MSPWorld 2012 Round Up

This was the big winner at MSPWorld. Although we had several different sessions focusing on each of these areas, when you look at these issues as a combined topic, you can see the emergence of a trend in managed services that could be a bid deal to those who pay attention.

As always, the MSPs were very focused (as were the vendors) on how to market and sell managed services to the end user customer. Vertical expertise was the theme here; specifically as a method for easier sales, marketing, and customer satisfaction and stickiness. I'll also be writing more about this soon as it is a significant theme that demands its own column. However, I think we can see application hosting, private cloud enabling, and other vertical trends dominating managed services and cloud discussion throughout 2013.

Community Networking

The networking at this MSPWorld was just amazing. Some of the pictures included below don't begin to describe some of the great discussions and relationship building that I witnessed taking place at the event. This, in my opinion, is what makes the MSPWorld events so unique and valuable.