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Managed Services: 7 Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write, May 2

Seven things about the past, present and future of MSPmentor — backed by Penton Technology Group.

Managed Services: 7 Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write, April 4

This week’s managed services provider (MSP) news involves CompTIA AMM, ClikCloud, Plan 27, LogMeIn, GFI Software, and the Top 100 Cloud Services Providers (CSPs).

Managed Services: 7 Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write, March 28

This week’s managed services provider (MSP) news and rumors involved Cisco interCloud, Internet of Things (IoT), CompTIA Annual Member Meeting (AMM), IBM Softlayer, ConnectWise and more.

Managed Services: 7 blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write March 21

This week’s managed services provider (MSP) news involves MSPWorld 2014, Cisco Partner Summit, HP Global Partner Conference, former Kaseya CEO Gerald Blackie and more.

Top 200 MSPs in North America Revealed

Here’s a closer look at the Top 200 Managed Services Providers (MSPs) in North America for 2014, part of the larger MSPmentor 501 Global Edition. Results are based on real-world financial and business metrics.

SolarWinds CEO Kevin Thompson RampD push will give MSPs IT professionals endtoend view of networks storage servers applications databases and more

SolarWinds CEO Describes Next MSP, IT Management Moves

Where is SolarWinds (SWI) heading next with IT management across applications, serves, storage, networking, databases and MSPs? MSPmentor got the exclusive answers from SolarWinds CEO Kevin Thompson.

MSPmentor 501: 2014 Webcast Presentation

Did you miss the MSPmentor 501 webcast on Feb. 27, 2014? Here’s the PowerPoint presentation featuring managed services provider (MSP) research, highlights, trends and the Top 100 portion of our MSPmentor 501 list.

Managed Services: 7 Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write, Feb. 14

This week’s managed services provider (MSP) news and tips involved ConnectWise, OpenStack, Docker, Rackspace and more.

SolarWinds President and CEO Kevin Thompson says the company is quotfocused on driving strong growth in new business both license and subscription in 2014quot

SolarWinds Earnings: N-able Parent Boosts Recurring Revenue

SolarWinds (SWI), parent of N-able Technologies, reported strong Q4 2013 results and will focusing on driving new business through both subscriptions and licenses in the new year.

Can MSPs Attract Angel Investment Money?: Part II

Let’s assume you’re building a start-up MSP or cloud services business. You want some angel dollar investments. How do you set valuation? Here’s the first step.

Tigerpaw: Not The Biggest; Striving to Be the Best

Tigerpaw Software is making more cloud and mobile moves. But the big move involves focus. Here’s why.

Kaseya Hitting Its Development Stride?

Kaseya CEO Yogesh Gupta says Agile software development will boost MSP software product quality. Plus, upgrades will come three times annually.

Can MSPs Attract Angel Investment Money?: Part I

What makes angel investors tick, and why might they invest in managed services providers (MSPs)? Here’s a look at the landscape.

Former Kaseya community leader Brendan Cosgrove now advises Drumbi

Kaseya Community Leader Brendan Cosgrove Exits Company

Kaseya Community Leader Brendan Cosgrove has exited the company. He’s the latest managed services provider (MSP) community evangelist to make a career move.

Has Managed Services Jumped the Shark?

Best Buy is getting out of mindSHIFT. IBM is getting out of x86 servers. Should MSPs get out of their core markets, too?

Managed Services: 7 Blogs MSPmentor Didn’t Write Jan. 24

This week’s managed services provider (MSP) news involved Kaseya, Boundary, Ulistic, Datto, LabTech, Windows Azure, AWS and more.

Former Level Platforms CEO Peter Sandiford confirmed AVG Technologies exit via email to team

Level Platforms’ Peter Sandiford Exits AVG

Level Platforms Founder and former CEO Peter Sandiford has exited parent company AVG Technologies, according to an email viewed by MSPmentor.

Will MSPs remotely manage Chromebooks Keep watching

Google Chrome Management Console: Enhanced for MSPs?

Google Chrome Management Console, backed by Synnex, could become a powerful tool for remotely managing Chromebooks. But is that a managed services opportunity?

New ConnectWise Community Director Amy Hodge

New ConnectWise Community Director: Who Is She?

ConnectWise’s director of community is now Amy Hodge (as Jeannine Edwards shifts to an ISV-focused position). But who is Hodge and what are her qualifications? Here are 5 clues.

ConnectWise, Autotask Embrace Salesforce.com Platform Model

ConnectWise and Autotask each are trying to build ISV ecosystems and platforms that emulate Salesforce.com’s AppExchange success.

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