Managed Services Providers (MSP), providing network administration, on-demand support and centralized services usually off premises to their end customers, have gained a larger foothold in the technology industry in recent years, particularly in the face of a crippling economy. MSPs manage all the Information Technology (IT) work for a client for a fraction of the cost, meeting network monitoring, remote data backup and network security needs. As demand has gotten greater for MSPs, and the types of services offered has grown, MSPs are adopting new models. Be sure to check back here for any research and market studies related to MSPs.
3/20/2012
Revenue for the network management and appliance market grew by 9.1 percent from 2010 to total $2.5 billion in 2011. The International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that the market will grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.5 percent to $4 billion from now to 2017. CA Technologies owned 13.1 percent of the market in the first half of 2011. Because of this, IDC announced today that they have named CA Technologies the market share leader in the worldwide network management software and appliance market.
1/11/2012
The misnomer that large enterprises are adopting cloud-based services at a rate faster than small to medium-sized businesses has officially been quelled based on the latest industry findings.
12/8/2011
Looking to help business owners standardize internal processes, improve profitability and enhance IT service delivery, N-able Technologies is offering a new MSP Technician Runbook at no cost to N-able partners.
12/7/2011
In its "Policy Management Deployment Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey," Infonetics Research has provided insight into the investment drivers, strategies, and integration efforts of operators deploying policy management solutions.
12/5/2011
Advanced Business Solutions has come up with various tips and tricks to overcome the obstacle of shared services, the company has announced.
12/5/2011
A new study from Insight Research, market research firm for telecom industry, found that global business spending on managed services will increase at annual compounded rate of 14.7 percent. This is in spite of the fact that all telecommunications services will see a single-digit growth rate in the coming six years. The cost-effectiveness of investing in managed services is one of the leading factors behind the double-digit growth rate being predicted for the managed services sector. An increasing number of enterprises are backing off from investing in basic telecommunications and IT services during the slow economic growth period and prefer investing in managed services as opposed to expanding their internal staff.
10/26/2011
A new study from CompTIA shows that nearly half of organizations using managed services have cut their annual IT expenses by 25 percent or more. The "Trends in Managed Services" study, published by the nonprofit CompTIA, found that 46 percent of organizations had cut their expenses. The study is based on separate online surveys of 400 IT and business professionals in the US involved in IT decision making, as well as 364 channel firms.
10/14/2011
Officials with Corent said Clinical & Management Solutions can now offer the lowest cost of service delivery based on Corent's Multi-Tenant SaaS Platform.
10/14/2011
Interested in learning about all the ways in which your company can benefit from managed services solutions? Look no further than a just released white paper from ConnectWise, a business management solution designed exclusively for IT solution providers, MSPs, technology consultants, integrators and developers.
Entitled "Five Ways to Increase Client Satisfaction and Profits," this paper is filled to the brim with invaluable information that can help businesses standardize service workflows and simply automate communications with customers.
9/28/2011
Infonetics Research has offered a preview of its Managed Security Services and SaaS report, showing the market segment is expected to double between 2011 and 2015 despite the cool economic climate. The report analyzes and forecasts the market for security-as-a-service (SaaS) and CPE- and cloud-based security services managed by service providers for small, medium and large businesses.
8/15/2011
A new study from CIT Group Inc., a provider of global vendor financing solutions, claims that the benefits of managed IT services are not fully understood by many small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). According to the study, this lack of understanding creates a barrier to VARs, who are increasingly focused on selling managed services to the SMB market.
7/27/2011
A new report from Visiongain predicts the managed services market will reach $86 billion by 2016. "Managed Services in LTE Era Report 2011-2016" looks at the market for managed services with particular reference to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) boom.
