MSPmentor

Apparently, managed service providers are developing a love-hate relationship with Dell. While some solutions providers worry about Dell’s intentions in the MSP market, other partners are pushing — aggressively — to have Dell executives included on our forthcoming MSPmentor 250 list.

Here’s some more background on the list and the current nominees.

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N-able Technologies wants to win the hearts and minds of Microsoft’s North American partners and managed service providers. Indeed, N-able is offering Microsoft partners a free one-year subscription to a new software as a service (SaaS) platform called N-central Express.

The N-able announcement reinforces three key trends in the managed services market:

1. Low- or no-cost starter platforms for managed service providers
2. The continued convergence of software as a service (SaaS) with managed services
3. The strategic value of Microsoft partners in the growing managed services market

Here’s a bit more on N-able’s strategy and the three highlighted trends.

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