Presidio Networked Solutions, a managed services provider, has acquired INX Inc., a fellow managed service provider. Presidio will bulk up its staff to over 1,800 IT pros throughout approximately 50 offices across the U.S.
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Managed Services Acquisition: Presidio Buys INX Inc.
Posted November 3rd, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c: Built for Managed Services Providers
Posted October 3rd, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
The new Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c platform is designed for managed services providers (MSPs) and customers that need to maintain public and private clouds, Oracle confirmed today at Oracle OpenWorld. Meanwhile, Oracle President Mark Hurd and Channel Chief Judson Althoff continue to talk — albeit briefly — about Oracle’s strategy with managed services partner engagements.
EMC, VMware Build Cloud for Lone Star College System
Posted July 20th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
The cloud is making its way from the business world to the education sector. Need proof? EMC and VMware have teamed to build and deploy a cloud computing environment to deliver IT-as-a-Service throughout the Lone Star College System, the fastest growing community college system in Texas. In all, the VMware – EMC cloud environment will connect more than 90,000 faculty, staff and students at 13 Lone Star College System campus locations.
Nexus Leverages Cisco VoIP Expertise in Managed Services Market
Posted May 25th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
Nexus Integration Services , an MSPmentor 100 company in Valencia, CA has been busy leveraging its Cisco VoIP expertise in the managed services market. Nexus Vice President of Managed Services Tom Lyon gave me some background on the effort a few days ago. Here’s the update.
Caringo Aims To Boost Cloud Storage
Posted October 26th, 2010 by John Moore
Caringo, which provides object storage software, believes the latest version of its product has relevance for cloud storage. The Austin, Texas company this week took the wraps off CAStor 5.0, which is slated to ship in November. The product provides multi-tenancy and dynamic caching — the kinds of features Mark Goros, chief executive officer of Caringo, said are applicable to cloud providers and MSPs.
Massive Service Provider Backs Cisco, EMC and VMware Cloud Push
Posted September 30th, 2010 by Dave Courbanou
The growing cloud and data center relationship between Cisco, EMC and VMware just got another big vote of confidence. Specifically, Orange Business Services is working with the three technology giants on a “global business alliance” to meet customers’ cloud computing needs. The move signals another big win for Vblock within the service provider community. Here’s why.
Time for MSPs to Monitor Vblock Data Centers?
Posted September 28th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Nimsoft, the remote monitoring software specialist, has always claimed to serve midsize and larger managed services providers (MSPs). Now, a new Nimsoft effort — involving Vblock data center monitoring — reinforces that point. Here are the potential implications for VARs and MSPs that want to monitor integrated Cisco, EMC and VMware data centers.
Seven Managed Services Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write: Sept. 3
Posted September 3rd, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
For the first time in a long time, I suspect the entire Nine Lives Media Inc. team plans to unplug for a 3-day weekend. Of course, we’ll be back online if there’s any breaking news. In the meantime, here are seven managed services blog entries MSPmentor’s team didn’t have a chance to write for the week ending Sept. 3, 2010.
VMworld: EMC’s Memo to Service Providers
Posted September 1st, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
At first glance, most of VMworld involved vendor news and a race to grab new customers. But if you listen closely to the right people, you’ll hear plenty of perspectives for service providers. One case in point: EMC CTO and Chief Marketing Officer Chuck Hollis (pictured) claims this year’s VMworld “changes the game for service providers.” I’m not sure I agree. But here’s the spin from Hollis.
CommVault Launches Cloud Connector for Backups
Posted February 1st, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
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.
Two-Factor Authentication: A Managed Security Service?
Posted January 22nd, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
I’ve leveraged two-factor authentication for my personal banking for about five years. But I’ve never really thought of it as a managed security service opportunity. Until now. The reason: Tata Communications says it’s working with RSA (the security division of EMC) on a managed security service that involves two-factor authentication. Here are some quick details.
Software as a Service Stocks Rise Nearly 4 Percent
Posted September 21st, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
While financial stocks were on a roller coaster ride, software as a service (SaaS) stocks delivered a strong showing for the week ended Sept. 19. In fact, MSPmentor’s SaaS 20 Stock Index rose 3.81% on the week. It was the first time the index rose since mid-August.
VMware: Microsoft Veteran Crashes the Party
Posted July 8th, 2008 by The VAR Guy
Is the party over for VMware and the virtualization market? Yes and no. In a surprise move, former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz has been named president and CEO of VMware, replacing ousted co-founder Diane Greene.
SaaS 20 Stock Index Down 3.6% for the Week
Posted June 27th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Software as a service (SaaS) may represent the future of IT, but MSPmentor’s SaaS 20 Stock Index continues to slide downward like the rest of Wall Street. While the Dow is approaching bear market territory — down nearly 20% from its October 2007 high — the SaaS 20 Stock Index has slid 16.38% in 2008 and 3.63% for the week ended June 27.
EMC’s Help Desk Acquisition
Posted March 10th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
I wouldn’t quite file this under “managed services,” but EMC’s latest acquisition — involving Infra Corporation — still caught MSPmentor’s attention. Unfortunately, the EMC press release is filled with technology jargon. But there are some key takeaways for managed service providers.Infra Corporation develops a Web solution that automates IT Service Management processes (including Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration, Release, Availability and Service Level Management). Infra Corporation’s specialties include ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), a set of best practices that are gaining critical mass with managed service providers.Ultimately, the deal is part of a larger services-oriented trend at EMC. The storage giant a few weeks ago named former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz to head its cloud computing initiatives. And EMC has also launched online storage services based on an earlier acquisition.Terms of the Infra Corporation buyout were not disclosed.
VMware and Virtualization Meet Managed Services
Posted February 26th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
A few weeks ago, I started hearing rumblings about managed service platform providers embracing the virtualization market. One of the first movers in this effort is Nimsoft, which today unveiled automation tools for monitoring VMware environments. But Nimsoft won’t be alone for long. Plenty of companies are looking to convergence virtualization with managed services. Here’s a sampling of what to expect.
