Private cloud appliance automating cloud platform construction and management penetrates into Japanese market

A summation of MSP News, blogs and announcements from members all over the world.

Once again, a major vendor makes an acquisition in the "remote managed services" enabling arena. Reminiscent of the Dell/SilverBack acquisition a few years ago, and the McAfee/MX Logic deal just last year, this is indicative of the major players in our industry consolidating technology capabilities in order to further capitalize on the managed services profession. 

The latest buzz words in technology all center around Cloud Computing. Whether it's SaaS, PaaS or even IaaS a lot of terms are bounced around without context.

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I know that it's an exceptionally long title but it's something that needs to be talked about. A lot has been made about data moving to and "living" in the Cloud.

The Waypoint Solutions Group merger with Network Minders underscores what I hope will be a growing trend in the managed services industry. No, I’m not talking about consolidation (please read my other M&A blogs) but I am talking about true professional mergers.