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Time to update the business cards and logos: Seagate is rebranding its EVault, MetaLINCs and Seagate Recovery Services as i365. Here are some quick details about Seagate’s i365 managed services strategy. Read More >

The U.S. managed security services market will grow to $2.8 billion by 2012, up from $1.3 billion in 2007, predicts International Data Corp. That’s a healthy 17.2% compound annual growth rate. It’s good to see the market growing, But I’m always a little skeptical of such forecasts. Here’s why.

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Later this week at the MSPAlliance’s Managed Services Summit in Chicago, BlueLock and Shavlik Technologies are expected to describe a new managed security partnership involving cloud computing. Here’s some preliminary information about the relationship. Read More >

Apparently, a growing number of managed service providers (MSPs) are losing faith in Google Postini, a hosted email security and compliance solution. During the ConnectWise Partner Summit in Orlando, three separate MSPs told me they are moving away from Postini because of Google’s poor partner communications.

Google acquired Postini in September 2007 for $625 million in cash. But Postini layoffs in late 2007, inconsistent communications, and an unclear partner strategy have sent some MSPs heading for the exits.

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Roaring Penguin Software Inc., which specializes in anti-spam solutions, has inked a managed services partnership with LPI Level Platforms Inc. Next up, Roaring Penguin will be at CompTIA Breakaway seeking to recruit more managed service providers and resellers into its channel program.

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Back in January, I noted a growing number of managed service providers are embracing PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). Now a quick update: Envysion, which specializes in managed video as a service, says it has passed its PCI-DSS certification audit.

Envysion claims it is the first web-based video surveillance firm to comply with the standard. But I have seen other MSP-centric companies — outside of the managed video space — evangelize their PCI compliance efforts.

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Cisco Systems has publicly vowed that it won’t become managed service provider. However, Cisco aggressively promotes its equipment to MSPs. And now, Cisco is pointing to a new report from Synergy Research Group, which claims Cisco’s equipment dominates the managed WAN industry. Here’s a quick look at Cisco’s victory dance.

Apparently, Symantec’s SaaS (software as a service) platform, known as Symantec Protection Network (SPN), hasn’t exactly set the world on fire since its launch earlier this year. In fact, Symantec has been unusually quiet about SPN’s progress in recent months.

But that changed last week, when the company described some of the bumps SPN has hit during Symantec Vision — a customer conference held in Las Vegas. Read More >