PacketTrap Journal

Now held three times a year, in New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley, the organizing principle of each International Virtualization Conference & Expo remains the same: our aim is to ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, that attending delegates leave each Conference with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging Virtualization, helping them to maximize performance, minimize cost and improve the efficiency and flexibility of their Enterprise IT endeavors. The Call for Papers for the 7th International Virtualization Conference & Expo, which will be held in Santa Clara, CA, on November 2- 4, 2009, is currently still open. The submissions URL is here, and the deadline for submissions is June 30, 2009. Topics welcomed include every aspect of virtualization. For example: ... (more)

PacketTrap Adds Ingram Micro as Authorized U.S. Distributor

As part of its commitment to help network administrators run their IT infrastructures smoothly, PacketTrap Networks (www.PacketTrap.com) today announced it has added Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), the world’s largest technology distributor, as a valued distribution partner. Ingram Micro will be a premier distributor of two of the Company’s offerings, PacketTrap MSP4.0 and Perspective. PacketTrap MSP4.0 addresses the growing demand for outsourced network management services, driven by the increasing number of disruptive technologies as well as overburdened and underfunded IT depart... (more)

PacketTrap Survey Reveals Top Five Pain Points for Managed Service Providers

PacketTrap Networks, a leading provider of network monitoring and management software developed for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), today announced the results of a survey completed by 258 MSPs. According to the survey, 83 percent of participants identified lack of visibility into network traffic as the number one pain point, with 75 percent stating a strong need for better granular traffic analysis software. More than 50 percent of respondents spent more than 13 percent of their time troubleshooting sluggish networks, which can be caused by clients’ employees surfing the Web ... (more)

CompTIA MSP Partners Launches 2010 Best Practice Education Program and Adds New Member Benefits

CompTIA MSP Partners, an industry leader in education, events and research for the expanding global market for managed IT services, today launched its 2010 best practice education program and added new benefits for its members. The updated MSP Partners web site includes access to all new research and content from the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED). Included is IPED’s 2010 “Best in Class” managed services series of courses in operations, marketing, sales, finance and technology. These courses are based on extensive research of the managed services market con... (more)

PacketTrap Networks Named a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor

PacketTrap Networks, a leader in MSP network monitoring and management solutions, today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor. The Company was selected because of its dedication to the channel and to MSPs, and its differentiated remote network monitoring and management solution, PacketTrap MSP. CRN's Emerging Technology Vendor list captures companies that are delivering high margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants. PacketTrap was selected, in part, because of its a... (more)