The cloud switch is on: From migration to management

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: J. Peter Bruzzese.

At this week’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, I saw a shift in vendor focus. Last year, the big focus was migration. Whether the product was Office 365, Azure, or Dynamics, the framing was how to migrate, so many vendors offered migration tools. This year, despite a continued strong presence of migration offerings, the buzz had shifted to cloud management, typically via managed services offerings.

Rocco Seyboth, vice president of product and marketing for BitTitan (a company traditionally focused on migration), said vendors seek to shift from offering a one-time set of project services to offering recurring managed services. Being able to offer a combination of services after migration is essential for businesses to remain relevant — and keep making money…

BitTitan is a good example of a provider evolving its portfolio to management. At one time, it was known exclusively for migration tools like MigrationWiz. Today, it has nearly a dozen offerings emphasizing cloud management, such as MissionControl for Office 365 for enhanced management, compliance, reporting, alerting, and auditing, and Concierge, a help desk service companies can provide their employees…

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