One reason that managed services events seem so cozy is the need for many of the tools to integrate and interact with each other. That means where other industries may have competition, managed services vendors are often working closely with one another.

During Autotask Community Live, Equus unveiled its new managed services and hardware-as-a-service offering. Spearheading the announcement was Frank Gurnee, VP of Channel Sales, Managed Services, a familiar face in the managed services community.

By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
During the Autotask Community Live event in Miami, I had the opportunity to talk with CEO of N-able, JP Jauvin, and VP of Sales Mike Cullen. The two discussed their company's plans for 2011, all of which are building to the N-able partner event in October.