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Fountainhead: A real-world cloud user shares his findings

Fountainhead

This is an incredibly illustrative peek inside of the "real world" of cloud computing, and what prospective SMB users are looking for and concerned about. In terms of data storage and backup – our current system is not ideal. I've spent lots of time at early stage companies, as well as Sun Microsystems, Cassatt, Egenera, EMC.

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What is a managed service provider? Strategic outsourcing for IT services

CIO Business Intelligence

A managed service provider (MSP) is an outsourcer contracted to remotely manage or deliver IT services such as network, application, infrastructure, or security management to a client company by assuming full responsibility for those services, determining proactively what technologies and services are needed to fulfill the client’s needs.