MSPAlliance forms Customer Advisory Council and Best Practices Advisory Boards; Continues global expansion with addition of 18 new companies.
Executive leaders from Gartner and Siemens are among the 15 executives who have signed on to serve on the MSPAlliance Customer Advisory Council and the MSPAlliance Best Practices Advisory Board.
(PRWEB) July 9, 2003 -
The MSPAlliance (http://www. mspalliance. com (http://www. mspalliance. com)) today announced the formation of its Customer Advisory Council and Best Practices and Industry Standards Advisory Boards. In addition, the MSPAlliance continued to display steady growth and global expansion with the addition of 18 new member companies, bringing the total number of MSPA member companies to over 100 worldwide.
"I'm very excited to join the MSPAlliance Customer Advisory Council, said Eric Goodness, Principal Analyst for Gartner. “Gartner research is showing fast growing user adoption and confidence in managed services solutions - across all technology platforms and environments. What is most encouraging is that users are moving beyond cost take-out as a primary driver for adoption and they are now linking value to the business benefits of improved IT management and governance as they migrate to Real-Time Enterprise capabilities."
The newly formed Advisory Boards are comprised of industry executives with experience and expertise in the Managed Services/IT outsourcing industry, as well as experience and expertise in providing informational, educational and technological help to the service provider and end-user consumer.
The Best Practices Board will be tasked with the promotion of industry standards and the adoption of best practices, while the Customer Advisory Council will address directional issues to help member companies provide better services, products and programs to the consumer. "The MSPAlliance will strive to be the absolute guide for any organization wishing to apply best-of-breed practices for IT outsourcing services,” said Joseph Carbonetto of Qunara, Inc.
“The end result will be two elite groups of industry experts working in tandem to offer guidance to both the service provider community and the consumer,” said Karissa Weaver, VP of International Business Development for the MSPAlliance.
Customer Advisory Council Board Members include:
Gartner: Eric Goodness, Principal Analyst. iGTL Solutions (USA) Inc: Anil Modi, Executive VP. MaxUse, LLC: Gary Cato, VP Marketing and Business Development. SilverBack Technologies: Jim Hare, VP Worldwide Sales. MX Logic: Scott Chasin, CTO. Aimnet Solutions: Bill Strain, Senior VP and CTO. Altoria: Mike Backers, CEO. Stormwatch Services: William Dougherty, VP of Operations. MSPA: Karissa Weaver, VP of International Business Development.
Best Practices and Industry Standards Board Members include:
Siemens: Steve Brodson, Senior Solutions Engineer. Guardent: Rowena Ironside, Senior VP of Global Operations. N-able Technologies: Mark Scott, CEO. Computer Network Solutions, LLC: Jerry Cogen, Executive Vice President. IntelliNet: Ed Taton, CEO. Stormwatch Services: Jason Bowers, VP of Business Development. Qunara: Joseph Carbonetto, Executive, Managed Services (special advisor to the board). MSPA: Charles Weaver, Founder and President.
The MSPAlliance continues global expansion, adding 18 new member companies
MSPAlliance member companies now total over 100 worldwide. “We are definitely seeing a huge up-swing in activity in the Managed Services/IT Outsourcing sector, both domestically and abroad,” said Charles Weaver, president of the MSPAlliance. “The number of new companies entering this space, along with the continued growth of many of our member companies, are key indicators to us the MSP model is on target and deserves some renewed respect as a viable business model.”
"The MSPAlliance provides the perfect forum for VARs, systems integrators, MSPs and product vendors to collaborate and learn about innovative and complimentary technology that can easily be integrated to deliver more powerful IT solutions to end-users on a worldwide basis,” said Jim Hare, VP of Worldwide Sales for SilverBack Technologies.
The latest companies to join the MSPAlliance are:
Siemens Business Services: http://www. siemens. com/sbs (http://www. siemens. com/sbs)
IT Solutions Consulting Inc: http://www. itsolutions-inc. com (http://www. itsolutions-inc. com)
Fortrex Technologies: http://www. fortrex. com (http://www. fortrex. com)
MX Logic: http://www. mxlogic. com (http://www. mxlogic. com)
Bridgewater Systems: http://www. bridgewatersystems. com (http://www. bridgewatersystems. com)
Technical Resource Group: http://www. picktrg. com (http://www. picktrg. com)
CSCI, Inc: http://www. cscipro-assist. com (http://www. cscipro-assist. com)
Xaffire Inc: http://www. xaffire. com (http://www. xaffire. com)
Qunara: http://www. qunara. com (http://www. qunara. com)
Watchfire Corporation: http://www. watchfire. com (http://www. watchfire. com)
MaxUse, LLC: http://www. maxuse. com (http://www. maxuse. com)
Inforonics: http://www. inforonics. com (http://www. inforonics. com)
IGTL Solutions (USA) Inc: http://www. gtllimited. com (http://www. gtllimited. com)
MindSHIFT Technologies: http://www. mindshift. com (http://www. mindshift. com)
NEXL Network Systems, Inc: http://www. nexl. com (http://www. nexl. com)
Paradigm Technology Partners: http://www. ptpinc. net (http://www. ptpinc. net)
Rolta International, Inc: http://www. rolta. com (http://www. rolta. com),
Intrusion, Inc: http://www. intrusion. com (http://www. intrusion. com)
Board Member Quotes:
Albert Starck, CEO, MaxUse, LLC;
"Most IT managers strive to achieve ever-increasing standards of excellence for their organizations while struggling against budget and resource challenges. Outsourcing is the current direction for many organizations and the potential solution to IT budget and resource challenges, but isn't always in line with maintaining service-level excellence.
That's where the Customer Advisory Council comes in. It will help technology users and service providers better leverage industry best practices. We are encouraged to see this kind of initiative coming from the MSPAlliance and are proud to be the first board member appointed to serve the outsourcing constituency."
Bill Strain, senior vice president and chief technical officer, AimNet Solutions;
"I am honored to be part of the council and look forward to working with other members as we develop ideas for products and services that will benefit the entire membership.”
Mike Backers, CEO of Altoria;
“We are very pleased to serve on the board. Altoria's goal is to help set the bar to which all MSP's should aspire. By setting high expectations, our customers will benefit and our industry will evolve to new heights.”
Jerry Cogen, Executive Vice President, Computer Network Solutions, LLC;
“This business model has matured. There are many Managed Solutions Providers that are looking for the next step in this evolutionary process. We think we can lend a hand, by collaborating as a team, to get to the next level.”
About MSPAlliance: http://www. mspalliance. com (http://www. mspalliance. com)
The MSPAlliance of today is a trusted trade-group offering standards based initiatives to the IT outsourcing industry and the consumer through ITIL (best practices standards) and Customer Advisory Programs. The MSPAlliance helps its clients with marketing, lead generation, business development, industry research and benchmarking studies aimed at increasing companiesÂ’ visibility and demand for services, and help with mergers and acquisitions through our affiliate company, KW Associates Inc: http://www. kwassociatesinc. com (http://www. kwassociatesinc. com). For information on The MSPAlliance please contact us at 530-566-1273 or visit us at http://www. mspalliance. com (http://www. mspalliance. com)
Contact: Charles Weaver, MSPAlliance
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Fax: 530.894.8676
Email: cweaver@mspalliance. com
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