Asigra Partnering With Cloud Service Provider Community
Will conduct educational session on cloud backup.
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on March 4, 2013 at 2:44 pmAsigra Inc. will conduct an educational session on cloud backup service
delivery options as part of the official CSPcommunity launch.
Asigra’s presentation will cover the differences between cloud backup service
brokers and providers and offer business advice for companies considering entry
into cloud backup.
Eran Farajun, EVP of Asigra, will host the webinar which is
part of an extensive assortment of free content available to cloud service
providers on CSPcommunity.
CSPcommunity was created by
MSPexcellence, a business-building consultancy that provides business
transformation services to IT service providers. The founders of MSPexcellence
have brought more than 50 years of combined business and technology experience
including 25 years of making hundreds of MSPs and CSPs successful in
geographies around the world. The team has seen every
go-to-market strategy used by MSPs and CSPs to build their businesses. Based on
this experience, the most collection educational materials, modeling tools and
strategic planning methodologies has been compiled into an interactive and
engaging environment for learning, discussion and results-driven execution.
The CSPcommunity provides educational
sessions to gold and platinum members (VARs, MSPs, CSPs, Google Apps resellers etc.)
They are held every Wednesday at 12-noon ET, 45-50 minutes, via Go-to-Meeting,
recorded, educational in nature and interactive. The presentations are then
posted on CSPcommunity for members to view. Asigra’s presentation is titled How to Eliminate the Business Risks of Becoming a Cloud Backup Services
Provider and will take place at 12:00 pm Eastern on March 6th.
According to Todd Hussey, partner and co-founder of MSPexcellence: "The
value of CSPcommunity is fueled by the collective efforts of members,
including vendors, service providers and contributing experts. We welcome the
cloud-based data recovery experts at Asigra to our community and look forward
to their insights on important industry topics, trends and discussions. Backup
and recovery is an area of much discussion among service providers and Asigra’s
26 years of experience in this market makes them one of the premier experts in
this area."
"There
is more to running a cloud services business than simply selecting great
technology. There are also operational, marketing and customer service
challenges that service providers must be prepared for before moving forward
with sales," said Gayle Rose, CEO, EVS Corporation. "The CSPcommunity brings together experts
from all areas of the industry, providing a more complete and robust discussion
on issues that are important to cloud computing success."
"We
are excited to represent an important and growing application area of the cloud
services space," said Tracy Staniland, VP, corporate marketing,
Asigra. "The introduction and
immediate interest by service providers of the new cloud service provider
community illustrates the explosive growth that industry analysts have been
forecasting for years. We applaud their efforts and look forward to introducing
our partner ecosystem to CSPcommunity’s resources."