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		<title>Focusing on margin rather than price per device when selling managed services</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Byrne, Director of Partner Management, PacketTrap Networks</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[There was a healthy discussion yesterday on Yahoo&#8217;s SMB Managed Services groups.  Someone (knew to managed services) was asking the group for feedback on how they were pricing out their managed...<br/>
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		<title>Well … PacketTrap, ConnectWise &amp; MSP’s, who knew!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Byrne, Director of Partner Management, PacketTrap Networks</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, with the ConnectWise Partner Summit in the books we here at PacketTrap feel it was a HUGE success!  Our booth was extremely busy during each of the vendor sessions.  Both Bryan Forrester (Our...<br/>
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		<title>Lots of Buzz down here at the ConnectWise Partner Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Byrne, Director of Partner Management, PacketTrap Networks</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With the first day down and two more to go, I would have to say the ConnectWise Partner Summit is a success!  There are a lot of MSP&#8217;s are showing a lot of interest in our remote monitoring...<br/>
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		<title>Busy two weeks for us getting ready for the ConnectWise &amp; MSP Alliance shows!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s going to be a travel packed 2 weeks for our &#8216;road-show warriors&#8217; as we attend both the ConnectWise Partner Summit this week in Orlando Florida as well as the MSP...<br/>
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		<title>Transitioning into Managed Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[There definitely seems to be some interest lately with folks looking for help in making the transition over to the MSP model. I’ve seen more than a little lately interest in these types of articles...<br/>
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		<title>Avoiding Scope creep with Managed Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I hear it about all the time when talking to MSP’s and IT Service Providers about projects getting out of hand and running into unforeseen issues that set everything back. Scope creep is no laughing...<br/>
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		<title>Common industry obstacles facing MSPs &amp; VARs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Byrne, Director of Partner Management, PacketTrap Networks</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For anyone who’s been following our blog it’s no secret that we here at PacketTrap are trying hard to help folks bridge the managed services gap by highlighting the potential ‘industry pot-holes’...<br/>
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		<title>Managed service Software Vendors using the old ‘For Free’ ploy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The MSP Mentor had an interesting article yesterday about &#8216;free&#8217;.  I guess there’s really only one way of looking at this, For the most part, the word free is generally used as a sales...<br/>
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		<title>MSP’s helping MSP’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As mentioned in yesterdays blog, there truly is no end to the resources available for MSP&#8217;s taking their first steps on their journey into the Managed Services world.  With that in mind I would...<br/>
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		<title>There’s never a shortage of information on Managed Services!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After spending the last 5 or so years keeping up with ‘what’s new &#38; current’ in our little Managed Service industry here, I’ve noticed a huge increase in the number of forums, blogs, twitter...<br/>
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