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Choosing the Right Partner

The demand for services is exploding and the opportunity is big, the only way to fully capitalize on this market is to partner with technology and service providers.  The key is selecting the right providers for your customers and your business. As you think about services automation, server and desktop management, security, data protection and other aspects of your services business, you have to make strategic decisions about technology and service partnerships in order to provide the necessary range and quality of services to your customers.  These partnerships will make or break your business.  Selecting the right partners can help … Read the rest

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Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Backup and Restore with StoreGrid

With the release of StoreGrid v3.1 SP1, StoreGrid now supports Exchange Server 2010 database backup and restore. The v3.1 SP1 patch should be installed on both the backup server (and replication server) and in the client machines running StoreGrid v3.1. Remember this patch installs only on top of StoreGrid v3.1 installations.

VSS based backup of Exchange 2010

Unlike Exchange Server 2000, 2003, 2007 where StoreGrid uses Exchange Server’s ESE API (Extensible Storage Engine) for backing up live Exchange databases, in Exchange 2010 StoreGrid uses VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Services) based APIs. StoreGrid invokes the “Microsoft Exchange Writer” (comes with the … Read the rest

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Fight the downturn by differentiating your business with improved services

It is becoming clear that the global economy is indeed going into a painful recession. Even though we have not seen the Wall Street turmoil and the resultant credit crunch affect our business so far, we are well aware that it would be a matter of time. We still expect our business to grow though at a much reduced pace. But we are well prepared to even face a negative growth for a few quarters. I am not a fan of Donald Trump but I seem to apply his investing philosophy in the way we run our business – which … Read the rest

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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

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