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Open source network and applications monitoring solution vendor Opsview is reaching out to the managed services provider market. Specifically, Opsview has launched a major new release of its flagship product, which apparently provides MSPs with deeper reporting tools. Here are some details.

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F5 Networks has launched iHealth, a web-based remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool that helps enterprises and channel partners to proactively manage corporate application performance. Is this yet another RMM tool for MSPs? Yes and no. Here’s why.

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Generally speaking, many load balancer companies target large enterprises and big service providers. But KEMP Technologies is striving to engage MSPs and even SMBs with cost-effective load balancing solutions. Here are the details.

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MSPmentor’s sister site — The VAR Guy — reveals what’s next in the IT channel. Here’s a look at the top nine headlines on The VAR Guy’s blog this week.

1. Cisco Channel Chief’s Video Message to Partners
2. Dell Rallies Partners Around Cisco Opportunities
3. Do You Need Channel Partners In A Recession?
4. Microsoft’s Channel Chief: Old Letter More Timely Than Ever?
5. IBM, Red Hat and Canonical Take On Microsoft Office
6. Netgear ProSecure: A Match for Security Resellers?
7. F5 Networks, HP ProCurve ONE: Attacking Cisco On Seven Layers
8. Open Source Channel Partners: Critical But Different
9. Why Profits Should Be Your Secondary Goal 
10. Sorry, this is a top nine list. Get to know The VAR Guy and you’ll realize he doesn’t play by the rules.

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NetEx, which specializes in high speed data transport over TCP, plans to offer its data transport acceleration technologies to managed service providers, according to a press release from the company. NetEx’s solution, called HyperIP Data Transport, provides application acceleration for remote data replication and large file transfer requirements.

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MSPmentor’s sister site — The VAR Guy — reveals what’s next in the IT channel. Here’s a look at the top nine headlines on The VAR Guy’s blog this week.

1. Polycom, Alteva Push TelePresence Into Small Business
2. Digium: Asterisk VoIP Accelerates As Economy Crumbles
3. F5 Networks Changes Channel Chiefs
4. Novell Cancels Brainshare
5. Novell OpenSUSE 11.1: Only Part of the Story
6. Avnet Considers Hosted Microsoft Office Communications Server
7. Dell: We Made $1 Million From Twitter
8. Mandriva Linux Attracts 2,000 Partners
9. Video Conferencing: TelePresence Boom or Bust?
10. Sorry, this is a top nine list. Get to know The VAR Guy and you’ll realize he doesn’t play by the rules.

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Anybody else notice that Dell is a silver sponsor for the big CompTIA Breakaway show in Orlando (August 4-7)? CompTIA Breakaway typically attracts more than 1,000 attendees, with a heavy emphasis on VARs and managed service providers.

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