VEMBU BLOG

September, 2007

Thank you, Calvin, for a SPARK of inspiration

We recently named our partner program SPARK. We decided to give it a name as Vembu StoreGrid Service Provider Edition Partner Program was becoming quite a mouthful!

Why SPARK?

Of course, while we could have named it anything we wanted, it would be nice to have an acronym of sorts. We’ve placed our bets on Service Providers leading the way towards the boom in online backups amongst SMBs – what we call Service Provider Assisted Remote Backups ! But SPARB just didn’t sound right.

Here’s where Calvin & Hobbes come in. One of my … Read the rest

Posted in General, Partner Program, SP Edition, SPARK, Vembu StoreGrid | 2 Comments »

Backup Services are No. 2 on SMBs list, says VAR Business Magazine

Online Backups are booming

The September issue of VAR Business has an interesting article on the “Top 5 Tech Segments SMBs Will Spend Money On”. While the first segment mentioned is Network Security, Backup & Archiving ranks number 2. Online Backup Services are especially mentioned and the article says:

Online backup services is also an area where resellers are starting to see increased interest in the SMB market, and vendors are now better enabling resellers to offer such services as part of their managed services portfolios—opportunities that can help them lock into recurring revenue streams.

We recommend that you read the article; … Read the rest

Posted in CRN, General, SMB, Trends, VARBusiness, Vembu StoreGrid | No Comments »

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