The times they are a changing. Our fourth-annual MSPmentor 250 list is set to debut the week of August 1. The MSPmentor 250 will help you to rapidly build a Rolodex containing managed services experts...

The one thing you can count on is change. This is pretty much a universal truth. No matter what we do, things are always in a constant state of change. The same is true for managed services. For some...

The new technology services rules of engagement are in effect now in the US, and HP will roll them out globally on November 1 along with its new ServiceOne specialization

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Despite the uproar that followed GoDaddy CEO Bob Parson’s elephant shooting earlier in the year, consumers didn’t put their money where their mouth was: the company has experienced significantly i...

Recently, Google has been rolling out update after update for advert copy on the AdWords advertising platform. These changes include Ad Sitelinks (additional deep site links) , moving the display URL...

The Pipeline Guest Post – Shannon Bryant (Emerging Technology New Business Specialist for Hire) (Edited by WimWilmsen) It’s nothing new that we’re living in a changing world and economy today...

The heated battle between two of the biggest email services on the web has taken a decidedly humorous turn. Yesterday Google unveiled Email Intervention, a site “built by a few folks from the Gmail...

Scott Gerber is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist and TV host, and the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council. He is also an active angel investor and author of the boo...

Social media provides companies with new opportunities for customer service, research and marketing (within reason of course), but most respondents to a survey of C-level executive conducted by Harri...

Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and more) that Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business Content Rules is an impressive, fun-to-read, relentlessly upbeat...

This blog post is based on yesterday’s content strategies session at MozCon. If you missed it, or wanted a refresher, give this a read: A quick preview This post is huge. So, here’s a quick previe...

We seem to be coming to the end of the definition of Platform as a Service (PaaS) blog posts and are now moving on to the more pressing question of what is PaaS good for? In a recent Paul Maritz talk...

Here are a few shots of the OpenStack booth at OSCON being supported by our amazing ecosystem partners during a slow time when I could get away from the crowds to take a shot. I also took a picture of...

Jeff is the Rackspace Startup Program Manager. Follow him on Twitter. We foster growth and the Rackspace Startup Program continues to grow as we help startup companies succeed.  Everyday, we meet the...

In addition to the launch of Nebula, ex-NASA CTO Chris Kemp's OpenStack-based startup which we covered yesterday, there have been some other important announcements regarding OpenStack this week. HP...

In order for the Cloud Computing industry to build on its initial success and gain even greater market acceptance and adoption, leading Cloud vendors must enlist a broader set of channel partners t...

Today I presented about how Crowbar + DevOps + OpenStack = CloudOps.   The highlight of the presentation (to me, anyway) is the Images vs Layers analogy of Soup vs Sandwiches.  I hope it helps expl...

There are a lot of benefits with cloud computing – cost-effective resource use, rapid provisioning, scalability and elasticity. One of the most significant advantages to cloud computing is how it ch...

In this edition of What’s In Your Stack? we hear how one company is delivering its service on Microsoft Windows Azure: Who are you? Metanga is MetraTech’s multi-tenant, PCI compliant, SaaS billing...