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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Cognos CEO Watching Managed Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joepan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks at Cognos, one of the leading business intelligence software providers, are in a curious position. Cognos&#8217;s rivals are getting acquired by big players like Oracle and SAP AG. And the software industry as a whole is moving toward software as a service (SaaS) &#8212; think Salesforce.com and NetSuite.com. So where does that leave [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mspmentor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1759235&amp;post=92&amp;subd=mspmentor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>N-able Hosts Chicago Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joepan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks at N-able Technologies have invited me to their next partner event &#8212; scheduled for October 19 in Chicago. But I&#8217;ll be preparing for our own MuniWireless conference in Santa Clara. The one-day N-able event focuses on strategies for marketing, selling and deploying &#8220;technology as a service&#8221; solutions. If you&#8217;re an N-able partner interesting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mspmentor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1759235&amp;post=91&amp;subd=mspmentor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>McDonalds Meets Managed Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joepan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managed Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like a Big Mac and a large fries (Mmmmm&#8230;), IT service franchises now go hand-in-hand with managed services. The latest example: Expetec Technology Services &#8212; an IT services franchisor in 20 states and Canada &#8212; has embraced the ConnectWise managed services platform. The move comes roughly one week after the Fast-Tek franchises announced plans to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mspmentor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1759235&amp;post=90&amp;subd=mspmentor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will MSPs Ever Trust Dell?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joepan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I may have underestimated the MSP industry&#8217;s disdain for Dell. On the one hand, I&#8217;ve personally been a Dell customer for about a decade. But as I speak with managed service providers across the industry, most of them simply don&#8217;t trust Dell. Does the PC giant deserve the benefit of the doubt? Or is Dell&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mspmentor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1759235&amp;post=89&amp;subd=mspmentor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Me At SMB Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joepan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally booked my flight to CompTIA&#8217;s SMB Summit, scheduled for October 28-31 in Bonita Springs, Florida. I&#8217;ll be moderating a few sessions at the event &#8212; several of which focus on managed services. I have time for meetings on Oct. 29 and 30 if you&#8217;re at the event and want to catch up.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mspmentor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1759235&amp;post=88&amp;subd=mspmentor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Up to 50 Vendors Set to Earn MSPAlliance Accreditation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joepan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MSPAlliance President Charles Weaver spent some time telling me about the organization&#8217;s new accreditation program during a conference last month. Sounds like the program is gaining some traction. So far, eight vendors have received the accreditation, including Asigra, Dell/SilverBack, Do IT Smarter, Intel, LiveCargo, N-able, Untangle and XRoads Networks, according to Web Host Industry News. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mspmentor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1759235&amp;post=87&amp;subd=mspmentor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Xerox, Do IT Smarter Host MSP Road Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joepan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Jake and Elwood Blues. Heck, even Xerox and Do IT Smarter love a good road trip. I hear the duo is hosting a Managed Service Provider road show with stops in Charlotte, N.C. (October 11), Houston, Texas (October 17), New Orleans, La. (October 24) and Hollywood, Fla. (October 25). SonicWall [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mspmentor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1759235&amp;post=86&amp;subd=mspmentor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fast-teks Franchises Embrace Managed Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joepan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine if The Geek Squad embraced managed services. That very scenario is occurring at Fast-teks, a nationwide computer services company that&#8217;s working with Kaseya and SecureMyCompany to master managed services. Under terms of a new initiative, Fast-teks is using SecureMyCompany&#8217;s hosted offerings to service customers in more than 120 North American markets. The online services [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mspmentor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1759235&amp;post=85&amp;subd=mspmentor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ingram, Trend Micro Partner on Managed Services</title>
		<link>http://mspmentor.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/ingram-trend-micro-partner-on-managed-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joepan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to managed services, Trend Micro certainly has a sense for timing. The security company has launched a &#8220;pay as you go&#8221; managed service with Ingram Micro. The offering comes as Trend rival Symantec prepares to launch its own software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, know as the Symatec Protection Network. Let the showdown begin. Ironically, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mspmentor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1759235&amp;post=84&amp;subd=mspmentor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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