Axceler Offers Migration Support for Microsoft SharePoint 2013

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Collaboration governance, administration and migration provider Axceler offering a Migration Axceleration Promotion for Microsoft (MSFT) SharePoint 2013.

Axceler said its migration support for SharePoint 2013 includes features to cleanup, migrate, and manage environments.
Collaboration governance, administration and migration provider Axceler offering a Migration Axceleration Promotion for Microsoft (MSFT) SharePoint 2013. How is the company providing ways to cleanup, migrate, and manage environments through its support? We'll reveal the answer.
Migrations of any kind can be long and challenging. The new offering from Axceler is aiming to ease the process by assisting businesses with migration from start to finish and by helping businesses prepare for the migration process, too.
Axceler CMO Claudine Bianchi said in her prepared remarks that businesses want to make the move to the latest version of SharePoint, but they're not finding the right tools to help them with the migration.
According to the company, Axceler's Migration Axceleration Promotion will offer the following features to support migration to Microsoft SharePoint 2013:
Real-time collection of important configuration data -- lets users view and access the most up-to-date information in their SharePoint sites;Detailed pre-migration analysis -- provides users with an analysis of their SharePoint environments before migration so they can identify issues and make smart decisions;Content migration -- implements optimized architecture for large content databases, complex enterprise configurations and consolidation of multiple platforms;Insight into the migration -- unleashes a migration engine, built for both speed and control;Migrate data in waves – gives the ability for user companies to create their own timetables, priorities and severity of issues found; andGet granular control -- provides the ability to filter, configure and refine migration sets, which allows for detailed staging and planning.
"With the support of our migration solutions, businesses can evaluate their SharePoint environments and seamlessly make the transition," Bianchi said. "The best time to enhance collaboration controls is when new software is introduced to the businesses collaboration strategy, such as SharePoint 2013."
Axceler's Migration Acceleration Promotion is available now until June 30 and can be obtained through the company's website.
Separately, Axceler recently introduced ViewPoint Enterprise, a single unified dashboard designed to provide organizations with views into their enterprise social networks, such as Yammer, Jive (JIVE), Microsoft SharePoint, Box, and Chatter.

Microsoft, Continuum offerta Cloud, servizi gestiti gli aggiornamenti

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Continuum e Microsoft sta aggiornando loro rispettivi cloud e strategie di servizi gestiti a Autotask comunità Live. Office 365 è ora libero di partecipanti per un anno. Ecco un riepilogo blog live da MSPmentor.

Continuum VP Steve Ricketts descrive come MSPs pu? centralizzare attività, snellire le operazioni ed espandersi in nuovi mercati.
Microsoft (MSFT) e Continuum sta aggiornando loro rispettivi cloud e strategie di servizi gestiti a Autotask comunità Live. La sessione di Microsoft è venuto come un po ' di scuse ai partner;  la società ha dichiarato che ha bisogno di essere più facile lavorare con il mercato cloud. Il ramo d'ulivo: Microsoft sta dando partecipanti alla conferenza Autotask un abbonamento di cloud Office 365 di un anno gratis. Separatamente, Continuum è descrivere come MSPs pu? guidare verso i profitti operativi il 50 per cento. Leggere questo blog live per aggiornamenti minuto per minuto.
Ricapitoliamo: Microsoft
Bryan Von Axelson (SMB Cloud stratega), Bob Neal (SMB Cloud vendite) e Corey Nagel (SMB Cloud Marketing) sono parte di una squadra appena creata-- il team canale Cloud - Microsoft.Microsoft è subendone le sfide del mercato - non essendo in grado di lavorare e trovare le giuste fonti di Microsoft.Solo circa il 20 per cento di MSPs nella stanza indicata che hanno ricevuto incentivi sconti Office 365 - una figura che deluso di Microsoft. Von Axelson diede il suo indirizzo email (BVA [at] Microsoft.com) per assicurarsi che i partecipanti avevano un modo semplice per collaborare più strettamente con la società."Siamo dedicati alla nostra strategia attraverso il canale di guida,"dirigenti Microsoft ha insistito. L'azienda è ribadire che è "all'inizio del viaggio" con l'Open Office 365. Leggere tra le righe e suona come Microsoft pu? espandere il programma aperto, che è estremamente limitato, ma permette di MSPs gestire il cliente finale nube fatturazione.S?, Windows 8.1 è stato menzionato nel passaggio.In generale, la presentazione di Microsoft sembrava un passo "Siamo spiacenti, noi stiamo ascoltando, noi stiamo migliorando il nostro programma partner".Il mio giro: è bene per Microsoft di essere umili. Ma i suggerimenti suggerendo Open Office 365 si pu? evolvere dimostra la sfida fondamentale: anche quando Microsoft diventa canale più amichevole, non canale è abbastanza amichevole - almeno non inizialmente. Office 365 è di due anni. Non c'è progresso. Ma aperto dovrebbe essere completamente aperta - disponibile come parte del tutto Office 365 SKUs.Microsoft chiuso offrendo a tutti i partecipanti Autotask un abbonamento di un anno gratuito di Office 365.
Ricapitolando: Steve Ricketts, VP marketing di Continuum
All'incirca 500 MSPs eseguire Continuum (RMM e NOC) e Autotask in tandem.Ricketts sta dicendo MSPs come scalare senza aggiunta di costi per le imprese.L'azienda ora ha 670 dipendenti e partner di Continuum gestire circa 500.000 dispositivi del cliente finale. We've got un numero di partner che stanno crescendo a 30, 60 e 90 per cento."Uno dei partner è cresciuto al 90 per cento, senza l'aggiunta di personale - sfruttando un desk in outsourcing NOC e aiuto per scalare senza l'aggiunta di nuovi dipendenti. Il partner è cresciuto da 150 dispositivi gestiti al tech ed è ora avvicinando 300 dispositivi gestiti per TechMSP Financials prima e dopo: un sacco di MSPs partendo hanno un 65% COGS (costi delle merci vendute); 10% SGA e 25% i profitti di funzionamento. Egli dice che lo stato desiderato è COGS 40%, 10% SG & A e 50% margine operativo.Sfide di grande costo per MSPs: techs Senior facendo manutenzione ordinaria; Techs che ricerca per risolvere i problemi; utilizzo di low tech; alto costo della formazione; fatturato; aumento dei costi benefici e più.Le sfide di costo di fissaggio: il miglior MSPs stanno centralizzando, snellire le operazioni ed espandendo la loro attività all'interno della base di clienti esistenti.Continuum dove si inserisce nella conversazione: per la centralizzazione, Ricketts menzionato la console di gestione centralizzata del Continuum per centralizzazione; prezzo negoziato si occupa di LogMeIn e altri per vendite incrementali. Per semplificare le operazioni, Ricketts chiamato MSPs a esternalizzare loro NOC continuum per manutenzione e risoluzione dei problemi. In più, ha detto, sfruttare personale Continuum on-demand per progetti come le migrazioni Exchange e molto altro ancora. E ha citato i servizi di marketing per MSPs. E indic? a espandersi in nuovi mercati, opportunità di Continuum di offerta backup e gestione dei dispositivi portatili.
Controllare indietro per gli aggiornamenti ogni cinque minuti o cos?. Questo è tutto per ora.

Next MSP Backup Move: Microsoft Exchange Server

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As MSPs expand beyond file-level backup, the big opportunity ahead is Microsoft Exchange Backup. CloudBerry Lab explains how to get started.
My previous guest blog described why MSPs need to push beyond file-level backup to offer database backup. A natural first step, I noted, involves backup services for Microsoft SQL Server -- which continues to enjoy double-digit sales growth. But don’t end your journey there. Expand your scope to include Exchange Server backup.
My reasoning is simple: In 2012, Exchange controlled 53 percent of the corporate email market. That figure will grow to 68 percent by 2016, predicts The Radicati Group, as businesses increasingly standardize on Microsoft's email and collaboration platform.
That spells opportunities for MSPs. Email remains the lifeblood of most businesses. Lost messages often mean lost productivity. Even worse: Businesses that fail to properly safeguard their email databases may wind up violating government regulations and corporate compliance mandates.
With those harsh realities in mind, CloudBerry Lab's MSP partner base asked us for help in the email backup market. Our new CloudBerry Backup for Microsoft Exchange Server answers that call for help, and automates database backup to more than 15 supported cloud storage platforms.
Indeed, the solution allows MSPs to back up on-premises Exchange systems to public clouds like Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Glacier, Windows Azure, HP Cloud, Rackspace and OpenStack-compatible clouds.
Alexander Negrash is director of marketing at CloudBerry Lab, a leading cloud storage service provider that works closely with MSPs. Monthly guest blogs such as this one are part of MSPmentor's annual platinum sponsorship.

Axceler offers support for Microsoft SharePoint Migration 2013

Partnership governance, administration and migration Axceler provider offering a promotion for SharePoint Migration Axceleration to Microsoft (MSFT) 2013.

Axceler said that migration support for SharePoint 2013 includes Cleanup feature, migrate and manage environments.

Partnership governance, administration and migration Axceler provider offering a promotion for SharePoint Migration Axceleration to Microsoft (MSFT) 2013. How is the company that provides ways for cleaning, migrate and manage environments through its support? We reveal the answer.

Migration of any type can be long and challenging. The new offer from Axceler aims to facilitate the process of assisting companies with migration from start to finish and helping businesses prepare for the migration process, too.

Axceler CMO Claudine Bianchi said in his prepared speech that companies want to make the transition to the latest version of SharePoint, but you're not finding the right tools to help you with your migration.

According to the company, Axceleration promoting Axceler migration offers the following features to support the migration to Microsoft SharePoint 2013:

Real-time collection of important configuration data-allows users to view and access the latest information in their SharePoint sites; detailed pre-migration analysis-provides users with an analysis of their SharePoint environment before migrating so they can identify problems and make smart decisions;Content migration architecture implements optimized for large content databases, enterprise complex configuration and consolidation of multiple platforms; Migration insight-unleash a migration engine, built for speed and control.Data migration in waves – makes it possible for companies to create their own schedules, priority and severity of problems; andGet granular control-provides the ability to filter, configure and refine the migration, which allows for staging and detailed planning.

"With the support of our migration solutions, companies can evaluate their SharePoint environments and make the transition," Baker said. "The best time to improve controls of collaboration is when new software was introduced to the collaborative strategy of businesses, such as SharePoint 2013."

Axceler promotion acceleration migration is now available until June 30 and can be obtained through the company's Web site.

Separately, Axceler has recently introduced the corporate point of view, a single unified dashboard designed to provide organizations with views in their enterprise social networks, such as Yammer, Jive (JIVE), Microsoft SharePoint, Box and chitchat.

Next Move Backup MSP: Microsoft Exchange Server

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As MSPs expand beyond file-level backup, the big opportunity ahead is Microsoft Exchange Backup. CloudBerry Lab explains how to get started.

My previous guest blog described why MSPs need to push beyond file-level backup to offer database backup. A natural first step, I noted, involves backup services for Microsoft SQL Server -- which continues to enjoy double-digit sales growth. But don’t end your journey there. Expand your scope to include Exchange Server backup.

My reasoning is simple: In 2012, Exchange controlled 53 percent of the corporate email market. That figure will grow to 68 percent by 2016, predicts The Radicati Group, as businesses increasingly standardize on Microsoft's email and collaboration platform.

That spells opportunities for MSPs. Email remains the lifeblood of most businesses. Lost messages often mean lost productivity. Even worse: Businesses that fail to properly safeguard their email databases may wind up violating government regulations and corporate compliance mandates.

With those harsh realities in mind, CloudBerry Lab's MSP partner base asked us for help in the email backup market. Our new CloudBerry Backup for Microsoft Exchange Server answers that call for help, and automates database backup to more than 15 supported cloud storage platforms.

Indeed, the solution allows MSPs to back up on-premises Exchange systems to public clouds like Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Glacier, Windows Azure, HP Cloud, Rackspace and OpenStack-compatible clouds. 

Alexander Negrash is director of marketing at CloudBerry Lab, a leading cloud storage service provider that works closely with MSPs. Monthly guest blogs such as this one are part of MSPmentor's annual platinum sponsorship.

Microsoft, Continuum Offer Cloud, Managed Services Updates

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Microsoft and Continuum are updating their respective cloud and managed services strategies at Autotask Community Live. Office 365 is now free to attendees for one year. Here's a live blog recap from MSPmentor.

Continuum VP Steve Ricketts describes how MSPs can centralize tasks, streamline operations and expand into new markets.

Microsoft (MSFT) and Continuum are updating their respective cloud and managed services strategies at Autotask Community Live. The Microsoft session came off as a bit of an apology to partners;  the company stated it needs to be easier to work with in the cloud market. The olive branch: Microsoft is giving Autotask conference attendees a one-year Office 365 cloud subscription for free. Separately, Continuum is describing how MSPs can drive toward 50 percent operating profits. Read through this live blog for minute-by-minute updates.

Recap: Microsoft

Bryan Von Axelson (SMB Cloud Strategist), Bob Neal (SMB Cloud Sales) and Corey Nagel (SMB Cloud Marketing) are part of a newly created team -- the Cloud Channel team -- at Microsoft.Microsoft is conceding challenges in the market -- not being able to work with and find the right Microsoft sources.Only about 20 percent of MSPs in the room indicated that they have received Office 365 incentive rebates -- a figure that disappointed Microsoft. Von Axelson gave out his email address (BVA [at] Microsoft.com) to make sure attendees had an easy way to work more closely with the company."We're dedicated to driving our strategy through the channel," Microsoft executives insisted. The company is reiterating that it is "at the beginning of the journey" with Office 365 Open. Read between the lines and it sounds like Microsoft may expand the Open program, which is extremely limited but allows MSPs to manage end-customer cloud billing.Yes, Windows 8.1 was mentioned in passing.Overall, the Microsoft presentation sounded like a "we're sorry, we're listening, we're improving our partner program" pitch.My spin: It's good for Microsoft to be humble. But the hints suggesting Office 365 Open itself may evolve shows the basic challenge: Even when Microsoft becomes more channel friendly, it isn't channel friendly enough -- at least not initially. Office 365 is two years old. There is progress. But Open should be fully open -- available as part of all Office 365 SKUs.Microsoft closed by offering all Autotask attendees a free one-year subscription to Office 365.

Recap: Steve Ricketts, VP of Marketing, Continuum

Roughly 500 MSPs run Continuum (RMM and NOC) and Autotask in tandem.Ricketts is telling MSPs how to scale without adding costs to their businesses.The company now has 670 employees, and Continuum partners manage about 500,000 end-customer devices. "We've got a number of partners that are growing at 30, 60 and 90 percent."One partner grew at 90 percent without adding staff -- leveraging an outsourced NOC and help desk to scale without adding headcount. The partner grew from 150 managed devices per tech and is now approaching 300 devices managed per tech.MSP Financials Before and After: A lot of MSPs starting out have a 65% COGS (costs of goods sold); 10% SGA and 25% operating profits. He says the desired state is 40% COGS, 10% SG&A and 50% operating profit.Big cost challenges for MSPs: Senior techs doing routine maintenance; techs who do research to resolve issues; low tech utilization; high cost of training; turnover; rising benefit costs, and more.Fixing the cost challenges: The best MSPs are centralizing, streamlining operations and expanding their businesses within the existing customer base.Where Continuum fits in the conversation: For centralizing, Ricketts mentioned the Continuum centralized management console for centralizing; negotiated pricing deals with LogMeIn and others for incremental sales. To streamline operations, Ricketts called on MSPs to outsource their NOC to Continuum for maintenance and troubleshooting. Plus, he said, leverage on-demand Continuum staff for projects like Exchange migrations and more. And he mentioned marketing services for MSPs. And to expand into new markets, he pointed to Continuum's opportunities to offer backup, mobile device management, and more. 

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