Brazil’s growth among world economies continues to grab headlines. And as the country’s economy expands so does its market for managed services. Indeed, the London-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) in December 2011 ranked Brazil as the world’s sixth largest economy in the economic consultant’s annual World Economic League Table report. Brazil, with a gross domestic product of $2.5 trillion, passed the United Kingdom on its way to sixth place in the standings, CEBR noted.
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As Brazil’s Economy Grows, So Does Managed Services Opportunity
Posted January 6th, 2012 by John Moore
SMBs Take Mature Mobile Technology Approach
Posted December 2nd, 2011 by Dan Berthiaume
While new data from Frost & Sullivan indicates that small businesses understand the value proposition of mobile technology, it also suggests that SMBs are most interested in and familiar with mature mobile technologies. So, how can MSPs help small businesses to balance existing mobile investments with new innovations?
SMBs Accelerate Videoconferencing and Telepresence Spending
Posted September 2nd, 2011 by Dan Berthiaume
Videoconferencing and telepresence are pushing beyond the enterprise and filtering down into the small and midsize business markets. For example, Infonetics predicts enterprises will spend $5 billion on videoconferencing and telepresence systems by 2015, and Frost & Sullivan forecasts the web conferencing and collaboration market will reach $4.12 billion by 2014. But videoconferencing software provider Nefsis says increased spending by SMBs will play a major role in all that growth. The big question: Can MSPs generate recurring monthly revenues from video?
Kaseya Opens India Office, Approaches 100,000 Licenses In Region
Posted November 10th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
The globalization of managed services continues. Kaseya last week opened its newest office in Bangalore, India. The company expects to end 2008 with more than 100,000 end-points licensed in that country, positioning India as Kaseya’s fastest-growing region, according to Martin Ashby, executive VP of APAC at Kaseya.
Managed VoIP Services Shifting to Open Source
Posted June 24th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
If you’re a managed service provider mulling your VoIP options, keep this in mind: A growing number of customers — especially in Europe — are embracing IP phone systems that leverage open source and Asterisk. In fact, the European market for open source VoIP is growing 70 percent annually, according to one market researcher. Here’s the scoop.
