Thought Leaders
On The Record with Robert Cohen & OnForce CEO Peter Cannone
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Over the past few years I have had the pleasure of talking with Peter at several shows that we both ended up at. Soft spoken and easy going, Peter has managed to move OnForce from New York City to his favorite city, Boston while making OnForce into a serious player in the IT industry. Robert: Peter, how would you describe OnForce?

 
OnForce: Price Stabilization, Higher Demand Characterize Market
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Work order volume is up and pricing for jobs has stabilized, which is good news for IT solution providers who have been ravaged by more than a year of deep recession. What's left is the promise of recovery, and OnForce CEO Peter Cannone tells Channel Insider that the signs show promise for a recovery.

 
OnForce: IT Sector Recovery Slow But Steady
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OnForce, the service provider marketplace, today reveals the OnForce Services Marketplace Index (OSMI) results for Q1 2010. OSMI is designed to reveal IT spending and project trends across the U.S. The latest results show some positive IT trends, but OnForce Director of Marketing Diana Ermini says now’s not the time for irrational exuberance. Here’s why.

 
Autotask Community Live: Five Moves Worth Watching
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I’m busy booking travel for channel partner and managed services conferences this April. Among my destinations: Autotask Community Live, scheduled for April 18-20 in Miami. Here are five key trends I’ll be exploring at the conference, which is designed for VARs and MSPs that want to automate their businesses.

First, a little background for those who are new to MSPmentor and this industry. Generally speaking, Autotask competes in the PSA (professional services automation) market against folks like ConnectWise and Tigerpaw, and emerging European SaaS upstarts like Severa.

 
Seven Managed Services Blog Entries We Didn't Write
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Another week has flown by. Missed deadlines. Dropped cell phone calls. Delayed video posts. Boy, I’m on a roll. Kidding aside, here are seven managed services blog entries that MSPmentor didn’t have time to write for the week ending March 19, 2010.

 
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