Okay, so officially Nine Lives Media Inc. doesn’t have a blog “network.” But we do have three blog destinations — MSPmentor, The VAR Guy and Talkin’ Cloud. For those who haven’t had time to jump across all three sites this week, here are the 10 most read stories for the week ending January 4, 2011.
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This Week’s 10 Most Read Stories From Nine Lives Media Inc.
Posted February 4th, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
Seven Managed Services Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write: Jan. 28
Posted January 29th, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
Greetings from 30,000 feet. I’m on a Red Eye flight from San Francisco to New York, following a busy week of meetings in Silicon Valley. I’m tired… but optimistic. Silicon Valley companies are upbeat about business; they’re hiring; and quite a few of them are talking managed services — and Talkin’ Cloud. Locked in meetings portions of this week, here are seven blog entries MSPmentor didn’t have a chance to write for the week ending January 28, 2011.
MSPintegrations: Managed Services Meet Amazon Cloud
Posted July 26th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Each time MSPmentor blogs about Amazon Web Services (AWS), I hear from readers who want practical, real-world examples of AWS in action. The big question: How can MSPs potentially leverage Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)? The answer: Check out what Travis Austin is working on over at MSPintegrations.
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.
Apple iPad Dominates Partner Conferences
Posted April 16th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
As I wrap up a week in San Francisco and San Jose — visiting a range of channel partner conferences and meeting dozens of MSPs — one thing is clear: It’s impossible to ignore Apple’s iPad as a business device. From the SugarCRM SugarCon conference to the NetSuite SuiteCloud partner conference, I saw dozens of business-centric applications demonstrated on the iPad. And quite a few VARs and MSPs were carrying iPads at the events. Here’s some perspective.
Software as a Service Stocks: Down 50% In 2008
Posted November 15th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
When it comes to software as a service’s potential, is the glass half full or half empty? Before you answer consider that MSPmentor’s SaaS 20 Stock Index is now down 50.42 percent from January through Nov. 14, 2008.
MySQL for Managed Service Providers: Sun’s Ray of Hope?
Posted October 28th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
When it comes to Sun Microsystems and MySQL, I sound like a political candidate: I keep flip-flopping on the issues.
Open Source SaaS Finally Connecting With Managed Services
Posted September 4th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
I’ve been hyping the convergence of open source, software as a service (SaaS) and managed service providers (MSPs) in recent months. But I have to admit, it has been difficult to find MSPs that actually run a large mix of open source SaaS systems. That all changed tonight at the MSP Revolution conference, when I met John Truitt, president of Kalleo Technologies.
SnapLogic Builds Bridges Between SaaS Islands
Posted July 24th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Software as a service (SaaS) sounds so simple. But the SaaS model gets complicated when businesses depend on multiple SaaS applications from multiple companies. The big challenge: How can an organization — or a managed service provider — coordinate data between multiple SaaS clouds? SnapLogic, an open source startup, is working to address that issue.
SugarCRM CEO John Roberts Describes SaaS Strategy, Potential 2010 IPO
Posted June 19th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
John Roberts is sitting in the middle of the perfect storm. As CEO of SugarCRM, he leads one of the fastest-growing open source application providers. And roughly 30 percent of SugarCRM’s customer wins now involve software as a service (SaaS) or an on-demand approach — meaning the company competes with traditional CRM (Siebel) and hosted models like Salesforce.com.
Red Hat Prepping Managed Services Strategy
Posted April 21st, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
The convergence of open source with managed services and software as a service (SaaS) continues. The latest example: Red Hat, arguably the world’s best-known open source company, has created two staff positions to serve hosting partners. Plus, Red Hat is evaluating a strategy to work more closely with managed service providers, MSPmentor has learned. Here’s the scoop.
Software as a Service: Two Options Worth Noting
Posted November 13th, 2007 by Joe Panettieri
For many managed service providers, hosted email represents a first foray into software as a service (SaaS). But email is a commodity these days — a nice, basic offering that pays decent dividends but won’t make you rich. If you’re looking for growing SaaS opportunities, it might be time to embrace hosted CRM (customer relationship management) or business intelligence. Here’s why.
