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Kaseya to Discuss How to Stay Profitable by Moving to a Managed Services Model at CompTIA Breakaway
CompTIA Breakaway 2009
Kaseya, the global leader in information technology (IT) automation software for IT solution providers and corporate IT departments, will join a panel that will discuss moving to a managed services model at CompTIA Breakaway in Las Vegas, NV, August 3-6, 2009. The session will provide an overview on how to effectively transition and leverage a managed services model during the current economic conditions to stay profitable. Gerald Blackie, CEO at Kaseya, and other leading industry experts will discuss how to avoid and address common mistakes transitioning VARs frequently make.
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Wednesday, August 5, 10:00 a.m. PT |
| ‘Breakout: Stay Profitable in Tough Times – Move to a Managed Services Model!’ |
| The Mirage Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV |
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Moderator: Joe Panettieri, co-founder and EVP / editorial director, Nine Lives Media Inc. |
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Panelists: Gerald Blackie, CEO, Kaseya; Ron Cook, chairman, Connecting Point Technology Center; Justin Crotty, services vice president, Ingram Micro Seismic; Michael Proper, CEO, Clear Corp.; and Sheldon Waters, president and CEO, itControl Solutions |
Blackie’s session will discuss how IT service providers can transform their business and substantially increase their revenue base by moving to a managed services model. The presentation will also address best practices, how to define service-level agreements (SLAs), determine pricing strategies and market IT managed services to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
By the end of the session, attendees will be prepared to pick up new clients and evaluate which of their old clients are ready to make the transition. To learn more about the conference and register, visit http://www.comptia.org/breakaway.
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About Kaseya
Kaseya is the global standard for IT automation, empowering IT service providers and IT departments in 32 countries. Kaseya’s IT automation platform provides a unified set of tools that proactively monitor, manage and control IT assets remotely, easily and efficiently from one integrated Web based platform. For a free 30-day trial of the Kaseya solution, please visit http://www.kaseya.com/download
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About Gerald Blackie
With over 27 years of experience in the software industry, Gerald is chairman and CEO. Since joining Kaseya in 2003, he has been responsible for developing Kaseya’s global sales and delivery framework, and responding to the company’s rapid growth in the managed IT services market.
Prior to joining Kaseya, Gerald founded Captura Software, based in Seattle, WA. Captura was founded to develop the systems to process large amounts of expense transactions for large companies via a policy engine. The rules-based software market grew quickly and Captura was sold to Concur Technologies (NASDAQ:CNQR) in 2002.
Previous to his position with Captura, Gerald founded Platinum Software Corporation, which provided network-based multi-user accounting systems targeted at the SMB and industry leading ERP solutions. The company, now called Epicor (NASDAQ:EPIC), is a leading provider of integrated ERP, CRM and SCM solutions.
Gerald attended the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, and the University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ, from 1972 to 1977 majoring in marketing and business.
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