Citrix Systems is reaching out to its channel partners and sharing some timely views on the managed services market. Now here’s the twist: As a result of market pressures and commoditization, Citrix says the smartest MSPs are “beginning to show signs of revenues through hosting not one or two applications, but the entire suite of office productivity applications.” Translation: the line between MSP and SaaS specialist is fading fast. Here’s why.
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Citrix Makes Hosting and SaaS Pitch to MSPs
Posted January 19th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
NaviSite Prepares Hosted Lotus Services
Posted January 18th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
As Microsoft and Lotus restart a 15-year-old turf war, the Lotusphere 2010 conference is in full swing. Among the first pieces of news: NaviSite, an enterprise hosting provider, plans to offer Lotus applications in their NaviCloud managed cloud application platform. Here’s the scoop.
Microsoft SaaS vs. Google Apps on College Campuses
Posted May 27th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
If you want to see how Microsoft and Google are competing in the software as a service (SaaS) market, head back to college. As I’ve written here a few times, Hofstra University, the University of Phoenix and several other large colleges have embraced Google Apps to manage student email, alumni email and collaboration. Now, Microsoft is taking steps to more actively promote its rival offering: Live@edu hosted applications.
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