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Online data storage services can still be profitable, providers say
Solution providers can use online data storage services as the first step toward selling more valuable IT services to customers. Feature
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Cloud storage services: Peer advice
Learn how one IT services and consulting company entered the cloud storage services business and get advice for how to approach the marketing, including evaluating how your company's current strengths match up with customer needs and conducting analy... FAQ
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Best practices for providing managed backup services
If you're interested in providing managed backup services, make sure you've got the right message and can execute both backup and retrieval well. Learn best practices for providing managed backup services, including sales pitches, customer communicat... Feature
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Managed backup services: Pros and cons of hosting approaches
There are two basic approaches to providing managed backup services: reselling services from another provider or, for brave and deep-pocketed providers, building your own NOC. Find out the pros and cons of each approach. Feature
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Providing managed backup services
Providing managed backup services has some major advantages over traditional backup, but it also has some disadvantages. Find out how it can help you address your customers' biggest backup pain points, as well as what pain points you're likely to enc... Feature
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Storage Guardian integrates cloud backup with ConnectWise PSA software
In our channel news roundup, Storage Guardian integrates its cloud backup with ConnectWise, and Ctera launches a mobile app for cloud file access. News | 24 Apr 2012
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Datto adds ConnectWise integration for its backup, DR solutions
Vendor briefs: Datto integrates backup, DR with ConnectWise; Promark offers Starboard storage; Gladinet launches Cloud Version 4.0. News | 03 Apr 2012
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Cloud aggregator Modular DPS launches program for turnkey cloud backup services
Cloud aggregator Modular DPS is offering a cloud backup services package for VARs and MSPs, combining resources from Intel’s Hybrid Cloud Program, 6fusion and MSPexcellence. News | 27 Mar 2012
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Asigra Cloud Backup 11 tackles mobile backup and consumers
Asigra Cloud Backup 11 tackles mobile backup for smartphones and tablets as well as a consumer backup client and management improvements. News | 06 Jun 2011
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InMage introduces cloud recovery as a service
InMage Systems launched its recovery-as-a-service MSP platform, combining a cloud recovery engine, automated virtual machine (VM) provisioning and portal in one suite. News | 01 Mar 2011
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Clustered NAS picked to store petabytes of digital moon images
Headlines: Bracing for petabytes of data expected to come from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), team from Arizona State University's SESE sets up multi-petabyte Isilon NAS cluster. News | 23 Feb 2011
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Syncplicity opens cloud file management software to channel partners
Cloud-based file management provider Syncplicity unveiled its channel program with discounted pricing for initial orders and renewals, and admin controls. News | 14 Feb 2011
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Storage execs see more cloud storage, data reduction, SSDs in 2011
Headlines: Looking ahead to 2011, storage vendor execs see cloud storage playing a more prominent role in data centers; primary data reduction, SSDs and 10 GbE also on the rise. Article | 12 Jan 2011
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LTO-5 tape can't stop backup hardware trend toward disk
Headlines: Faster LTO-5 tape can't stop backup hardware trend toward disk backup and deduplication devices; leading backup software vendors partner for new disk backup appliances. Article | 22 Dec 2010
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EMC's Atmos Cloud Delivery Platform aims to help cloud storage providers build EMC Atmos services
EMC launches Atmos Cloud Delivery Platform software to help cloud providers quickly build services to compete with large providers such as Amazon and Iron Mountain. Article | 16 Dec 2010
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HIPAA-compliant cloud storage services: Due diligence is key to survival
To provide HIPAA-compliant cloud storage services, storage VARs and MSPs face many, grave regulatory requirements. Learn about the risks and get advice for performing due diligence. Tip
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Addressing VDI challenges with a WAN optimizer
Find out how to use a WAN optimizer to address VDI challenges, including details on WAN optimization techniques and vendors, such as F5, Riverbed, Citrix and Silver Peak. Tip
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Cloud-based storage: Determining which of your customers’ applications should move to the cloud
While nonstrategic applications are the most likely candidates for a customer’s first steps into cloud-based storage, a closer look at a specific environment might yield a different choice. Channel Impact
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Cloud storage solutions present four points of entry with customers
Storage solution providers can find four customer conversation starters in cloud storage solutions and cloud computing. Find out how they can help you open the door to new business. Tip
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Cloud storage comparison: Public vs. private vs. hybrid cloud storage for VARs
In this cloud storage comparison, learn about the advantages and disadvantages for VARs in three cloud storage options: public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud storage. Tip
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Cloud storage solutions: Look to straight services as well as gateways, appliances
In this tip, find out how VARs can look not only to cloud storage providers, but also to other solutions such as cloud gateways and hybrid appliances. Channel Impact
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Cloud gateways for primary storage: Benefits and challenges
Most IT shops that have ventured down the cloud storage road have restricted their use to backup or archiving. Now cloud gateways are making primary storage use cases feasible. Tip
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Object-based storage for cloud storage: Product assessments
Get details on six products that use object-based storage as a foundation for cloud storage. Find out about products from Caringo, Cleversafe, Data Direct Networks, EMC, NetApp and NEC. Tip
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Two inroads to cloud data backup services
Beyond hosting your own cloud data backup services or helping customers implement it, there are two other good ways to get involved in cloud data backup services. Tip
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New dynamics in data protection sales
With disk replacing tape as the preferred initial backup medium and new data protection tools for continuous data protection and deduplication available, VARs are faced with a problem: how to maintain a short sales cycle while supplying customers wit... Tip
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HIPAA-compliant cloud storage services: Due diligence is key to survival
To provide HIPAA-compliant cloud storage services, storage VARs and MSPs face many, grave regulatory requirements. Learn about the risks and get advice for performing due diligence. Tip
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Storage Guardian integrates cloud backup with ConnectWise PSA software
In our channel news roundup, Storage Guardian integrates its cloud backup with ConnectWise, and Ctera launches a mobile app for cloud file access. News
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Addressing VDI challenges with a WAN optimizer
Find out how to use a WAN optimizer to address VDI challenges, including details on WAN optimization techniques and vendors, such as F5, Riverbed, Citrix and Silver Peak. Tip
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Datto adds ConnectWise integration for its backup, DR solutions
Vendor briefs: Datto integrates backup, DR with ConnectWise; Promark offers Starboard storage; Gladinet launches Cloud Version 4.0. News
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Cloud aggregator Modular DPS launches program for turnkey cloud backup services
Cloud aggregator Modular DPS is offering a cloud backup services package for VARs and MSPs, combining resources from Intel’s Hybrid Cloud Program, 6fusion and MSPexcellence. News
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Online data storage services can still be profitable, providers say
Solution providers can use online data storage services as the first step toward selling more valuable IT services to customers. Feature
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Cloud-based storage: Determining which of your customers’ applications should move to the cloud
While nonstrategic applications are the most likely candidates for a customer’s first steps into cloud-based storage, a closer look at a specific environment might yield a different choice. Channel Impact
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Cloud storage solutions present four points of entry with customers
Storage solution providers can find four customer conversation starters in cloud storage solutions and cloud computing. Find out how they can help you open the door to new business. Tip
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Cloud storage comparison: Public vs. private vs. hybrid cloud storage for VARs
In this cloud storage comparison, learn about the advantages and disadvantages for VARs in three cloud storage options: public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud storage. Tip
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Cloud storage solutions: Look to straight services as well as gateways, appliances
In this tip, find out how VARs can look not only to cloud storage providers, but also to other solutions such as cloud gateways and hybrid appliances. Channel Impact
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The Managed Service Providers (MSPs)/Storage as a Service topics page provides news articles, tips and tutorials for data storage MSPs who provide data storage services, including online backup services, online file backup operations, secure offsite data storage and cloud storage services, to their IT organization customers. Look here for guidance on storage as a service topics such as managed backup services for SMBs, the pros and cons of different hosting approaches, steps to delivering a cloud storage services offering, developing online backup services, and more.