Don’t forget to join us today (Wednesday, February 8, 2012) for our Channel Expert Hour webcast. Two top MSPs — Data Storage Corp. and Bumi (Backup My Info!) — and Asigra will share their secrets to cloud backup. Learn how you can set your own cloud storage pricing, margins and service level agreements. But most of all: Learn the key questions Data Storage Corp. and Bumi asked while investigating potential cloud storage partnerships.
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Webcast Today: Partner Effectively on Cloud Backup
Posted February 8th, 2012 by Joe Panettieri
Webcast: Partner the Right Way on Cloud Backup
Posted February 3rd, 2012 by Joe Panettieri
Two top MSPs — Data Storage Corp. and Bumi (Backup My Info!) — and Asigra are set to share their secrets to cloud backup. Their guidance will surface during our Channel Expert Hour webcast on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Join in to learn how you can set your own cloud storage pricing, margins and service level agreements.
Artisan: The Only IaaS Cloud With A Pure MSP Partner Model?
Posted December 7th, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
Artisan Infrastructure competes in the fiercely competitive IaaS (infrastructure as a service) market, hoping to build a pure channel-centric alternative to Rackspace, Amazon Web Services and other cloud titans. Artisan claims that it never — ever — sells directly to end customers. Instead, Artisan empowers third-party MSPs and emerging services providers to build and deploy self-selected SaaS applications on Artisan’s infrastructure. So is the strategy working?
ConnectWise IT Nation: Private Meeting Chatter
Posted November 11th, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
At ConnectWise’s IT Nation conference yesterday, the MSPmentor team met privately with a range of managed services and channel influencers. So what are we hearing during the briefings and meetings? And what can attendees expect from ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini’s keynote later this morning? Here’s the chatter.
Managed IT Services: 7 Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write, Oct. 7
Posted October 10th, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
The MSPmentor team is gearing up to cover three major channel partner conferences this week, which will be hosted by N-able Technologies, Symantec and Dell.But in the meantime, here are seven managed IT services blogs the MSPmentor team didn’t have a chance to write for the week ending Oct. 7, 2011.
Asigra Cloud Backup 11 Supports Smartphones, Mobile Tablets
Posted August 11th, 2011 by Sponsored Video
Understanding a vast amount of employee productivity occurs outside the office, cloud backup and recovery provider Asigra has extended its Cloud Backup offering to support mobile devices including smartphones and tablets.
Asigra Partner Summit: What’s Next In Cloud Storage?
Posted June 8th, 2011 by Matthew Weinberger
At first glance, Asigra Executive VP Eran Farajun started the obvious at this week’s Asigra Partner Summit 2011 in Toronto: Cloud storage is important. But listen closely and you’ll hear Farajun share some key messages. For instance, he’s calling on MSPs to realign their businesses to deal with the fact that cloud storage is increasingly commoditized. And he shared some key company milestones, to boot. Here are the details.
BackupHeroes: A Forum for Backup and Disaster Recovery Pros
Posted April 19th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
Asigra Inc. has launched BackupHeroes.com, a social networking forum for data backup and disaster recovery professionals. The move signals continued vendor investments in social media — a healthy trend — though catching and retaining VAR and MSP attention is tricky at this point. Here’s why.
Asigra: Cloud Backup and Recovery for MSPs and VARs
Posted March 21st, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
Cloud storage backup and disaster recovery provider Asigra is turning heads in the service provider space, not only for its technology – which works with an impressive list of cloud service providers – but also for the robustness of its offerings and its MSP-friendly stance.
Continuity Centers Launches MobileVault Cloud Backup
Posted September 8th, 2010 by Dave Courbanou
Continuity Centers, which provides disaster recovery solutions, has launched a MobileVault data protection service powered by Asigra. Here’s a closer look at Continuity Centers’ strategy.
Artisan Infrastructure: Wholesale Cloud Infrastructure for MSPs
Posted July 12th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Every infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider claims to be different from all the rest. But when a company like Artisan Infrastructure comes along with a “wholesale” approach to IaaS seemingly designed specifically for MSPs, we take notice. Here’s why.
Asigra Launches New Cloud Storage Version
Posted June 7th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Asigra, whose any-cloud-goes approach to storage and disaster recovery caught our attention earlier this year, today launches what they describe as the biggest update to their flagship Asigra Cloud Backup product ever. Version 10 brings a long list of new features, but of biggest note to MSPs is the new support for laptop data protection, the release of Asigra’s API, and the ability to bulk-purchase licenses for virtual servers and manage them yourself. Here’s the scoop.
Asigra, NetApp Partner On Cloud Backup
Posted April 13th, 2010 by Dave Courbanou
At Storage Networking World 2010, NetApp and Asigra are poised to show off live cloud backup. Here are some details.
Asigra, NetApp Team for Backup Recovery as a Service
Posted March 3rd, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
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.
Asigra: Cloud Storage With Any Provider?
Posted January 26th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
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.
Online Backup: Six Questions MSPs Need to Ask
Posted January 14th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
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.
MSPs Prepare for VMworld 2009
Posted August 13th, 2009 by Joe Panettieri
Managed services and virtualization. The two have been converging for several years. But even I’m surprised by all of the MSP-oriented activity that will likely occur at VMworld 2009 (Aug. 31-Sept. 3, San Francisco). Here are some initial thoughts.
Vembu: StoreGrid Online Backup Meets Amazon Cloud
Posted April 21st, 2009 by Joe Panettieri
I must admit: I can’t keep pace with the number of software companies pushing their applications into Amazon’s cloud. The latest example comes from Vembu Technologies, which has launched their StoreGrid Online Backup virtual appliance for Amazon Web Services. Here is some info from Vembu plus the bigger picture for managed service providers.
CDW Challenges Managed Storage Providers
Posted August 26th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Managed storage providers take note: CDW is launching a remote backup service based on Asigra Televaulting, according to a press release from Asigra. The CDW-Asigra relationship comes only a week after MSPmentor readers debated whether basic online backup services would commoditize. Anybody concerned about CDW pushing deeper into this market or is this a non-event for managed service providers?
Up to 50 Vendors Set to Earn MSP Alliance Accreditation
Posted October 9th, 2007 by Joe Panettieri
MSP Alliance President Charles Weaver spent some time telling me about the organization’s new accreditation program during a conference last month. Sounds like the program is gaining some traction.
