The lines between cloud computing and managed services continue to blur. The latest example: MSP University, ChannelCloud and ClearCenter are set to to launch a cloud education, training and certification effort in 2011. An official announcement is expected sometime around December 8. In the meantime here’s a preview.
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MSP Veterans Launch Cloud Education Efforts
Posted December 6th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
ChannelCloud Finally Pulls Back the Curtains
Posted May 5th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
For several months, MSPmentor has been watching for the official launch of ChannelCloud — a platform allegedly built “by the channel for the channel.” It looks like ChannelCloud will finally provide some deeper information on May 14. Here are some preliminary details.
MSPs Explore Cloud Moves At Parallels Summit
Posted February 24th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Where are managed services providers (MSPs) heading next? I think I found a few answers at the Parallels Summit in Miami this week. Admittedly, I suspect most MSPs and VARs aren’t fully familiar with this SaaS- and cloud-centric conference. Too bad. First movers from the original managed services wave — MSPs like Pointivity — are here trying to catch the next wave. As are MSP-centric team members from Cisco Systems and Google. Here’s what you missed.
SaaS Leaders Rally In Miami
Posted February 22nd, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Until this week, Parallels was perhaps best known for Macintosh-oriented virtualization software. But that may change — starting today. The reason: Parallels has organized a major SaaS and cloud conference in Miami. Large technology companies (Cisco, Microsoft, Novell) and industry upstarts (Channel Cloud, CloudLinux, and more) are converging on the event. Here’s why MSPs better pay attention.
VMware Partner Exchange: BlueLock Launches CloudSuite
Posted February 8th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Talk about timing: BlueLock, which will land on our third annual MSPmentor 100 list later this week, has unveiled a CloudSuite platform at the VMware Partner Exchange conference. Here are some preliminary details, and the implications for managed services providers.
Seven Managed Services Blog Entries I Didn’t Have Time to Write: Oct. 16
Posted October 16th, 2009 by Joe Panettieri
What a week. Our bloggers have been on the road at N-able Partner Summit, Astricon, Oracle OpenWorld and Avaya’s partner conference. Lots of fantastic blogs still to be written. Here are the seven managed services blog entries I didn’t have time to write for the week ending Oct. 16.
Pointivity Becomes Master MSP, Master SaaS Provider
Posted November 10th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Pointivity is the latest Web host and managed service provider to begin hosting services for other VARs and MSPs. The strategy involves a partner program for hosted Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Dynamics, Blackberry services, Global Relay email archiving and dedicated servers.
Pointivity Promotes Managed Virtualization Services
Posted September 22nd, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
A quick observation: Pointivity, which specializes in application hosting, managed services and cloud computing, has signed on to leverage Parallels virtualization software in the company’s data center.
