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Are You Pursuing Managed Services?

5/15/2013

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Increasingly dealers are seeing managed services as a promising business opportunity. Companies providing the resources for dealers to pursue the opportunity also see promise — in the office technology dealer’s ability to ultimately lead, if not own, the market.

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ProSource Selects Continuum's Managed Services Platform to Gain Rapid Entry Into the SMB IT Managed Services Market

5/7/2013

Marketwire

To capitalize on the $400+ billion SMB IT market opportunity*, ProSource, the tri-state leader in office technology and business solutions, today announced its selection of Continuum's fully integrated managed services platform to provide outsourced IT software and service delivery. ProSource's decision to standardize on Continuum was based on their assessment that Continuum is uniquely qualified to meet ProSource's IT managed services needs. Following this decision, ProSource sought and acquired West Chester-based Infitech, an IT managed services provider (MSP) and highly successful Continuum partner.

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MSP Marketing and Sales Lead Generation: Solving the Riddle

5/1/2013

MSP Mentor

Let's cut right to the chase: If someone handed a world-class marketing and lead-generation plan to 100 MSPs (managed services providers), roughly 95 of those MSPs could not execute the plan. In most cases, the outcome would be hit-and-miss marketing, a few qualified sales leads and little (if any) new customers in the pipeline. Why is that? Is there something inherently wrong with the MSP business model? Absolutely not. The problem is easily explained. And yes, there's even a fix.

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Continuum and Growth Achievement Partners Forge Strategic Alliance to Help Office Technology Dealers Rapidly Transition to a Managed Services Model

4/24/2013

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Continuum and Growth Achievement Partners (GAP) recently announced their strategic alliance to establish a new Managed Services Business Model specifically for office technology dealerships. The model provides a blueprint for a seamless transition into this adjacent opportunity, so dealers can capitalize on lucrative trends toward off-site management, HaaS (hardware as a service) and cloud-based offerings. This transition will help deliver recurring revenues and customer growth to dealers through an expanded solutions and network services offering, resulting in accelerated financial performance.

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Don't Settle For Managed Services Mediocrity

4/23/2013

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Not only is this MSP bucking the trend with 70% of its customers on a flat-fee managed services plan, it’s also projecting 29% revenue growth this year.

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Target Managed Services: GAP, Continuum Introduce New Business Model

4/22/2013

office technology mag logo

The office technology industry is moving quickly toward the managed services business. BTA channel dealers are primed to make a significant impact in this adjacent space, which offers them a unique opportunity for profitable growth.

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New Managed Services Business Model Debuts for Office Technology Dealerships

4/17/2013

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Continuum Managed Services LLC, a Boston-based provider of managed services solutions, and Growth Achievement Partners (GAP), a provider of sales and operational consulting in the office technology marketplace, have announced a strategic alliance to establish a new Managed Services Business Model specifically for office technology dealerships. The model is intended to provide a blueprint for a seamless transition into managed services, so dealers can capitalize on trends that include off-site management, HaaS (hardware as a service), and cloud-based offerings.

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New Continuum Program To Make Marketing Automatic for MSPs

4/17/2013

Redmond Channel Partner

Continuum brought on Mark Zahar last August to make a difference for its MSP partners. "A number of our partners expressed a critical need for help in marketing and sales to help them scale their business," said Steve Ricketts, vice president of marketing at the Boston-based MSP-solution provider company. Zahar, who had spent the previous decade helping build an online marketing company called Prospectiv, joined Continuum in August, but he didn't come in with a to-do list. He spent months talking to partners and the SMB customers who buy Continuum partners' services.

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Continuum Partners with GAP to Help Fledgling MSPs

4/17/2013

MSP Mentor

Remote monitoring and management platform and NOC provider Continuum is partnering with sales and consulting firm Growth Achievement Partners (GAP) to help fledgling managed service providers get a leg up into the market. The partnership takes GAP’s expertise in helping office technology dealers and marries it to Continuum’s experience in the managed services space to create a business and technology roadmap for office tech dealers who are targeting a move into managed services. MSPmentor spoke to Continuum’s VP of Marketing Steve Ricketts (pictured) about the partnership.

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Continuum and Growth Achievement Partners Forge Strategic Alliance to Help Office Technology Dealers Rapidly Transition to a Managed Services Model

4/16/2013

The Wall Street Journal

Continuum, a leading provider of managed services solutions, and Growth Achievement Partners (GAP), a major provider of sales and operational consulting in the office technology marketplace, announced today their strategic alliance to establish a new Managed Services Business Model specifically for office technology dealerships. The model provides a blueprint for a seamless transition into this adjacent opportunity, so dealers can capitalize on lucrative trends toward off-site management, HaaS (hardware as a service) and cloud-based offerings. This transition will help deliver recurring revenues and customer growth to dealers through an expanded solutions and network services offering, resulting in accelerated financial performance.

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Continuum Launches Marketing/Lead Generation Program

4/16/2013

Business Technology Association

In response to high partner demand for a complete lead generation solution, Continuum has introduced Marketing Advantage, the IT industry's first fully integrated, turnkey marketing program. Developed using input from hundreds of managed services providers (MSPs) and research into how and why small and medium-sized businesses buy IT services, the program goes beyond traditional approaches to offer a highly systematic process that addresses the unique marketing requirements of MSPs. Designed as a set-and-forget system, Marketing Advantage requires minimal investment in time and resources with everything implemented and completely customized to the MSP's brand identity.

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Continuum, Growth Achievement Partners Forge Alliance to Help with Managed Services Transition

4/16/2013

Redmond Channel Partner

Continuum, and Growth Achievement Partners (GAP), a major provider of sales and operational consulting in the office technology marketplace, announced their strategic alliance to establish a new Managed Services Business Model specifically for office technology dealerships. The model provides a blueprint for a seamless transition into this adjacent opportunity, so dealers can capitalize on lucrative trends toward off-site management, HaaS (hardware as a service) and cloud-based offerings. This transition will help deliver recurring revenues and customer growth to dealers through an expanded solutions and network services offering, resulting in accelerated financial performance.

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Continuum Managed Services: Behind the Scenes

4/12/2013

MSP Mentor

Continuum Managed Services has inked a deeper partnership with CMIT Solutions, and has launched marketing and lead generation initiatives to help MSPs engage more customers. At first glance, the initiatives look similar to so offerings from MSP industry companies. But take a closer look and you’ll see that Continuum is using C-level meetings to build closer working relationships with its MSP community. Here’s how.

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Continuum Beefs Up MSP Marketing Resources

4/12/2013

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Success in the managed services model isn’t about the technology delivered or the supporting infrastructure, but rather the volume of business coming in that supplies new, compounding revenue to the predictable cash flow.

Hosted managed services provider Continuum Inc. understands sales is the lifeblood of successful managed services practices. It’s looking to accelerate sales opportunities to its partners through Marketing Advantage, a new program that gives participating MSPs access to materials and tools designed to open new sales opportunities and shorten sales cycles.

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Continuum Signs with CMIT

4/8/2013

Business Technology Association

CMIT Solutions has announced that Continuum will be its exclusive managed services provider for the company's more than 135 franchises nationwide. The arrangement enables CMIT franchisees to more efficiently and cost-effectively deliver comprehensive IT management, protection and support services that meet all the technology needs of their small-to-mid-sized business (SMB) customers.

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Building Upon Our Heritage: A Business Model For Managed Services

4/8/2013

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If you have been in the industry for awhile, the next paragraph or two will be a trip down memory lane. If you are new to the industry, consider it a crash course in a core competency that makes our industry tick. In either case, it will provide background to the spirited foundation upon which the copier industry’s new Managed Services Business Model is being developed – followed by where it is going.

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CMIT Chooses Continuum as Managed Services Platform

4/8/2013

MSP News

Texas based managed services provider and IT franchise, CMIT Solutions, today announced that it would be standardizing its over 135 franchises on the Continuum platform. Known for delivering both managed services software and Network Operation Center/Help Desk support, Continuum has been working with CMIT for several years.

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Cloud and On-Premises Monitoring: RMM Software Must Do Both

4/3/2013

MSP Mentor

At first glance, the cloud could disrupt managed services providers (MSPs). But take a closer look and you’ll find that progressive MSPs aren’t worried about the cloud at all. Instead, they treat cloud services just like another node on the customer network. But how can MSPs manage those new cloud workloads, and what should MSPs demand from their RMM (remote monitoring and management) software providers?

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The Gordon Flesch Company Selects Continuum to Capitalize on the Expanding SMB IT Managed Services Opportunity

4/2/2013

Gordon Flesch Company

The Gordon Flesch Company, one of the nation's largest independent providers of office technology solutions, has announced an agreement that designates Continuum, a leading provider of managed services solutions, as the exclusive software and services partner for the Gordon Flesch Company's managed IT services business. This agreement places the Gordon Flesch Company and Continuum at the forefront of the converging office technology and managed services market by providing a single-source solution for office IT environments.

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Managed Services: Looking for an added source of recurring revenue?

4/2/2013

MSP Mentor

Today, a growing number of third-party remote monitoring and IT management providers are looking to align themselves with Business Technology Association (BTA) channel dealers. They bring to the table the right infrastructure and personnel to handle much of the IT management work that may be outside of the scope of your employees' expertise. They also bring to the table the promise of a new recurring revenue stream for your dealership.

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Continuum Rolls Out Tech Advantage Program

2/27/2013

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MSPs can leverage the expertise of certified engineers and technicians on a project-by-project basis.

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Best Practices for Adding Managed IT Services

2/20/2013

MSP Mentor

The February 2013 digital issue of Channel Partners' Pulse on Managed Services covers topics including: the growing market opportunity for managed services, building blocks of an MSP practice, business models, service plans, recurring revenue and sales & marketing best practices. The article features insights from Steve Ricketts, Vice President of Marketing, Continuum, and Don Viar, Managing Parter, Epic Technologies (a Continuum partner).

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Continuum Makes It Easy to Repurpose Existing BDR Hardware

1/16/2013

crn

Managed services solutions provider Continuum is offering a “quick and easy way to breathe new life into existing backup and disaster recovery appliances.” The Continuum BDR Revive is a BDR re-imaging tool that upgrades Zenith Infotech, Dell AppAssure, Axcient, HEROWare, Chartec, and other BDR hardware to include Continuum Vault appliances.

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Continuum Adds Project Outsourcing for MSPs

1/16/2013

crn

Hosted managed services solutions provider Continuum is rolling out a new set of expert services for MSPs that want to offload some engineering work on a per-project basis.

Dubbed Continuum Tech Advantage, the program provides access to more than 200 certified engineers and technicians from the platform provider’s Mumbai, India operations who can be called on around the clock for the specialized work.

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Continuum Rolls Out New Menu of Services to MSPs

1/15/2013

Redmond Channel Partner

Continuum is opening up its network operations center to provide custom projects on behalf of its MSPs. The Boston-based company announced the program, called Continuum Tech Advantage, this week as an addition to its SaaS-based managed services platform that currently serves 3,300 MSPs and around 500,000 endpoints. In short, Continuum MSPs can now take advantage of the expertise of 200 of Continuum's certified engineers and technicians who will offer a menu of about 80 server and desktop projects.

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Continuum Rolls Out New Programs To Help MSPs Better Support Customers

1/15/2013

crn

Continuum, a Boston-based company specializing in managed service solutions has instituted two new initiatives aimed at helping the MSP community meet customer needs and generating the most performance out of legacy infrastructure.

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Continuum Offers Low-Cost IT Project Outsourcing to MSPs

1/15/2013

MSP Mentor

Remote monitoring and management and BDR vendor Continuum is expanding the services it offers to managed service providers by offering its NOC staff to perform various IT projects on an outsourced basis. Continuum executives say the service, called Continuum Tech Advantage, can help MSPs increase their profit margins by offering these IT services at a much lower cost than if they performed the project work inhouse. Here are the details.

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Continuum Tool Challenges Backup Players

1/10/2013

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Managed services provider Continuum is rolling out a new tool that could be seen as a bit of a disruptor to cloud backup players and Purpose Built Backup Appliance heavyweights alike. The launch is known as Continuum BDR Revive, and as its name suggests, the solution is intended to give partners a profitable edge when hitting up backup and disaster recovery markets.

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BDR Wars: Continuum Revive Repurposes Competitive Hardware

1/10/2013

MSP Mentor

Remote monitoring and management provider Continuum wants to make it easy for MSPs to move from competitive backup and disaster recovery (BDR) providers to the Continuum Vault platform for BDR. The company today announced Continuum BDR Revive — software that is available immediately and free of charge — that enables MSPs to easily re-image competitive BDR devices (such as those from Zenith Infotech, Dell AppAssure, Axcient, HEROWare, Chartec and others) and repurpose the devices as Continuum Vault BDR devices. The offer adds another twist to the increasingly competitive BDR market. Here are the details.

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MSPs and MDM: A Golden Opportunity

12/6/2012

MSP Mentor

Mobile is big — just how big is reflected in current shipments of mobile devices. Samsung shipped more than 60 million Android-powered smartphones in the last quarter. Apple shipped more than 149 million iPhones so far in 2012. And tablet vendors, led by Apple and Samsung, shipped more than 100 million tablets this year to date.

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Discovering the Value of Network Assessment Tools

11/14/2012

MSP Mentor

Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch is famously misquoted as saying, “If it can’t be measured, it can’t be managed.” He did say something that to effect, but that’s really less important than the underlying message: Management of any structure or organization requires knowing its composition, function and operations. This is particularly true when securing IT systems.

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Continuum Adds MDM to Hosted MSP Portfolio

11/8/2012

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Continuum is looking beyond traditional managed services for servers and endpoints by entering into a technology partnership with mobile device management (MDM) specialist FiberLink. The arrangement will give Continuum the ability to enable its managed service providers with enterprise-class mobile endpoint management services.

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Continuum, Fiberlink Partner on Mobile Device Management

11/8/2012

EWeek

Remote monitoring and management and business continuity solutions specialist Continuum and cloud-based mobile-device management and mobile-application management firm Fiberlink announced a partnership on Nov. 6 that will see Continuum managed service providers offer Fiberlink's MaaS360 product to small and midsize businesses. The MaaS360 solution will be added to Continuum's remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform.

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Continuum RMM, Fiberlink MaaS360 Partner for MDM Offering

11/8/2012

MSP Mentor

What do you get when you combine a remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform with a mobile device management (MDM) solution? Many possibilities may come to mind, but a partnership between Continuum — a provider of RMM and business continuity solutions — and Fiberlink, a provider of cloud-based solutions for MDM and mobile application management (MAM), is one of the newest possibilities. The companies state that the partnership will enable Continuum managed service providers (MSPs) to offer mobile device management to the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market.

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Continuum, Fiberlink Team on MDM for SMBs

11/6/2012

MSP Mentor

Continuum and Fiberlink say their new partnership will enable service providers to offer enterprise-class mobile device management to an increasingly sophisticated small and medium-sized business market.

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Continuum and LogMeIn Team Up for On-Demand, Remote Support Services

10/22/2012

MSP News

Remote monitoring and management (RMM) and business continuity solutions provider Continuum and cloud service provider LogMeIn, Inc. have teamed up. The companies have announced a deal to incorporate on-demand remote support for smartphones, tablets, PCs and Macs to Continuum's RMM platform.

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Bundling Services for Value and Margin

10/10/2012

MSP Mentor

Real numbers are hard to come by, but evidence suggests managed services are their own best catalyst for growing managed services. According to research firm Techaisle, nearly two-thirds of managed services providers deliver at least two different managed services to their customers. Previous studies by other groups have shown that end users are more likely to adopt additional managed services from the same provider once they gain experience with the first service.

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Continuum Goes Mobile With iPhone App

10/5/2012

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Continuum, one of the leaders in hosted managed services, is literally putting the power of managed services in the hands of its solution provider partners. The Boston-based company earlier this week released an Apple iOS application developed with LogMeIn to give technicians and account managers the ability to remotely monitor accounts and resolve operational performance issues.

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Continuum Launches iOS Monitoring App For MSPs

10/3/2012

crn

Continuum's new iOS app for MSPs is just the beginning of the company's plans for Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) and other mobility-powered devices and operating systems, said Dee Zepf, vice president of product management and technical services, at Continuum.

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Continuum App Gives MSPs iOS Access

10/1/2012

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Continuum partners can now access their remote monitoring and management (RMM) functions via a new Apple iOS app.

The RMM SaaS provider released the app, called ITS247, in cooperation with LogMeIn. “This release delivers a new level of mobile RMM control and enables partners more responsive service while maximizing their service outside the office,” states Continuum in a press release submitted to ChannelPro-SMB.

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Continuum, LogMeIn Team on iOS RMM and Remote Control App

10/1/2012

MSP Mentor

Fresh on the heels of celebrating its first birthday, remote monitoring and management vendor Continuum is stepping up its game in the mobile monitoring arena with a new Apple iOS app called ITS247, developed in cooperation with LogMeIn. The app lets the company’s partners access RMM functions and manage customer sites right from their iPhones or iPads. In addition, the company is offering a new feature — an SMS alert escalation option that lets partners receive text message alerts rather than notifications via phone call. Here are the details.

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Continuum Managed Services completes its relocation to Boston by moving into new offices

9/11/2012

Boston.com

Continuum Managed Services LLC said Tuesday that it has completed the relocation of its worldwide headquarters from Pittsburgh to new offices in Boston.

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Adding UC Is Boosting TAG Partners' Revenue, Group Says

9/11/2012

MSP Mentor

Remote monitoring and management provider Continuum said on Monday its partnership with Technology Assurance Group (TAG) is helping unified communications partners achieve a seven-fold revenue increase as they add managed IT services to their telephony portfolios.

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The Case for Outsourced Help Desks

9/7/2012

MSP Mentor

Managed services are magic. Through remote control tools and automation, solution providers can change the customer tech support relationship from a one-to-one equation (the proverbial “truck roll”) to a one-to-many solution. This multiplying effect is what gives managed services companies high and sustained profitability and enables them to do more with less.

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20 Hot Channel Offerings Spotted At XChange 2012

8/27/2012

crn

The MSP world is a crowded one, but Continuum is continuing to gain momentum behind recent offerings such as its revamped RMM platform. The stated goal, according to Continuum CEO Michael George, is to be able to monitor and manage "anything that is plugged into the wall in an SMB environment," and in an interview with CRN just before XChange, George said that Continuum's MDM offering is not only coming, but is also going to be more comprehensive than what competitors offer -- whole MSP offerings in a single platform.

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Continuum Continues Growth with New Partner Services

8/22/2012

crn

At the end of last year, Zenith RMM, the managed services remote monitoring and management platform that spun off from Zenith Infotech, rebranded itself as Continuum Managed Services LLC. Today, Continuum also offers business continuity, a 24/7 help desk, and a network operations center, according to Steve Ricketts, the company’s vice president of marketing. Ricketts recently provided a snapshot of Continuum’s partner services for Michael Siggins, publisher of ChannelPro-SMB.

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Continuum's Service Desk now Features 24 x 7 End-User Support and CRM Integration

8/17/2012

MSP News

Continuum has expanded its Service Desk offering to include live 24 x 7 end-user support and CRM Integration.

This expanded Service Desk offering features a number of high-touch services that address increasing demand from the MSP community to provide their clients with a unified Service Desk experience, according to company officials.

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Continuum, Industry Help Vets Find IT Jobs

8/9/2012

crn

Hosted managed services company Continuum is making a huge commitment to helping veterans returning from overseas conflicts re-enter the civilian workforce by providing support and guidance in finding tech jobs.

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Converge and Consolidate Capabilities

8/7/2012

MSP Mentor

Would it surprise you to learn that hosted VoIP is the most requested cloud service among end users of their solution providers? Yes, according to the Cloud & Technology Transformation Alliance’s 2012 State of the Cloud Channel report, hosted email and cloud-based backup rank high in customer demand, but are beat by cloud-based voice and telephony services.

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RMM Upgrades A Continual Path For Continuum

8/1/2012

crn

Continuum got off to a late start when it came to revamping and expanding its RMM platform and expanding its feature list compared to competitors, but the Woburn, Mass.-based company, expects to catch up quickly with regard to mobile device management, help desk support, virtualization security and more, said executives.

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Continuum Enhances Its Service Desk With Live 24 x 7 Coverage and CRM Integration

7/31/2012

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A Portion of the Company's Service Desk Revenue Will Be Directed to Continuum Veterans Foundation, Which Is Dedicated to Helping Veterans Find Jobs

WOBURN, MA, Jul 31, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Continuum, a leading provider of remote monitoring and management (RMM) and business continuity solutions, announced today the expansion of its Service Desk offering to include live 24 x 7 end-user support and CRM Integration. The addition of round-the-clock coverage and complete caller information are the latest in a series of ongoing enhancements that reflect Continuum's commitment to invest in sophisticated tools, skilled professionals and systems, resulting in a world-class and personalized caller experience both day and night for our partners' clients -- all at a low, fixed monthly cost.

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Continuum Offers 24×7 Help Desk as-a-Service

7/31/2012

crn

Woburn, Ma.-based Continuum is keeping up its momentum in the remote monitoring and management (RMM) scene by expanding its support offerings to its entire community of users and partner alike. Continuum Service Desk is now equipped with 24×7 support and built-in customer relationship management, effectively allowing MSPs to outsource their entire support structure.

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Continuum Rallies Tech Industry to Hire Returning U.S. Veterans

7/31/2012

MSP Mentor

Roughly 1 million U.S. veterans are returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. How will those U.S. veterans find jobs - especially amid such a weak U.S. job market? Continuum, the MSP software provider, wants to lend a hand. The company is launching a non-profit organization called Continuum Veterans Foundation. Here's the strategy.

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10 Coolest Managed Services Offerings Of 2012 (So Far)

7/26/2012

crn

RMM and business continuity platform company Continuum said that support for Apple Mac devices and support for virtual environments, including both Microsoft Hyper V and Citrix XenServer, became available in June. In addition, Continuum continues development around Apple's iOS devices, which are becoming more prevalent in the workplace, said CEO Michael George (left). Continuum plans to allow MSPs to remotely monitor and manage "anything that is plugged into the wall in an SMB environment," including VoIP phones, the network hub itself and print management.

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Where Do You Go to Resolve the Really Tough IT Problems at 2 am?

7/5/2012

MSP Mentor

Google is great when you need to quickly search through massive amounts of content on the Internet. Apple’s Siri has emerged as a cool new tool for interpreting your voice commands and getting what you need using an Apple iPhone. If only there was a way for managed service providers (MSPs) to get quick answers to tough IT problems.

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100 People You Don't Know But Should In 2012 (Part 1)

6/25/2012

crn

Known as a CEO who likes to get out and shake hands, Michael George and his team have spent much of this year meeting partners “by the hundreds” through a multicity road show to drum up interest in its remote monitoring and management platform.

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Continuum Management Team Earns MSP Respect

6/22/2012

MSP Mentor

It has been roughly nine months since Summit Partners acquired Continuum (formerly Zenith RMM) from Zenith Infotech in September 2011. As part of that move, Continuum gained a new executive team featuring CEO Michael George. So how is Continuum performing so far for MSPs that need remote monitoring and NOC (network operations center) services? I gained some clues from CMIT Solutions, which operates a managed services franchise.

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RMM vendor Continuum adds two new tools for partners through partnering agreements

6/13/2012

MSP Mentor

Continuum, which makes remote monitoring and management (RMM) and business continuity solutions, has announced the addition of anti-malware software powered by Malwarebytes and a new network assessment tool, Continuum Network Detective, powered by RapidFire Tools, to Continuum's RMM platform.

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Next Five Moves Revealed: From Cloud to IPO?

6/12/2012

MSP Mentor

Continuum CEO Michael George is thinking big. The company’s current focus mainly involves remote monitoring and management (RMM) and NOC (network operations center) services. But stay tuned for at least five major moves including a (1) help desk initiative, (2) a massive sales enablement strategy that drives customers to MSPs, (3) potential acquisitions (4) a bigger cloud play and (5) a potential IPO further down the road.

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Continuum Releases Two Innovative Tools for Continuum Partners

6/12/2012

crn

Continuum recently made two new additions to its RMM platform. The company has introduced anti-malware software, supported by Malwarebytes; and a Continuum Network Detective, a new network assessment tool powered by RapidFire Tools. Continuum partners will now be able to make the most of these new product enhancements and provide their customers with robust anti-malware protection, as well as assist them in performing full network assessments for their existing and prospective customers. This, in turn, will help them generate new business and advance the overall customer experience.

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Continuum Once Again Delivers Premium Software at a Great Value With Two New Exceptional Tools for Continuum Partners

6/11/2012

crn

Continuum, a leading provider of remote monitoring and management (RMM) and business continuity solutions, announced today the addition of anti-malware software powered by Malwarebytes and a new network assessment tool, Continuum Network Detective, powered by RapidFire Tools, to Continuum's RMM platform.

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Continuum Adds Antivirus, Discovery Tools

6/11/2012

crn

At the beginning of the year, Continuum promised partners and the general channel market a rapid evolution of its features and capabilities to enhance its remote monitoring and management software portfolio. The company is delivering on that promise with the addition of free antivirus and network discovery tools.

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Continuum Adds Anti-Malware and Network Assessment Tools to RMM Platform

6/11/2012

crn

Continuum, a remote monitoring and management provider, has added two new tools to its RMM platform. Continuum has added anti-malware software from Malwarebytes, and a new network assessment tool, dubbed Continuum Network Detective, powered by RapidFire Tools.

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Continuum Once Again Delivers Premium Software at a Great Value With Two New Exceptional Tools for Continuum Partners

6/11/2012

crn

Continuum, a leading provider of remote monitoring and management (RMM) and business continuity solutions, announced today the addition of anti-malware software powered by Malwarebytes and a new network assessment tool, Continuum Network Detective, powered by RapidFire Tools, to Continuum's RMM platform.

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Continuum's RMM Software Services Expansion Bringing Benefits to MSP Partners

6/1/2012

MSP News

Mac users have a lot to celebrate this month – and it’s not just the fact that summer is almost officially here and some of the best summer apps can finally be tapped. Today, remote monitoring and management (RMM) and business continuity solutions provider Continuum announced that it will now provide RMM software and services for Mac computers.

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Continuum Brings Mac Management to MSPs

6/1/2012

crn

Whether you love them or love to hate them, Macintosh computers have come a long way from candy coated bubbles that crashed all the time. With Macs finding their way into the workplace on a much more professional level, there comes a need to manage them like the rest of them. Continuum, SaaS provider to the MSP world, is now offering RMM services specifically designed for the Mac platform. All that’s required is a tiny agent on the Mac and a connection to the mother-ship NOC. With hooks into LogMeIn Pro technology, Mac management is now covered from all angles.

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Continuum RMM Platform Adds a Mac Agent

6/1/2012

MSP Mentor

It may still be a Windows world, but more and more Macs are making their way inside the doors of businesses. So it’s no surprise that remote monitoring and management vendors have been adding managed services support for Macs to their platforms. Last month LabTech trumpeted their support for Macs in their LabTech 2012 platform. And today Continuum (formerly Zenith RMM) has announced support for Mac in its RMM platform.

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Outsourcing NOC Operations Aligns with MSP Fixed-Fee Pricing Model

5/4/2012

MSP Mentor

All managed service providers (MSPs) face the dual challenge of maintaining growth while simultaneously keeping pace with the technology demands of their customers. The key to meeting this challenge is driving operational efficiency and maintaining predictable costs to enable maximum profit from monthly fixed-fee managed services agreements

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Higher States of Operational Efficiency – Seeking Nirvana

3/14/2012

MSP Mentor

Competitive pressures and rapid technology changes are driving managed service providers (MSPs) to seek greater efficiencies in IT service delivery to their small and medium-sized business (SMBs) customers. In fact, increasing operational efficiency is not only the number one challenge cited by IT resellers, but also the most difficult to achieve when adopting managed services, according to a recent CompTIA survey.

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HTG Peer Groups Unveils 2012 Sponsors

3/14/2012

HTG Peer Groups

HARLAN, Iowa – March 14, 2012 – HTG Peer Groups, an international organization of IT solution provider executives formed to enrich business and personal development, today announced its vendor sponsors for 2012. The sponsorships will help power HTG Peer Groups’ intensive workshops, seminars and networking events that give IT business leaders vital tools for succeeding in today’s rapidly changing technological environment.

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Business Continuity Selling and Planning Essentials for MSPs

3/14/2012

MSP Mentor

Backup and recovery is often cited in surveys as a top priority and concern among small to medium-sized businesses. However, when questioned, very few SMBs have true business continuity plans in place or have even considered them. What will they do when faced with an outage? What will they do in response to a real disaster?

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Continuum To Add Mobility, Virtualization Support For MSPs

3/12/2012

crn

It's been a busy three months for Continuum, the RMM and business continuity platform company that renamed itself from Zenith RMM in order to distance itself from former owner Zenith Infotech.

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Continuum: Strategic Managed Services Hire, Acquisitions Coming?

3/8/2012

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Continuum, which promotes a range of services to MSPs, appears close to announcing a strategic hire for a new position — VP of worldwide service delivery. Plus, Continuum is evaluating potential strategic acquisitions, according to CEO Michael George. Here’s the update — and the potential implications for managed services providers.

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Continuum Hits the Road, Inks Deal with LogMeIn

2/24/2012

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Just a couple of months after rebranding itself and refocusing its managed services efforts on remote monitoring and backup, Continuum has inked a deal as LogMeIn’s exclusive MSP while in the midst of a 10-city partner tour.

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Continuum and LogMeIn: RMM Meets Remote Access

2/22/2012

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Continuum, the remote monitoring and management (RMM) software provider, has agreed to become the the official MSP channel partner of LogMeIn, the remote access and IT management service provider. Under the terms of the deal, which lasts for only one year, Continuum will promote LogMeIn Pro and LogMeIn Free to its manged services partners.

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Continuum Vault BDR Targets 1000 Managed Services Providers

2/1/2012

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Continuum, as expected, launched the Continuum Vault backup and disaster recovery (BDR) platform earlier this week, CEO Michael George (pictured) has confirmed. Developed in partnership with Datto, the Continuum Vault offering initially targets 1,000 managed services providers (MSPs) that have expressed interest in the new BDR platform.

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The Continuum-Datto BDR Partnership: Questions Answered

12/13/2011

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When Continuum (formerly Zenith RMM) yesterday announced a BDR (backup and disaster recovery) storage partnership with Datto, nearly 1,000 managed services providers (MSPs) and VARs signed up to gain early access to the platform, according to Continuum CEO Michael George.

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Zenith RMM Changes Name To Continuum, Adds BDR Solution

12/12/2011

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The Zenith RMM era is over. The Warrendale, Pa.-based company has changed its name to Continuum less than three months after the business was spun out of Zenith Infotech and purchased by equity firm Summit Partners.

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Zenith RMM No More; Now ‘Continuum’

12/12/2011

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Zenith RMM, the company born less than three months ago, is no more. Distancing itself from its troubled former parent, Zenith Infotech, the managed services company has rebranded itself Continuum and taking on a new theme – backup.

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Zenith RMM Rebrands as Continuum, Partners With Datto for BDR

12/12/2011

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Zenith RMM, which spun off from Zenith Infotech in September, has rebranded as Continuum and will now compete with its former parent in the BDR (backup and disaster recovery) market. Indeed, Continuum has partnered with Datto to launch Continuum Vault — a BDR solution that will debut in January 2012.

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Zenith RMM Announces Name Change, Intros BDR Offer

12/12/2011

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Zenith RMM distanced itself from its origins as part of Zenith Infotech with a name change to Continuum and the introduction of a backup and disaster recovery technology and service that pits it against Zenith Infotech.

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Zenith RMM CEO Explains Managed Services Software Spin-Off

9/28/2011

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When Zenith Infotech spun-off its managed services software business earlier today, MSPmentor started to pursue timely questions about the spin-off company, known as Zenith RMM LLC. Now, Zenith Infotech CEO Akash Saraf, Zenith RMM CEO Michael George and Summit Partners Principal Jason Glass offer some answers and insights for managed services providers.

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Zenith RMM Details Future Ambitions

9/29/2011

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The new management of Zenith RMM has big plans for enhancing and expanding in the managed services market, including new roles in virtualized environments, endpoints and mobile devices.

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Zenith Infotech Spins Off Managed Services Software Business

9/28/2011

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After several months of rumors, Zenith Infotech has spun off its managed services software business, which will be called Zenith RMM LLC. Moreover,Summit Partners — a growth equity firm — has invested in Zenith RMM. And Zenith RMM CEO Michael George’s background includes multiple company sales.

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Zenith Infotech Spins Off RMM Division

9/28/2011

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Zenith InfoTech, a pioneer in managed and hosted services, is informing partners that it’s spun off its remote monitoring and management product as a separate company, now known as Zenith RMM.

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Zenith Infotech Spins Off RMM Business Into New Company

9/28/2011

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Zenith Infotech is spinning off its remote monitoring and management business into a separate company called Zenith RMM, according to the company. In addition, the new Zenith RMM has received a "sizable growth equity investment" from investment firm Summit Partners and has hired Michael George as CEO.

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