Intronis is the latest MSP-centric software company to hire a CFO (chief financial officer) and raise new funding. Other MSP- and cloud-oriented companies to hire new CFOs in recent months include Autotask, Axcient and Kaseya. What’s the common thread here? Many privately held technology companies, including those in the MSP market, need seasoned CFOs to organize appropriately for their next stage of growth.
When the Kaseya Connect 2012 User Conference kicks off this week (May 1-4, Las Vegas), it’s safe to expect the managed services and IT automation event to focus on at least five technology categories for MSPs: (1) Business management and automation software, (2) cloud backup and disaster recovery services, (3) infrastructure management, (4) managed print services and (5) cloud security and managed security services. Here’s a closer look at each category.
The Kaseya Connect 2012 User Conference (May 1-4, Las Vegas) is set to attract several hundred managed services providers (MSPs). Kaseya CEO Gerald Blackie (pictured), President Mark Sutherland and the rest of the leadership team will provide technology and business updates to roughly 700 attendees — from MSPs to corporate IT managers. So what questions will MSPmentor raise during the conference? Here are seven them.
Cloud-based unified network management platform provider Servoyant has added about 100 improvements to its most recent release, Servoyant 5, but the star of the upgrade is new support for LogMeIn Pro. And while Servoyant is keeping prices the same in its new release, it’s throwing in a license for LogMeIn Pro to sweeten the deal.
ConnectWise has started to promote “The IT Office Bundle” — featuring ConnectWise, LabTech and Quosal applications – to VARs, MSPs and IT service providers. News of The IT Office Bundle is not surprising, based on CEO Arnie Bellini’s keynote at the IT Nation conference in November 2011. The bundle seeks to help MSPs with professional services automation, remote monitoring and management, and quoting and sales proposal processes.
