The cloud backup and online backup markets are both expanding and consolidating. Two recent examples: VaultLogix has acquired assets from Utility Backup Solutions, and Vembu recently acquired Cloud Nucleus. Those deals surfaced around the same time that Axcient — a hybrid cloud storage specialist – raised $15.5 million in venture capital funding. Plus, more private equity is expected to flow into the managed services software market really soon, MSPmentor has learned. So how can markets expand and contract at the same time? Here’s some perspective.
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Cloud Backup and Online Storage: Has the Shakeout Arrived?
Posted October 4th, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
MSPWorld: 6 Potential Trends for Managed Services Providers
Posted September 12th, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
MSPWorld, part of IT Expo West, runs Sept. 13-15 in Austin, Texas, this week. So what exactly should managed services providers expect to see and hear at the conference? Here are six potential clues from MSPmentor.
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.
Intel Hybrid Cloud: First Five Partners Confirmed
Posted July 13th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
There’s been considerable buzz about the Intel Hybrid Cloud in recent days. The project involves an on-premises, pay-as-you-go server that links to various cloud services. During a gathering this evening in Washington, D.C., Intel confirmed at least five of its initial Intel Hybrid Cloud integrated partners. Intel’s efforts arrive as Microsoft confirms its own cloud-enabled version of Windows Small Business Server (SBS), code-named Aurora. Here are the details.
Nirvanix Launches Hybrid Cloud Storage
Posted June 30th, 2010 by Dave Courbanou
Nirvanix is launching an “industry first” hybrid cloud storage service. We must concede: There are a lot of vendors claiming to offer first-of-their-kind hybrid services and appliances. But here’s why Nirvanix thinks its hNode storage offing is unique.
LabTech Software Launches Backup for MSPs
Posted June 28th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Competition in the backup and recovery market continues to intensify. The latest example involves LabTech Software launching a so-called LT Backup platform for managed services providers. Here are the details. Plus, a hint about where the next major online backup trends may unfold for MSPs.
Zmanda Launches 3rd Generation Cloud Backup
Posted June 25th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Forget Web 2.0 and anything else 2.0. Zmanda, the open source backup specialist, is pitching Zmanda Cloud Backup (ZCB) 3.0. Zmanda certainly has plenty of competition when it comes to online backup. But the company says ZCB 3.0 includes enhanced geography control across datacenters on three continents, optimized Microsoft Exchange data backup, bandwidth management, and cloud-based disaster recovery. And it drops the overall price, too. Here’s the scoop.
Mezeo Launches “Mezeo Ready” Cloud Storage Enablement Program
Posted June 3rd, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
Mezeo Software, which caught my interest with their approach to Windows integration, has launched the “Mezeo Ready” program, targeted at enabling developers to more easily integrate their applications with the Mezeo Cloud Storage platform.
The Cloud: Pros and Cons from an SMB Perspective
Posted March 29th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Why do many small and midsize businesses continue to reject cloud-centric IT proposals from managed services providers? Vembu (the backup software provider), Forrester Research and RackSpace each (independently) provide some interesting theories. Plus, Vembu offers up four secrets to successfully selling cloud services. Here’s a look.
Mezeo: Integrating Cloud Storage With Windows
Posted March 16th, 2010 by Matthew Weinberger
There’s no shortage of cloud storage vendors willing to partner with managed services providers. All the same, a recent demonstration of Mezeo Software’s white label storage solution — specifically their integration with Windows — left me impressed. Here’s why.
Seven Managed Services Blog Entries We Didn’t Write: Feb. 26
Posted February 26th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
By now, you know the drill: Each week MSPmentor intends to write dozens of additional managed services blog entries. But each week, our team winds up with distractions — travel, phone calls, and something called “occasional sleep.” Here are seven managed services blog entries we didn’t have time to write for the week ending February 26, 2010.
Vembu: Corporate Cloud and Consumer Cloud Storage
Posted October 15th, 2009 by Matthew Weinberger
Vembu, best known among managed service providers for their rebrandable StoreGrid, a network storage product that backs up drives locally and to Amazon’s cloud, is making a move into consumer territory. The twist is, they don’t really expect to make much money from it.
Windows Server, SQL Server Move Into Amazon Cloud
Posted October 1st, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
It was only a matter of time. Amazon.com’s Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) will soon support both Windows Server and SQL Server, according to this blurb on the Amazon.com Web site.
IBackup Recruits 2,000 Online Storage Resellers
Posted August 21st, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
At what point does the online backup market become saturated? I ask myself that question at least once a week. The reason: I get flooded with emails, voicemails and press releases about managed service providers and resellers signing up for online backup services.
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.
