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Short term, Microsoft and Dell are launching joint marketing efforts for corporate IT management solutions. Long term, it’s clear to me that Microsoft — at some point — will make a subtle tweak to its System Center Management solution and begin to target managed service providers.

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During the N-able Partner Summit 2008, CEO Gavin Garbutt and VP of Sales Mike Cullen disclosed that the company has formed an Elite Service Provider group.

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During the opening session at N-able Partner Summit 2008, VP of Sales Mike Cullen and CEO Gavin Garbutt (pictured) described several key managed services trends and company milestones. Here’s a quick eight-point recap of this morning’s opening session.

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I’ve made the trip from CompTIA’s Managed Services Summit (Miami, Fla.) to the N-able Partner Summit 2008 (Dallas, Texas). As I consider the state of the managed services industry, here are three trends I expect to see and track at the N-able conference.

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Gavin Garbutt, president and CEO of N-able, is back in New York this week. It’s Garbutt’s second trip to The Big Apple since mid-August. We’re having breakfast Monday to discuss the managed services market before Garbutt heads over to meetings at Everything Channel.

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In the past week, I’ve run into four of the most successful software as a service (SaaS) companies that Wall Street investors don’t know — at least not yet. Here’s a quick look at the companies, and their critical importance to the SaaS industry.

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I’m starting to hear a familiar trend from some managed services platform providers: They’re saying no thanks to potential investors. The latest example involves N-able CEO Gavin Garbutt, who says he’s receiving roughly three calls a week from potential investors, hedge fund experts and other financial gurus. But so far N-able hasn’t grabbed the cash. Why not take the money and run? Here are some answers.

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N-able Technologies wants to win the hearts and minds of Microsoft’s North American partners and managed service providers. Indeed, N-able is offering Microsoft partners a free one-year subscription to a new software as a service (SaaS) platform called N-central Express.

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Microsoft. It’s one of the few companies that could potentially change the managed services competitive landscape overnight.

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Another day, another announcement about managed services in Australia. This time, Kaseya is touting a key customer win in the land down under. It’s the latest in a series of announcements highlighting big managed services opportunities — and major competition — in Australia.

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Gavin Garbutt, CEO of N-able Technologies, is a glass-half-full type of guy. Despite the tricky U.S. economy, Garbutt sees continued momentum for the managed services industry, and offers some anecdotal proof points that business is humming along — globally.

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The MSP Alliance continues to build out its Vendor Advisory Board. Next to join is Autotask CEO Bob Godgart (pictured), we hear. The Godgart announcement should come in a few days or so. So, how will MSP Alliance differ from the MSP Partner organization? We received some thoughts from MSP Alliance CEO Charles Weaver. Here’s a look.

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Gavin Garbutt, CEO of N-able Technologies, is on a role. Last week, he strolled around N-able’s Ottawa offices displaying an award from Deloitte, ranking N-able among the 500 fastest growing companies in North America. Now, he’s been named the first executive member of the MSP Alliance’s (MSPA) new Vendor Advisory Board. But what does the working relationship between N-able and MSP Alliance mean to other platform providers?

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