So much for a summer break here in North America. The channel conference machine is preparing to rev its engine again. Some MSPmentor readers are hitting the road over the next few weeks — surfacing at CompTIA Breakaway, HostingCon, VMworld and XChange, among other destinations. But before you head to your local airport here are seven managed services blogs that MSPmentor didn’t have time to write for the week ending July 29, 2011.
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Seven Managed Services Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write: July 29
Posted July 29th, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
2011 Managed Services Conferences & Channel Partner Summits
Posted November 22nd, 2010 by The VAR Guy
Here’s a novel idea: What if there was a central, well-organized list of channel partner conferences and partner summits designed for managed services providers (MSPs), VARs and solutions providers? And what if you could use that list to plan your schedule for 2011? Alas, MSPmentor doesn’t have such a list… Only a lunatic like The VAR Guy would be crazy enough to pull together all that information. And here it is: 75 channel partner events and channel partner conferences designed for MSPs, VARs and everything else channel. Take a look and feel free to post your suggested changes/updates.
Hosting Merger: SoftLayer, The Planet Creating One Cloud?
Posted August 5th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
If you read MSPmentor closely enough, you’ll discover that we stumbled onto merger discussions (item 6 in this blog entry) between The Planet and SoftLayer back in July 2010. Now, the two hosting providers are confirming those discussions, and an official deal is expected to be completed in Q4 2010. The VAR Guy has the details.
Parallels: Emerging as a SaaS and Cloud Deployment Standard?
Posted July 23rd, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
During this week’s HostingCon conference I noticed a rather interesting trend: A healthy number of hosting firms, telcos and ISPs seem to be turning to a specific partner — Parallels — to launch and manage new SaaS applications, everything from Hosted Exchange to Hosted SharePoint. Even Microsoft’s cloud computing team has embraced Parallels. And now, there’s chatter about major distributors giving Parallels a close look for their long-term cloud strategies. Here’s some perspective and some potential implications for managed services providers.
Managed Hosting: Latisys Expands With Chicago Data Center
Posted July 21st, 2010 by John Moore
Managed services companies have been opportunistically acquiring data centers in a still challenging economy. The latest example: Latisys, a managed services, hosting and colocation company, recently expanded in the Chicago area, snapping up a data center with a bit of history behind it…
Recap: Six Managed Services Trends At HostingCon
Posted July 20th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Somewhere between 1,000 and 1,500 hosting providers, service providers and technology companies are attending this week’s HostingCon conference in Austin, Texas. When I arrived at the conference, I openly wondered if the content and the chatter would involve smaller MSPs. But as I navigated HostingCon, I quickly heard plenty of MSP-oriented chatter in the halls. In fact, here are six MSP-related observations from the event.
Microsoft Cloud Channel Team Pursues Managed Hosters
Posted July 19th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Microsoft continues its All In cloud computing push at HostingCon this week in Austin, Texas. During HostingCon, Michael Joffe (senior product manager, Windows Server) and Trina Horner (pictured, US SaaS/cloud channel development strategist) are expected to describe Microsoft’s cloud strategy to scores of Web hosts, managed hosting providers and service providers. Still, Microsoft will need to maintain a careful balancing act as it pitches cloud computing to large hosting partners and small MSPs. Here’s why.
Bench the Cloud: Tool Lets MSPs Measure Cloud Performance
Posted July 19th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
It’s a question I hear all the time: How can managed services providers (MSPs) measure the performance of potential cloud partners, and then recommend the most ideal third-party cloud services to end customers? The answer may present itself HostingCon, a conference this week in Austin, Texas. During the event, The Planet and Web Hosting Talk (a web hosting community) are expected to unveil Bench the Cloud, a service that “gives visibility into the performance of cloud or virtualized server platforms, and provides standardized performance feedback and comparisons.” Here are the details.
HostingCon: 7 Trends for Managed Services Providers
Posted July 14th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
When HostingCon starts July 19 in Austin, Texas, I’ll be a first-time attendee. But even before HostingCon starts, I’m hearing buzz from managed services providers (MSPs) and managed hosting providers. Here are seven MSP-oriented trends that I expect to surface at the conference.
Seven Managed Services Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write: July 9
Posted July 10th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Vacation is over… time to get back on the road for Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC10), HostingCon and the Avnet Partner Summit. But before I head to the airport, here are seven managed services blog entries MSPmentor didn’t have time to write for the week ending July 9, 2010.
Seven Managed Services Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write: July 2
Posted July 2nd, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
It’s time for me to “let go” of MSPmentor for just a little bit. As the July 4th holiday weekend gets set to kick off, I’m preparing for a real vacation. Really. But before I unplug, here are seven managed services blog entries that the MSPmentor team didn’t have a chance to write for the week ending July 2, 2010.
LabTech Software Launches Backup for MSPs
Posted June 28th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Competition in the backup and recovery market continues to intensify. The latest example involves LabTech Software launching a so-called LT Backup platform for managed services providers. Here are the details. Plus, a hint about where the next major online backup trends may unfold for MSPs.
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