Kaseya in the News
Kaseya proves efficacy of cloud-based ITSM
2013/04/17 IT-Online
Kaseya, the only vendor to provide a complete IT systems management (ITSM) SaaS solution, along with an on-premises solution, has announced that UK charity and housing association, Framework Housing, is using the Kaseya ITSM solution to ensure best practice IT management for its 600 users across 48 sites.
Based in Nottingham with just a five-person IT team responsible for supporting an extensive network of office-based, mobile and remote workers, the charity was in need of a responsive ITSM platform that could help the team manage and deploy devices across the network, at anytime, from anywhere.
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Gartner names Kaseya as Visionary.
2013/04/16 PlusPoints Media
Kaseya, the only vendor to provide a complete IT systems management cloud solution, along with an on-premises solution, today announced its recognition as a Visionary by leading analyst firm Gartner in its Magic Quadrant for Client Management Tools report.
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Kaseya – Best Products & Hot Companies finalist.
2013/04/08 PlusPoints Media
Kaseya, the only vendor to provide a complete IT systems management cloud solution, along with an on-premises solution, announced that it has been named a finalist in five categories of Network Product Guide’s 8th Annual 2013 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. Kaseya was named a finalist in the Hot Companies category while the company’s IT systems management solutions were selected as finalists in the Best Products categories of Cloud Computing/SaaS, IT Products and Services for Enterprise (Large), IT Products and Services for Enterprise (Medium), and Network Management.
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Kaseya achieves FIPS 140-2 validation
2013/01/11 IT-Online
Kaseya the leading global provider of automated IT systems management services, has announced the Kaseya Virtual System Administrator (VSA) has achieved a level one validation against Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2: Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules.
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Software provider Kaseya appoints MSP Synergy Group as VAR
2012/11/06 PlusPoints
IT systems management software provider Kaseya announced that it has boosted its ability to penetrate the financial services market in South Africa, following the appointment of Synergy Group as a Kaseya value added reseller (VAR).
Synergy Group is a complete business solutions provider that has grown to become one of Africa’s leading Sage ERP Business Partners.
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Kaseya announces new backup and restore module for complete disaster recovery solution
2012/10/22 PlusPoints
IT systems management software provider Kaseya has announced that it now delivers an integrated disaster recovery solution for IT professionals and managed service providers.
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Kaseya signs Sizwe IT Group as a VAR
2012/10/01 Headlines PR, IT-Online
Kaseya Africa, a leading provider of IT systems management software, announced the appointment of Sizwe IT Group as a Kaseya value-added reseller (VAR), adding further depth and reach to the company’s South African partner programme.
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Examining the public cloud
2012/09/19 Ilva Pieterse, IWeek
What is a healthy amount of caution?
Although the idea of “public cloud” still fills many a corporate decision-maker with fear, he must understand where such caution is justified, so as not to lose out on the plethora of benefits public cloud could offer, relatively risk-free.
Amid IT giants such as Amazon, IBM and HP all offering public cloud options, it seems that option, or at the very least the hybrid cloud, is the way forward for business.
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Kaseya honours leaders in the MSP sector
2012/08/20 Headlines PR, IT-Online
For the first time since its inception of a locally-based office, Kaseya has recognised its leading partners in the MSP sector. Kaseya, at a recent dinner celebrating its leading South African managed services providers (MSPs), revealed that in the 48 months since the inception of its local office, it had grown its number of MSPs from two to 130 – managing in excess of 119 000 end-points.
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Software provider Kaseya appoints MS Bytes as VAR
2012/08/07 Headlines PR, PlusPoints Media
IT systems management software provider Kaseya South Africa announced that it has appointed Bytes Managed Solutions (MS) as a value added reseller (VAR). Kaseya reports that the appointment will further expand the company’s newly developed local partner programme.
Kaseya Africa regional manager Garth Hayward says Bytes MS is a leading local provider of integrated, end-to-end solutions to large corporates in the financial, retail, hospitality and adjacent markets, with a strong focus on managed services for product-agnostic, end-to-end equipment management.
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Transforming applications, transforming perceptions
2012/08/01 Iweek Staff Writer, Iweek - ITWeb
Cloud and virtual models have done much for changing perceptions around the use of applications
According to Andrew Smith, pre-sale systems engineer, at Kaseya Africa, software-as-a-service (SaaS) models are bringing about a step change in consumer perceptions to computing. “Cloud, rather than a drastic shift in technology, has brought about a change in delivery, consumption, and, especially in SMEs, attitude towards software, as well as hardware purchase.”
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Spartan, Kaseya partner for software financing
2012/07/18 Headlines PR, IT-Online
Kaseya South Africa, a leading provider of IT systems management software, is now able to offer their small-to-medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients a software financing option, following an agreement with IT rental financier, Spartan.
“Spartan will now finance an organisation that wants to buy Kaseya technology, at a competitive interest rate over a 36 month period, on a rent-to-own basis, including all maintenance costs, provided they pass all the relevant credit checks,” explains Garth Hayward, regional manager for Kaseya Africa.
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NetworkWorld: IT Pros' Favorite Products
2010/02/22 Ann Bednarz, NetworkWorld
We asked readers about their favorite must-have network products and found there's a lot of love for products that can automate manual processes, improve visibility and management, and speed performance for end users. Products that save money are also, not surprisingly, big favorites.
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Kaseya 2 Scales Management Higher
2010/02/02 Mike Vizard, CTOEdge
A major upgrade of the automated systems management platform from Kaseya includes a range of new management tools that singnificantly expand the reach of the platform.
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Kaseya 2 Improves Remote Access, Adds ITIL Service Desk
2010/02/02 Jessica Davis, Channel Insider
Managed services platform provider Kaseya says its new platform upgrade -- Kaseya 2 -- represents the biggest set of improvements since the technology was initially released.
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Kaseya Prepares 3 SaaS Tools for MSPs
2010/02/01 Joe Panettieri, MSPmentor
Kaseya appears poised to launch the Kaseya 2 platform this week. The effort includes on-premise and SaaS (software as a service) tools for managed services providers and IT administrators.
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You Want Me To What?
2010/02/01 Robert J. McGarvey, the Journal
District technology directors are being asked to pull off the impossible: optimize infrastructure
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University of Kentucky Research Group Controls Costs with Centralized IT Management Software
2009/12/10 Linda L. Briggs, Campus Technology
The University of Kentucky group has been using automation software from Kaseya for a year and a half to provide a single integrated view of the research group's networked PCs and peripherals from a centralized, Web-based management console.
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Policy management: Kaseya
2009/12/01 Peter Stephenson, SC Magazine
This is one of those times when you just have to say, "Why didn't someone think of this before? It's brilliant." The Kaseya products manage the configuration, support, security, compliance, patching, and on and on for the IT shop.
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Free software could help IT departments
2009/11/05 Staff and Wire Reports, eSchool News
Kaseya is offering its asset-tracking software to schools and colleges free of charge for a limited time.
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Put Your Systems On Autopilot
2009/10/23 Daniel P. Dern, Processor
As IT environments grow, so do the tasks associated with managing them—often more than linearly, as many tasks involve interacting IT assets. Kaseya’s IT automation software improves IT staff effectiveness & systems performance.
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Missing laptop contains data on 800,000 doctors
2009/10/15 Byron Acohido, USA TODAY
Laptop theft appears to be on the rise, says Jim Alves, executive vice president at Kaseya, which supplies programs that help corporations keep track of their tech gear.
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A happy ending: how two stolen laptops were recovered with Kaseya
2009/10/07 David Strom, IT World
Have you ever had your laptop stolen? I did several years ago, from the trunk of a locked car in a suburban shopping mall. But lately thieves are getting caught because of better software tools that are on the laptops, and this is a story about two laptops that were stolen several months ago.
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SC Magazine Rates Kaseya 6 a Five Star Best Buy
2009/10/01 Michael Lipinski, SC Magazine
Supposedly everybody's doing it, but when it comes to reaching the full potential of the managed services business model, the industry is still in its infancy.
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Automating Enterprise Security in a Small School District
2009/08/25 Dian Schaffhauser, The Journal
Brad Huffaker isn't just the lone IT person at North Conejos School District in Southern Colorado. He also drives a school bus and directs the vocational program.
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Sprung by Facebook: geek justice for 'porn-surfing laptop thief'
2009/08/12 ASHER MOSES, The Sydney Morning Herald
An 18-year-old, accused of stealing a laptop in Melbourne and surfing porn on it, thought he was home free after evading police for two months, but he came undone when he logged on to Facebook.
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Now's The Time For Managed Services
2009/08/05 Gerald Blackie, Business Solutions
The keynote speaker on Tuesday shared a message that hinged on the idea that while business is slow, you should take the time to improve your business. Gerald Blackie, CEO of Kaseya, agrees, and says that is one message he hopes to deliver in today’s panel on surviving a down economy.
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Survey: Plenty Of Room For More Managed Services
2009/07/07 Damon Poeter, ChannelWeb
Providing proactive managed services for fixed, regular fees may be a goal for many small IT shops, but more than half still describe their business models as "break-fix," according to a survey of more than 2,000 North American IT businesses.
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Managed Services: Time to Grow Up?
2009/07/02 Carolyn April, Channel Insider
Supposedly everybody's doing it, but when it comes to reaching the full potential of the managed services business model, the industry is still in its infancy.
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Software on the Edge
2009/07/01 Campus Technology
Absolute Software has launched Computrace for Netbooks, delivering IT asset management and theft recovery for ultra-mobile computers.
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IT Bought by the Sip In Managed Services
2009/05/31 Lawrence Walsh , Channel Insider
Hardware and software sales models are breaking down at an increasingly rapid rate. What could replace it is a hybrid model of on-premise hardware and cloud-based management that's bought and paid for by the use and not the license.
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Kaseya Eying Mid Market Vars
2009/04/03 Bob Scott, Consulting Insights
Kaseya, which markets products used to provide Managed IT Services, is taking a serious look at pitching to resellers handling applications such as Sage and Microsoft accounting software.
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Automating IT Services
2009/03/24 Michael Vizard, eWeek.com
In this eWeek podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, the CEO of Kaseya, Gerald Blackie, and the executive vice president for product marketing and strategy, Jim Alves, explain how rapidly changing economic conditions are pushing more IT organizations to adopt automated IT services.
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Green IT Opens Another Door for MSPs
2009/03/17 Martin Sinderman, Channel Pro
Increasing emphasis on green computing has the potential to create new business opportunities for managed services providers (MSPs), although it's probably not a game-changer in promoting adoption of this service delivery model among SMBs.
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IT Monitoring Tool Earns National Contract
2009/03/03 Michael Keating , Gov Pro Media
Kaseya has been awarded the 2009 PEPPM technology contract for IT automation solutions. The national PEPPM bid and purchasing program ensures governments and educational institutions have protected rates for purchasing technology tools.
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A Walk in the Clouds
2009/02/24 Lisa Terry, Vertical Systems Reseller
IT's a popular childhood pastime - lying on your back to see what shapes you can make out of the clouds above. These days, however, it's the IT folks doing the searching, and like kids, everyone sees something a little different.
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Will IT Spend On Itself In 2009?
2009/01/06 Chris Murphy, Global CIO Blog Information Week
In today's economy, does the IT department dare spend to improve its own operations? At many companies, that will go over like the old man getting himself a new bass boat for Christmas, while the kids get socks. But now might be the right time to spend to get IT operations in order.
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Kaseya goes deep and broad
2008/03/01 Joe Panettieri, MSP Mentor
Going broad with Intel support and deep with Mac OS X support creates some compelling opportunities for MSPs
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Kaseya: Mac support here Linux and smart phones by December
2008/02/29 Jessica Davis, eWeek Channel Insider
Kaseya will add support for Intel's vPro and Mac clients as well as provide a new application programming interface to its Kaseya 2008 platform
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