MSPs Rank Among Top 100 Cloud Services Providers (CSPs)
Numerous MSPs–including mindSHIFT (owned by Best Buy), EarthLink and TekLinks–rank among the world’s Top 100 Cloud Services Providers for 2013. But where did they land on the list? And how are those MSPs partnering or competing with giant cloud companies like Amazon Web Services (AMZN), Microsoft Office 365 (MSFT), Google Apps (GOOG) and Salesforce.com? Find out on July 30, when the third-annual Talkin’ Cloud 100 report and list debuts on MSPmentor’s sister web site. Here’s a preview.
The big theme: Growth. The Top 100 CSPs generated more than $15.7 billion in combined cloud services revenues in 2012, up nearly 37 percent, according to the Talkin’ Cloud 100 report. That growth has created a diverse ecosystem of cloud and channel companies working together on some fronts, and competing on others. This year’s Talkin’ Cloud 100 includes:
- Cloud Services Providers: CSPs offer SaaS (software as a service), infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and/or PaaS (platform as a service) to partners/customers.
- Cloud Services Brokerages: CSBs, or cloud brokers, recommend and resell multiple cloud services to customers, and often integrate those services.
- Cloud Services Aggregators: CSAs, or cloud aggregators, typically offer a portal that allows VARs and MSPs to source multiple third-party cloud services for customers.
- MSPs (Managed Service Providers) with cloud services expertise: MSPs proactively monitor and manage customers’ on-premises and cloud-based systems.
- VARs (value-Added Resellers) with cloud services expertise: VARs offer a range of IT consulting, deployment, integration and management services to customers.
Cloud Computing Research, Adoption and Trends
Check out our complete Talkin’ Cloud 100 list and research report on July 30 to learn:
- Which companies made the list.
- Which cloud services are most popular.
- Various cloud and channel growth rates from 2011 through 2012.
- And plenty more.
You’ll find everything you need, starting July 30 at 8:00 a.m. ET/5:00 a.m. PT at: http://www.TalkinCloud.com/tc100.
Special thanks to MSPmentor readers and MSPmentor 501 companies that participated in the Talkin’ Cloud 100 survey.
