NaviSite, the cloud service provider that promotes managed applications, is partnering with Comport Consulting Corp., a data management and infrastructure solutions developer for commercial enterprises and healthcare providers. The goal of the partnership is to help Comport expand its cloud offerings and on-premise services.
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NaviSite, Comport Consulting Partner to Expand Cloud Services
Posted December 19th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
Managed Services Acquisition: All Covered Buys ColdCypress
Posted October 19th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
All Covered, the nationwide managed service provider and a division of Konica Minolta, has acquired ColdCypress, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based IT consulting and IT services firm that specializes in Microsoft SharePoint, VMware and PC server virtualization services.
All Covered Adds Cloud Servers to IT Services Suite
Posted October 14th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
All Covered has added a cloud server solution to its suite of outsourced IT services for SMBs throughout the U.S. The cloud servers are designed to host business applications like hosted SQL Server, hosted Exchange Server and hosted SharePoint. Here’s more info on the latest All Covered solution, courtesy of All Covered CIO Tim Crawford.
SharePoint Document Management: Can Colligo Help?
Posted October 4th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
Colligo Networks, which develops Microsoft SharePoint document management solutions, has launched a new product suite to bolster SharePoint for Enterprise Content Management (ECM). The Colligo for SharePoint 8-product suite now supports PCs, tablets, laptops and smartphones — a potential boost for MSPs focused on mobile customers and managed SharePoint services.
Zenprise Launches Mobile Data Loss Prevention
Posted September 30th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
Zenprise, the mobile device management (MDM) software provider, has released a mobile data leakage prevention (DLP) solution for the enterprise market. The DLP solution, which supports Microsoft SharePoint, is part of the company’s larger mobile enterprise Security Framework technology. Here’s the update.
Microsoft Project 2010: Project Management for IT Consultants?
Posted September 19th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
Microsoft Project 2010 has been gaining momentum among enterprise companies, SMBs and system integrators for over a year now, according to Director of Microsoft Project Arpan Shah. This in spite of IT budgets shrinking for many businesses over that same time period. It made me wonder: Will MSPs embrace Microsoft Project to manage their customer engagements? I culled some insights from Shah.
Hosted VoIP Acquisition: Warwick Valley Telephone Buys Alteva
Posted July 15th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
Warwick Valley Telephone (WVT) of New York has acquired Alteva LLC, a cloud-based unified communications (UC) solutions and VoIP provider, for $17 million. Alteva, based in Philadelphia, Pa., claims to be North America’s largest provider of enterprise VoIP services. WVT plans to integrate its USA Datanet (a CLEC) business with Alteva, which also has a growing Microsoft business practice.
Azaleos Launches ViewX CIO Dashboard for IT Customers
Posted May 12th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
The challenge: How can managed services providers (MSPs) continually show their business value and IT expertise to end-customers? One potential answer comes from Azaleos Corp., which has launched the Azaleos ViewX CIO Dashboard. The dashboard, available to end-customers, tracks the health of unified communications and other IT services that Azaleos manages.
Backup My Info! Broadens Multi-Platform Support
Posted September 15th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Backup My Info! — with a name like that, you can guess their market — enhances their SMB play with the announcement that their fully managed, namesake online service has expanded operating system and application support. This is the latest in a flurry of backup-related news that we expect to surface today. Here’s the scoop.
BlueTie Acquires Wonderfile, Takes on SharePoint
Posted September 15th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
BlueTie, which provides hosted messaging and collaboration solutions to the enterprise, has finalized a deal to acquire web-based file sharing application Wonderfile. The company says it’s part of an overall play to take on Google and Microsoft with a channel-ready SharePoint alternative. Here are some insights.
BPOS Experts: Giving MSPs a Better Handle on Microsoft’s Cloud?
Posted July 26th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Problem: Migrating Exchange or SharePoint data to a Microsoft BPOS cloud-delivered productivity suite apparently can be costly and time-consuming. Enter BPOS Experts, a New York City-based company that’s offering their BPOS Commander management and migration solution completely free. Here’s the scoop.
BlueTie: Another Approach to Hosted Email for MSPs
Posted July 19th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
BlueTie has a similar pitch as other hosted email providers: reduce IT infrastructure costs, provide webmail, and improve efficiency with collaboration tools. But BlueTie says that their real differentiation is in the channel. The company claims margins of 50% or more plus free unlimited basic mailboxes for BlueTie partners. Here’s the scoop.
Watercooler Suite: Blending SaaS With Managed Services
Posted June 22nd, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
A tipster sent a link to Watercooler Suite our way. It’s an intriguing offering that potentially shows peer MSPs how to price, brand and market their managed services to small businesses. The pitch: for as little as $129 per per month, Watercooler Suite will deliver managed Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, cloud storage, antivirus, spam filtering, mobile device support, and a laundry list of other common business needs, all through the cloud. Here’s the scoop.
Rackspace Updates Hybrid Messaging With Enhanced Calendar
Posted June 16th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Hosted services provider Rackspace Hosting is updating its Hybrid Email solution, a self-described “custom mix of Hosted Microsoft Exchange and the business-focused Rackspace Email platform on a single domain. The goal is to enhance the calendar view across the two component parts. The update also strives to speed up the Rackspace webmail client. Here’s the scoop.
Azaleos Launching Managed SharePoint 2010 Services
Posted May 7th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Some chatter from the managed messaging and collaboration market: Azaleos is updating their managed Microsoft SharePoint services next week to include the 2010 version of the popular collaboration platform — and they’re launching alongside a new managed file transfer (MFT) service that reduces bandwidth and storage burdens on large Microsoft Exchange attachments. Here’s the scoop.
Alteva Launches Microsoft-Integrated UC for SMBs
Posted April 23rd, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Back in February, I wrote on our sister site The VAR Guy that unified communications (UC) provider Alteva was going to release an integrated solution that combined their hosted VoIP products with the Microsoft Communications Services suite. Well, now that product’s a reality, and they’re aiming it at enterprises with less than 25 seats. Here’s an overview.
Alfresco: Microsoft SharePoint Alternative In the Cloud?
Posted March 25th, 2010 by John Moore
Alfresco Software is cultivating the cloud. The company offers open source enterprise content management (ECM) and competes with Microsoft SharePoint. In addition to on-premises moves, Alfresco provides a hosted cloud offering via Amazon Web Services’ EC2. Apparently, Alfresco’s cloud focus is catching on with channel partners. Here are some details.
RSA Releases New Data Loss Prevention Suite
Posted March 17th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
RSA, the security division of EMC, has released a new version of its global enterprise-targeted Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Suite with over 70 new features. Here are some details.
Azaleos Expands to Managed SharePoint Services
Posted April 23rd, 2009 by John Moore
Azaleos made its name managing Microsoft Exchange environments. Now, the managed service provider is taking a similar path with Microsoft SharePoint. Here are the details.
Intermedia Launches SaaS Partner Program for Managed Service Providers
Posted September 25th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Intermedia, which specializes in software as a service (SaaS) and collaboration solutions, has launched a managed service provider (MSP) partner program. The program was announced at the MSPAlliance’s Managed Services Summit in Chicago, hosted by organization president Charles Weaver (pictured).
Ingram Micro Seismic Partner Conference: 3 Managed Services Trends
Posted August 11th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Roughly 175 solutions providers are gathering in Chicago this week for the Ingram Micro Seismic Partner Conference, which runs August 11 through 13.
Five Reasons Microsoft Will Get SaaS Right
Posted July 8th, 2008 by The VAR Guy
Is software as a service (SaaS) killing Microsoft? Hardly. Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division, is expected to discuss SaaS during his July 8 keynote at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston. But even before Elop takes the stage, here are five reasons why Microsoft won’t lose the SaaS wars.
Ingram Hosts Microsoft Applications
Posted April 15th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
The writing has been on the wall for several weeks. MSPmentor told Microsoft partners in March that managed service providers needed to master — or at least explore — hosted versions of Microsoft Exchange Server, Dynamics CRM and SharePoint. Now, Ingram Micro’s Seismic team is hoping to accelerate MSP moves to those hosted applications. Here’s the scoop.
