline for the MSPmentor 250 list. That final list, to be unveiled in July, will likely include CEOs, senior executives, entrepreneurs, consultants and other MSP experts from around the world.

To nominate someone for the MSPmentor 250 and for complete details about the forthcoming list, check out our MSPmentor 250 center.

Here’s a quick look at the updated nomination map:

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This summer, we’ll unveil the MSPmentor 250 — a list of the world’s top managed services experts. We expect it to include CEOs, entrepreneurs, IT experts, analysts, consultants and other thought leaders from the industry.

To see some of the current nominations — and to nominate a few experts, too — visit our MSPmentor 250 center. Each week, we plot more of our nominations on a global Google map.

You’ll see more of the recent nominations popping up on the map in a few days.

Under development now, the MSPmentor 250 will identify the top leaders and innovators shaping the global managed services market. To nominate someone for the MSPmentor 250, simply visit our MSPmentor 250 center.

When you visit the center, you’ll notice that we’ve launched a global map, displaying many of our current nominees (Note: being nominated does not guarantee placement on the final MSPmentor 250 list).

We will publish the official MSPmentor 250 report and global map in July 2008. We expect our final list to include CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, association leaders, entrepreneurs, marketing wizards, sales pros, venture capitalists and other experts shaping the global managed services ecosystem.

For more info about the MSPmentor 250 and to nominate an expert — even yourself — visit our MSPmentor 250 center.

(Note: We’ll begin work on our next MSPmentor 100, which focuses on companies rather than individuals, in September 2008.)