GFI Max Customer Conference 2014: 7 Stories You Might Have Missed

Written by CJ Arlotta
September 11, 2014

Here's a list of must-read stories from GFI Max's user conference for the channel.

More than 450 of GFI Max’s managed services providers (MSPs) this week attended the remote monitoring and management (RMM) company’s user conference in Orlando, Florida to find out what’s ahead for their RMM platform over the next year.

Some quick notes: The conference duration this year was extended (from two days to three), peer-to-peer breakout sessions were available and event registration nearly doubled from last year.

Here’s a list of must-read stories from this week’s conference for channel partners.

GFI Max Customer Conference 2014: The Perpetually Valuable MSP, Part 2. On Wednesday, Dave Sobel continued the discussion on the Perpetually Valuable MSP. Here are another five ways for MSPs to reach that status.

GFI Max Customer Conference 2014: The Perpetually Valuable MSP, Part 1. Peer-to-peer education one of the ways the Perpetually Valuable MSP becomes successful in today’s market. Here are five ways for MSPs to become more successful in today’s changing market.

GFI Max Conference: Product Roadmap, Community Investments. Executives talked product roadmaps and recent accomplishments during day 1 of the company’s customer conference in Orlando, Florida this week with developments focusing around industry trends such as user-based pricing and mobility, as well as a greater investment in partner community.

Still Got Zenith Infotech Devices? Time to Migrate. Zenith Infotech has informed its managed services partners that it will end support for its data backup and disaster recovery devices by mid-October. The bright side? There are plenty of BDR vendors who would be happy to help you migrate.

Business Continuity: People Will Never Let You Down. When it comes to pitching backup and disaster recovery (BDR) solutions, it’s possible that you are doing it wrong. The conversation you’re having with customers shouldn’t necessarily be about natural disasters. Another great discussion you have with customers should be about people.

GFI Software Reorganizes, Splitting Across Customer Lines. GFI Software will split into two companies — one that serves the managed services market exclusively and another that serves IT end user companies. The corporate restructuring will officially take place on October 1 and create two companies: LogicNow and GFI.

GFI Max Customer Conference 2014: The Scoop. GFI Max Partner Community Director Dave Sobel dialed into a call with MSPmentor to give our readers a little insight into what kind of planning went into organizing the conference.

GFI Max User Conference 2015: Next year’s conference will be in Washington D.C. from September 9-11 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. Registration is now open to channel partners.

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