In news from Rich Freeman’s Channelholic, let me quote this bit.
Datto has cloud management coming soon.
Like very soon. Included in Datto’s RMM roadmap webcast this week was word that the vendor’s first cloud management solution is just months away from GA.
This is a bigger deal than it might seem because while ConnectWise demo-ed a proof-of-concept cloud management tool at its IT Nation event last November and Kaseya (Datto’s parent) has been talking about cloud management since at least last June, N-able is currently the only top-tier managed services software vendor with a SaaS management tool in market. As a result, cloud-only companies like Augmentt, Nerdio, SkyKick, and Auvik’s Saaslio unit (more on them in an upcoming edition of Channelholic, by the way) dominate the space at present.
This is catnip for me – finally, movement on cloud management. Questions I want to know: Are the sleeping giants moving? How do they define cloud – SaaS or infrastructure?
N-Able bought a company for their offering, so look for additional releases to judge if it will change. Are they building further? I maintain that this is a requirement… and this may be the year there are some more entrants.
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