I recently attended the terrific “Breakaway 2010” event put on by CompTIA, the leading computer industry association, and I was glad to see the big emphasis that was being placed on opportunities in the healthcare vertical market for IT solution professionals.
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How to Become A Vertical Market Service Provider
Posted August 25th, 2010 by Bob Godgart
Chicago MSP Expands Mac OS Managed Services
Posted August 19th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Forget Computers, a Chicago-based MSP, continues to expand its Mac-centric managed services. Specifically, Forget Computers has launched Supplemental Mac Service for IT Pros, which is designed to help Windows-based IT professionals to improve their Mac support offerings. Here are some quick details.
CompTIA Breakaway: Seven Managed Services Highlights, Day 2
Posted August 11th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
I’m set to moderate a channel chief panel hear at CompTIA Breakaway this morning. But before I unplug to participate in the panel, here are seven managed services trends, news tips and industry chatter that I heard during Day 2 of CompTIA Breakaway here in San Antonio, Texas.
Cisco Systems Talks SMB Managed Services
Posted August 10th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
As Cisco Systems prepares to announce a comprehensive channel strategy for commercial sales, the networking giant is pitching managed services opportunities to channel partners at this week’s CompTIA Breakaway conference in San Antonio, Texas. Here’s what Cisco had to say.
CompTIA Breakaway: Seven Managed Services Highlights, Day 1
Posted August 10th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Hundreds of VARs and managed services providers are attending this week’s CompTIA Breakaway conference in San Antonio, Texas. There’s plenty of official managed services news at the conference. And there also are numerous rumors in the halls. Here are seven managed services highlights from the first day of the conference.
CompTIA Breakaway: Managed Print Services Reality Check?
Posted August 3rd, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Call me surprised: Managed print services (MPS) seems to be an obvious recurring revenue opportunity for VARs and MSPs. But so far, fewer than 30 percent of top MSPs offer managed print services to their end-customers, according to our MSPmentor 100 report (2010 edition). Will more MSPs embrace the managed print opportunity? Or is there something inherently wrong with the MPS market? We could get some answers during the CompTIA Breakaway conference (San Antonio, Aug. 9-12). Here’s why.
CompTIA Breakaway: Where Cloud Meets Managed Services?
Posted August 2nd, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Plenty of MSPmentor readers are heading to CompTIA Breakaway (Aug. 9-12, San Antonio). No doubt, the conference will stir plenty of cloud channel chatter. I wonder: How many VARs and MSPs attending Breakaway generate some revenues from cloud and SaaS applications right now? Also, how will the worlds of managed services and cloud computing converge? Here are some clues.
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