I unwrapped an Amazon Kindle a few days ago. My kids are roaming our house with iPod Touches. My wife wants a new smart phone. The world is waiting for an Apple Tablet device. My key question: As more and more mobile IP devices link to the Net, will customers (particularly small businesses) really call on managed service providers for mobile IP device help?
Managed Storage Services: Branding 101
Posted October 28th, 2009 by Joe Panettieri
What can two former stay-at-home moms and a 38-year-old tech guru teach you about the managed storage market? Plenty. No doubt, many managed service providers are struggling to differentiate in the storage as a service market. Sometimes, all it takes is finding a niche. Such is the case at Studentbackup.com. Here’s the story.
Tech Data Offers VARs SunGard Managed Backup and Recovery Services
Posted July 22nd, 2009 by John Moore
Business continuity services continue to be a hot ticket in the managed services market. The latest example: Tech Data Corp. resellers will be able to provide SunGard Availability Services’ managed backup and disaster recovery offerings under a new distribution agreement between the firms.
Online Backup: One Horror Story, Thousands of Successes
Posted March 27th, 2009 by Joe Panettieri
Eric Webster at Intronis Technologies sent me a storage horror story, involving a service provider that lost the backups of more than 7,500 customers. Now, the same story is making headlines across the blogosphere. Here’s a look at the details, plus the implications for managed service providers.
Zmanda: Open Source Backup Meets Managed Services
Posted March 20th, 2009 by Joe Panettieri
Zmanda is connecting the dots between open source backup, cloud-based storage, Microsoft applications and managed services. Zmanda CEO Chander Kant told me a bit about the effort Thursday in New York. Here are some details.
Storage Guardian Launches Free 30-Day Online Backup Trial
Posted March 17th, 2009 by Joe Panettieri
A quick update involving the online storage market: Storage Guardian is the latest software company to launch an online data backup and business continuity partner program for managed service providers (MSPs) and VARs. The service is designed, in particular, for partners that specialize in Exchange Server, Small Business Server, SharePoint Server and Active Directory customers. You can find a free 30-day trial here.
masterIT Provides Education Amid Gulf Coast Disasters
Posted September 15th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Talk about timely, on-point messaging. MasterIT, one of our MSPmentor 100 companies, is hosting a “non-technical” symposium October 30 at the FedEx Institute of Technology in Memphis, Tenn.
CDW Challenges Managed Storage Providers
Posted August 26th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Managed storage providers take note: CDW is launching a remote backup service based on Asigra Televaulting, according to a press release from Asigra. The CDW-Asigra relationship comes only a week after MSPmentor readers debated whether basic online backup services would commoditize. Anybody concerned about CDW pushing deeper into this market or is this a non-event for managed service providers?
Vembu Attracts 900 Managed Storage Providers
Posted July 24th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
More than 70 percent of successful managed service providers offer some form of managed storage, according to our MSPmentor 100 survey. Despite that lofty figure, the online storage market continues to enjoy strong growth.
Got Questions for Asigra?
Posted July 22nd, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
I’m speaking with David Farajun, president of Asigra, later today (July 22). Asigra specializes in online/offsite backup and recovery software, and works closely with managed service providers. If you have questions or thoughts for David, feel free to post comments below or send me email (joe [at] ninelivesmediainc.com).
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