Results CRM Tops Intuit CRM Search Listing

posted on July 26, 2010 10:45

Intuit Marketplace shows Results CRM now pings at number one in its CRM search listing out of 394 total category listings.

See the high placement for yourself at Intuit MarketPlace at http://marketplace.intuit.com. Type “CRM” in the (in the top right corner) and check who comes out on top!

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Results Software Ranks Top in Intuit Marketplace Search

astro posted on July 26, 2010 08:27

Even though its CRM product is still a few Results Software building

weeks from actual release, Herndon, VA-based Results Software has placed first in Intuit Marketplace in the within the CRM category listing above 363 others.

To see for yourself, visit the Intuit MarketPlace at http://marketplace.intuit.com and type "CRM" in the search apps now box in the top right corner.

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Analyst Says Service Providers Key to Cloud-Based Success

astro posted on July 23, 2010 12:02

Small businesses continue to change the way they procure and consume IT. In increasing numbers, they are buying their software as a service from the Cloud and moving away from traditional desktop software," said Philbert Shih, senior hosting analyst, at Tier1Research, a division of New York City-based The 451 Group.

This is creating a huge opportunity for service providers, but going it alone is not an easy or viable pathway, Shih said.

Provider Parallels has some thoughts on the subject.

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RAMP UP to the Clouds with MSPSN

astro posted on July 23, 2010 11:54

MSPSN recently discussed not its bridge or pathway to the clouds… instead its speedway racer-ready RAMP.

We like the spunk of the folks at MSP Services Network!

Read about CEO Gerald Kane told us yesterday about CloudRamp data protection services ... and tectonic plates.

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Ted Roller Becomes Intronis’ Channel Development VP

astro posted on July 23, 2010 11:49

Intronis, a SAS 70-certified online backup and recovery solution for IT service providers based in Boston, MA, released an announcement on July 21 about Ted Roller who will helm Intronis’ IT channel advocacy efforts.

We were first allerted to the story by the VAR Guy blog.

Roller comes to Intronis from his previous position at itControl Solutions, where he served as president of channel development. There, he and his team aligned the company’s goals closely with the objectives of its reseller partners.

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Kaseya Cloud Tools Surface … At Virtual Administrator

astro posted on July 23, 2010 11:40

Virtual Administrator is now part of the “Kaseya On Demand Partner Program” — which gives Virtual Administrator the right to offer Kaseya’s Cloud Services — a collection of cloud-based Remote Management and Monitoring (RMM) tools.

I got on the phone to get the scoop.

The relationship between Virtual Administrator and Kaseya actually began in 2008 when Network Depot, LLC., a Washington, DC-area Managed Service Provider (MSP), started offering their own brand of Hosted Kaseya based on the version-5 platform under the Virtual Administrator name.

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CharTec Intros “Hybrid” Backup, Disaster Recovery Solution

astro posted on July 23, 2010 11:01

By no longer using others’ hardware, the principal and CEO of CharTec, Alex Rogers, beat his MSPs' previous experience of 30 percent hardware and 60 percent virtualization failure rates. What does this mean to you?

According to a phone interview held on Monday and materials provided by CharTec, you, too, can halt profitability hemorrhage from unbillable hours and regain confidence in real-life hardware that serves as the gateway to Cloud revenue.

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Viral Videos

astro posted on July 23, 2010 10:48

Could not resist bringing the following to your attention from the VAR Guy site:

CompTIA’s upcoming Breakaway 2010 channel conference has amassed a pretty interesting collection of videos on its site. Provided by sponsors, presumably as a new venue to reach CompTIA MSPs, some are spoofy, some endearing.

Right now, Autotask Corporation and ConnectWise are leading the viewer popularity contest, followed by Datto Inc. and Lenovo. Here's a screen shot from front-runner Autotask and its very cute "day in the life" video: