MSPmentor

When I wrote about the wait-and-see attitude managed Exchange provider Azaleos was taking to the cloud back in December 2009, I got a lot of feedback from MSPs on both sides of the argument. I recently caught up with Azaleos VP of Marketing and Product Management Scott Gode, and he says that while the company’s not giving up on on-premises messaging by a long shot, they’ve seen a rise in demand for their managed hybrid Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) services. Here’s why services providers should care.

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Give Rackspace Cloud credit: As part of a system upgrade, RackSpace Cloud is proactively telling customers that their sites may be offline for as long as 90 minutes on March 6. As a Rackspace Cloud customer myself, I appreciate the heads up. Still, I’ve got key concerns and I have to ask an obvious question…

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Most small to mid-sized businesses are using cloud computing services to handle routine IT chores, according to a survey conducted by Spiceworks Inc. Here are some quick datapoints from the survey.

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When it comes to choosing SaaS (software as a service) or an on-premise solution, one size does not fit all. Indeed, enterprises and small businesses have different IT needs and considerations. As a managed service provider, here are some key issues you need to keep in mind as you formulate your own SaaS, cloud and on-premise solutions.

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Still skeptical about the convergence of open source, software as a service (SaaS) and cloud services? Take a minute to read this story. It’s one of the first examples of a solutions provider meeting customer needs by embracing open source and Amazon Web Services. And I think it’s a sign of things to come for VARs and managed service providers.

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