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 | December 19, 2007 Podcast: Level Platforms CEO Peter Sandiford - Peter Sandiford describes the state of the managed services market, along with key opportunities and challenges facing MSPs in 2008. Read More > |
 | November 26, 2007 Multi-Vendor Collaboration - When vendors organize, breakthroughs happen, standards are formed, and the industry matures. Read More > |
 | October 22, 2007 Driving Managed Services - Solution providers will need a more open approach to delivering managed services. Read More > |
 | October 3, 2007 Jockeying for Position in Managed Services - New partnership between Level Platforms and Do IT Smarter is one of the most significant recent strategic developments in the managed services market space. Read More > |
| September 25, 2007 Level Platforms Opens Its Approach to Managed Services - Hope of creating an open managed services platform will usher in a new era of modular services. Read More > |
| September 25, 2007 Level Platforms Opens Its Approach to Managed Services - Level Platforms' open approach to delivering managed services takes shape with the signing of two new partners. Read More > |
 | September 14, 2007 Who is watching your client's network? - Join Stuart Crawford of IT Matters with Dan Wensley of Level Platforms and Erin Arnold of Next Step Networking as we discuss the value of quality monitoring and support for your Small Business IT business. Read More > |
 | September 1, 2007 Managed Services: More Than A One-Man Job - Managed services player continues to make news, as Level Platforms unveiled platform upgrades. Read More > |
 | August 27, 2007 Intel vPro Chipset Lures MSPs, System Builders - MSPs, system administrators and system builders have discovered a common interest -- getting Intel's vPro and cPro platforms into the desktops and laptops they manage and sell. Read More > |
| July 11, 2007 Level Platforms Tightens Partnership with Microsoft - Teamed up to better integrate their remote management tools, making it easier for solution providers Read More > |
| July 10, 2007 Microsoft, Level Platforms Team on Managed Services Software - Instead of competing head-on with managed service platform providers, Microsoft has decided to team up with one. Read More > |
| June 25, 2007 Managed Services, Recycling Revive Declining PC Sales - Managed services is paying off handsomely. Read More > |
| March 7, 2007 Ingram Micro Plays Managed Services Host - Distributor has taken another step in its managed services strategy Read More > |
| March 7, 2007 VARs Get Feet Wet In Ingram's MSP Program - Ingram Micro has launched its hosted version, and VARs are beginning to get their feet wet. Read More > |
 | November 13, 2006 Managed Services: It's Time to Get In Now While the Getting Is Good - New business model: take the plunge Read More > |
| November 1, 2006 CEO's Open Letter to Partners on the INGRAM MICRO Partnership - Read More > |
| October 4, 2006 Ingram Micro Teams with Level Platforms for Seismic Shift - Ingram Micro signed with vendor Level Platforms to deliver managed services Read More > |
 | September 19, 2006 Remote Magic - Remote network monitoring and maintenance makes particularly good sense Read More > |
 | September 18, 2006 Remote Managed Services Cut Costs For SMBs - Very small companies can benefit from outsourcing their IT infrastructure Read More > |
 | August 31, 2006 Intel vPro Promises VARs and MSPs Less Needy Desktops - Intel aims to change the corporate desktop landscape with its vPro platform Read More > |
| August 18, 2006 Is It MSP Madness? - Managed services was on the tip of everybody's tongue in St. Louis last week at XChange '06. Read More > |
| August 14, 2006 Level Platforms, Intel to Boost Managed Services - Level Platforms has teamed up with chip maker Intel to take managed services to the next level Read More > |
| August 14, 2006 LPI To Support Intel's vPro - MSP platform vendor LPI Level Platforms said it will support Intel's vPro technology Read More > |
| August 2, 2006 MSP Platform Vendor LPI Crafts Enterprise Pricing - Level Platforms has introduced a new licensing SKU for its flagship Managed Workplace software. Read More > |
| July 28, 2006 Level Platform, Asigra, Terian Team On SMB Managed Backups - teaming up to make it easier to provide managed backup services. Read More > |
 | June 30, 2006 Choosing the Right Managed Services Provider - 10 basic steps to be sure you've got the right virtual IT team working to keep you running 24x7. Read More > |
 | June 2, 2006 Interview with Compunite Computers, Inc.’s Steve Ferman - Listen in as Greg and Steve discuss online back-up and how your firm can take advantage of this type of technology. Hear more > |
 | May 8, 2006 Level Platforms offers complete end-to-end solution - There are approximately two million companies with 10 to 100 desktops serviced by 50,000 solution providers. Read More > |
 | May 3, 2006 Managed Services Reach Home - As prices drop and features increase, new managed services target smaller markets Read More > |
| April 27, 2006 Level Platforms to Vendors: Get Certified - An increasing number of channel companies are migrating toward the managed services model Read More > |
| April 5, 2006 Swimming New Waters - Vendors dive into small office and home markets with new products and programs. Read More > |
 | March 8, 2006 Managed Services Software meets IT solution provider needs - Managed Workplace v5.0 remote monitoring and management software features Read More > |
| February 28, 2006 Level Platforms Seeks to Accelerate Adoption of Managed Services - Once a service provider converts one customer to the managed services model, it might as well convert them all. Read More > |
| February 24, 2006 Dan Wensely named Top Channel Chief - Level Platform Executive Receives Industry Recognition Read More > |
| February 22, 2006 Managed Services: Threat or Opportunity? - Channel companies that understand the collaborative spirit Read More > |
| February 10, 2006 MSP Price War Looming - LPI Level Platforms puts pressure on rivals with aggressively priced MSP platform update Read More > |
 | February 2, 2006 From Monitoring To Management with Level Platforms Version 5.0 - In 2006 thousands of VARs will begin the transformation of their services business to the managed services model Read More > |
| January 28, 2006 News - Managed Workplace 5.0 Integration With Connectwise Read More> | |
| December 21, 2005 New Year Holds Promise for Managed Services - Thanks to the IT spending habits of small and midsize businesses, 2005 will go in the books as a pretty good year for the channel. more > |
| November 28, 2005 VAR Group Finds Partnering Makes Sense - A fast-growing group of Southern California VARs banded together last year to increase their buying power and clout with vendors. more > | |
| October 21, 2005 Business Trends: Replicating Revenue - Custom-systems solution providers are ramping up efforts to cash in on the growing market for managed services as a way to augment top-line revenue and bolster system sales. Read More > | |
| October 10, 2005 IBM Adds SMB Managed Services - IBM will upgrade its SMB Express portfolio this week, rolling out a slew of managed services and targeted vertical solutions for smaller customers. more > | |
| October 7, 2005 Cooking Up Some Managed Services? A Full Menu Awaits - Solution providers adding managed services to their portfolio now have the luxury of choosing several different ways to do so. more > | |
| October 7, 2005 Parenting 101: New MSPs Take Course In Changing Models - The decision to offer managed services is a bit like choosing to have a baby. more > | |
| September 13, 2005 Gates: Partners Should Not Fret About Its Managed Services Plan - Microsoft will offer managed services in "the cloud" but won't cut partners out of the equation, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said. more > | |
| August 26, 2005 It's Not Rocket Science - I had a revelation last week. Not unusual, since I spent several days rubbing shoulders with about 250 solution providers at the CMP Media Channel Group XChange conference in Orlando, Fla. But it reminded me that sometimes we manage to make things seem a whole lot more mysterious and complicated more > | |
| August 12, 2005 Confessions Of A Slow Mover - This is the story of a stubborn owner of a profitable network services company who subscribed to the "if it ain’t broke don’t fix it" approach to running his business. more > | |
| August 12, 2005 Solving the Managed Services Equation - How do you keep the price of managed services to small businesses within reach, but not lose your shirt if a customer's network goes haywire? Real-world experiences are providing VARs with a number of answers to this question. more > | |
| June 14, 2005 Suddenly, It's a Lot Easier to Sell Managed Services - A year ago the typical VAR would require a fair amount of explanation and persuasion when being pitched on the merits of managed services. Read More > |
| April 22, 2005 THE FINAL CUT - One of the most exciting things about last week's Ingram Micro VentureTech Network conference was the incredible momentum VTN members are experiencing in adopting the managed services business model. more > | |
| March 17, 2005 Become your client's IT: A Look at Managed Services - If you are attending trade shows or reading technology news, you know that managed services in the SMB market is a hot topic right now. more > | |
| March 14, 2005 The MSP Juggling Exercise - Solution providers are starting to realize that most any IT function can be turned into a managed service, but many are at a loss as to how to pursue what could be a profitable source of supplemental income. more > | |
| March 7, 2005 MSP Mayhem - Back in the bad old days of the Internet boom and irrational exuberance, a lot of capital was thrown down a rat hole known as managed services. more > | |
| March 7, 2005 Level Platforms, SilverBack Spar Over Best Way To Become An MSP - Level Platforms and SilverBack Technologies introduced competitive offerings at this week's XChange Solution Provider conference in New Orleans, getting into a tussle over the best way to become an MSP. more > | |
| March 4, 2005 Channel Plans Key At XChange - Improved MSP offerings and upgraded partner programs will highlight this week's XChange Solution Provider conference in New Orleans. more > |
