What do all the names below have in common? They were all chosen as part of MSPmentor’s Top 250 “executives, entrepreneurs, experts, coaches and community leaders shaping the global managed services market.” This list, which is currently in its fourth year, is produced by Joe Panettieri’s team at MSPmentor and Nine Lives Media, Inc. What else do these esteemed companies have in common? They’re all clients and/or partners of Varvid! We’re proud to be able to work with so many individuals and organizations that are being recognized in the community.

Congratulations!

Ashutosh Tiwary, Chairman & CEO, Doyenz

Rick Bahl, President, Quality Systems Solutions Inc.

Arnie Bellini, CEO, ConnectWise

Linda Brotherton, CTO, ConnectWise

Renee Bergeron, VP of Managed Services & Cloud Computing, Ingram Micro

Jane Cage, COO/CFO, Heartland Technology Solutions

Mark Cattini, CEO, Autotask Corp.

Chris Chase, CEO, JoomConnect

Carlson Colomb, Director, Business Development, Level Platforms

Stuart Crawford, Chief Marketing Officer, Ulistic Inc.

Len DiCostanzo, Senior VP, Business Development, Autotask Corp.

Jeannine Edwards, Director of Community, ConnectWise

James Foxall, President, Tigerpaw Software

Dave Foxall, Owner and Founder, Tigerpaw Software

Jim Hamilton, VP, Member Relations, CompTIA

Kevin Hoffman, CEO, eFolder

Ted Hulsy, VP of Marketing, eFolder

Lisa Jenkins, Segment Marketing Manager, Commercial Services, Cisco Systems Inc.

Jay McBain, Senior VP, Strategy & Community Development, Autotask Corp.

Kent McNall, CEO, Quosal

Michael Minnich, CEO, NetGain Information Systems

Rick Murphy, Managing Partner, Cogent Growth Partners

Bob Penland, CTO, TruMethods

Gary Pica, President, TruMethods

Rob Rae, Director, Partner Development & Operations, Level Platforms

Alex Rogers, President, CharTec

Dan Rosedahl, General Manager, Corporate Technologies

Christy Sacco, Director of Operations, HTG Peer Groups

Peter Sandiford, CEO, Level Platforms

David Schafran, Managing Partner, Cogent Growth Partners

Scott Scrogin, President, HTG Peer Groups

Doug Sikora, Director of Software Development, Tigerpaw Software

Corey Simpson, MSP Partners Community Manager, CompTIA

Arlin Sorensen, CEO & Founder, HTG Peer Groups

Todd Thibodeaux, CEO, CompTIA

Erik Thorsell, President, Success Computer Consulting

Jason Tierney, VP, Product Development, Corporate Network Services Inc.

Eric Webster, Chief Revenue Officer, Doyenz

Dan Wensley, VP, Partner Development and Marketing, Level Platforms

According to their press release, the Equus Managed Service Solution includes a web-based e-commerce portal that allows partners to custom-configure any and all of the products and services provided by Equus. Not only will all configurations be displayed with the monthly price and suggested retail price, but the portal will also show users their recurring revenue profit, summarizing the profit potential of their entire service offering to their clients.

Other channel heavyweights included in the offering are Level Platforms for Remote Monitoring/Management, Live Virtual Help Desk, Reflexion for Web Security, Exchange Defender for Email, Intronis and Symform for Backup, and an as-yet-unannounced Network Operations Center component.

Times are good for tech right now, and Varvid is there to document every step of the way. Last week we went to ASCII 2011 in Los Angeles. ASCII is the premier SMB tech industry event, featuring guest speakers, expert panels, and unparalleled networking and partnership opportunities.

We shot some interviews, we shot some testimonials, and most importantly, we shot YOU, the partners! If we took a headshot for you at ASCII, look for it on our Flickr page.

Tom Henderson, Managing Director of ExtremeLabs Inc. speaks with Bryce Read of Varvid.com at the ITEC Seattle 2009 Conference about his experience at the show and touches on a few of the subjects he spoke on at the conference. Tom’s firm ExtremeLabs has performed technical analysis, product testing, investor technical due-diligence, and research in the enterprise computing/infrastructure field for over twenty-five years. This real world perspective made his observations both interesting and relevant during the Keynote Presentation on “The Top 10 Challenges Facing CIOs and IT Management Today.” Interesting points he made include increasing regional/national/international data security standards and the increasing use of SANs by organizations large and small. Later in the day he gave a second presentation on “The Four Flavors of Virtualization And How To Use Them” –noting that virtualization is really starting to take hold at all levels of business computing.

Varvid speaks with Mark Bowles of Network Computing Group in the Roanoke Valley of Virginia, who was impressed with Verne Harnish’s speech at the ConnectWise Partner Summit and is looking forward to putting some of the things gleaned from the speech to work for his company. Calling customers personally to see how they can be better served, and implementing more ‘small huddles’ with team members will improve consistency and quality of the services Network Computing Group provides.

Varvid speaks with Wade DeVore, NetVision Consulting of Arlington Texas who was impressed with the Blueprinting and Process Automation aspects of Connectwise that were demonstrated at the Partner Summit. Wade has also committed to personally calling five customers per week, as suggested by Verne Harnish’s talk given on Friday morning at the 2009 ConnectWise Partner Summit in Orlando.

Pat Dolan of Varvid.com speaks with Ed Laprade of Adnet Technologies Inc. of Windsor Connecticut, a CPLS authorized Microsoft Training Center at the ConnectWise Partner Summit in Orlando.

Adnet utilizes Quosal, a quote/proposal generation application that integrates with ConnectWise, and Laprade really appreciates the seemlessness and productivity this affords Adnet.

Christy Sacco, Director of Operations for HTG Peer Groups speaks with Pat Dolan of Varvid.com about the Q Forums HTG presented to members during the ConnectWise Partner Summit in Orlando Florida.

Over 300 HTG members representing 220 member companies, over 25% of the total attendees were at the Summit this year.

Gregg runs Integral Systems in San Diego CA and this is his first ConnectWise Partner Summit. Gregg has rave reviews for the Partner Summit, this is his first ever and says, although he has attended a lot of confereneces in the past 24 months, this is the most professional and most informative/useful one he’s been to in a long time. The quality of the attendees and their collective experience make the ConnectWise Partner Conference worth attending. Gregg spoke with Pat Dolan of Varvid.com

Jeannine Edwards, Director of ConnectWise Community speaks of creating an IT ecosystem around the platform at the ConnectWise Partner Summit in Orlando FL. There are 49 ConnectWise Integration and Strategic Alliance Partners presenting their unique features and benefits at the Summit this year. Jeannine articulates that ConnectWise’s goal is to facilitate its Integrators and Partners new and existing customer relationships by offering a comprehensive solution that meets and exceeds expectations. She also mentioned the concept of vendor/VAR collaboration on sales and technical problems as key to mutual success, and that ConnectWise as a vendor should not be viewed as competition to its own partners. Message for Next Year’s Partner Summit: There will be a lot more room with a larger facility (30%), hope you can make it! Jeannine was speaking with Pat Dolan of Varvid.com.