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OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. With OS33, MSPs can provision cloud-based infrastructure resources, deploy applications, and create companies and users, providing a brandable web-based desktop fully populated with all of their hosted IT assets. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information visit http://www.os33.com.

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OS33 Master MSPs Enable Rapid Adoption of Cloud Services for Smaller MSPs

April 26, 2012 -

NEW YORK, April 26, 2012 – OS33, the feature-rich IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform, today announced that smaller MSPs looking to deliver cloud services to their end-clients now have virtually barrier free entry into the market through OS33 Master MSPs.

OS33's Master MSPs, including LevelCloud and PointClickWork, enable MSPs typically with 10 or fewer employees to offer a full-featured set of cloud services powered by OS33 previously only available to much larger service providers. By minimizing the need to make sizable investments or to have a high level of expertise with managed hosting, OS33 Master MSPs allow smaller partners to quickly add recurring revenue services to their catalog as well as focus more on value-driven activities and ancillary services rather than building their own integrated cloud solutions.

“We know the challenges that VAR’s face growing their MSP business,” said Biren Shukla, CEO at LevelCloud. This partner program allows MSPs to quickly become a cloud service provider in as little as 30 days by equipping them with everything they need from sales and marketing to training and support. There is a general consensus that an MSP should do everything themselves, however, that is not a scalable approach and is often detrimental to growth. Many MSPs don't have the time, resources or expertise to manage a multi-tenant datacenter environment for the cloud. As such, the role of an OS33 Master MSP is to free up the operations that are not revenue producing for the MSP client."

With OS33 Master MSPs, smaller providers can go to market with a world-class cloud services platform that is unique, user-friendly and scalable, but with enough flexibility to meet some of the most complex customer needs. Master MSPs help standardize partners’ client networks on a single cloud platform; simplify training, support and help desk activities; and ultimately increase productivity and top-line revenues while decreasing expenses.

"OS33 Master MSPs are picking up where the smaller MSPs leave off," said Brett Jaffe, Principal of PointClickWork. "They manage the datacenter resources; provide sales and marketing support, escalation of typical support issues, additional training, guidance and even deployment assistance to ensure that cloud transitions move along seamlessly. By tackling the lion's share of what happens behind the scenes, Master MSPs allow their MSP partners to focus more on higher-valued tasks and ancillary services."

By working with OS33 Master MSPs, smaller service providers have a comprehensive cloud solution that they can quickly monetize without adding complexity to their organizations and decreasing margins. Partners are currently making an average of 30 to 50 percent margins on every deal without the need to hire additional talent or build out and manage a cloud infrastructure.

“We are super excited to be able to accommodate the increasing demand from MSPs looking to deliver cloud services powered by OS33, with virtually no upfront investment, very quick ramp-up time, and without the complexity of managing their own virtual infrastructure,” said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. "Our Master MSPs have been extremely successful and are signing up 5-10 new partners each month. We attribute much of that success to the fact that our Master MSPs come from MSP businesses and have substantial MSP experience themselves. Having been on the other side, our Master MSPs have all of the ingredients of a successful partnership in delivery of cloud services, including server management, solution engineering, migration, and sales and marketing support.”

With the OS33 platform, MSPs can deliver an all-in-one, cloud-based IT solution to thousands of end users. From a single interface, MSPs provision servers, publish applications, select from a catalog of pre-integrated business software, activate third-Party SaaS offerings, and manage permissions. The OS33 Cloud Control Panel enables MSPs to mix and match resources – from geographically distributed virtual datacenter – and integrate and configure raw storage, CPU, and RAM into business-ready, multi-tenant web, and Windows-based applications.

MSPs looking to add cloud services to their services portfolio and want to partner with an OS33 Master MSP can contact OS33 at http://www.os33.com/about-us/contact-us/ to be put in contact with one.

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OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. With OS33, MSPs can provision cloud-based infrastructure resources, deploy applications, and create companies and users, providing a brandable web-based desktop fully populated with all of their hosted IT assets. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information visit http://www.os33.com.

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OS33 Provides End Users with Unified Cloud Consumption Reporting, Billing

March 28, 2012 -

NEW YORK, March 28, 2012 – OS33, the feature-rich IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform, today announced the immediate release of its unified cloud consumption reporting and billing tool that enables companies to assess how they utilize multiple cloud resources and services through a single, easy-to-understand Webtop window.

OS33's unified cloud consumption reporting and billing tool provides a complete view of a customers' cloud utilization across all services, including consumption of software licenses, application management services, servers and storage infrastructure, and multi-tenant cloud services resources, by company, cost center or user on a daily basis. Typically, other vendor platforms are focused on the delivery of one specific cloud service. With OS33’s unified IT platform, organizations have one view for multiple cloud services, and can then use this information to shift resources, increase efficiency, eliminate redundancy, and better control cloud consumption spending.

"To have gotten a full dashboard of how we were utilizing cloud resources within our organization, we would have had to track the individual components from each individual vendor and provider of all of our various cloud applications and services," said Wayne Wilson, IT Director of Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. "This process is time consuming and inefficient. We now have an easy-to-analyze way of understanding how we consume our IT resources and can easily discover inefficiencies.”

OS33's cloud consumption reporting and billing tool gives unified insight into:

Third-party software licensing (Microsoft, Citrix)
Other Cloud Providers (Amazon, Google Apps)
Application Management Services (Server monitoring, Backup, Security)
Cloud Infrastructure (Servers, Storage)
Multi-tenant Cloud Services (Exchange, SharePoint, BlackBerry)

"The ability to fully leverage the cloud comes with the need to utilize multiple technologies from various vendors. Each has their own consumption metrics, logins, and interfaces," said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President.

"With so much varied utilization data, customers always ask ‘What am I paying for?' Our unified consumption reporting empowers companies of all sizes to better understand how they consume IT resources, help them reconcile invoices with actual utilization and to discover any discrepancies or inefficiencies in their IT spending with a single unified bill from one vendor. This functionality simplifies the cloud consumption process and puts control and information into the customer's hands in an easy-to-comprehend format."

Unified cloud consumption reporting and billing is built into the OS33 unified IT platform at no additional charge. For more information, please visit http://www.os33.com/whats-new/ and the OS33 Blog at http://blog.os33.com/. Interested parties can also sign up for a no-obligation demonstration of OS33 at http://www.os33.com/learn-more/schedule-a-demo/.

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VDI vs. Web-Based Desktops: 5 Reasons Why VDI Falls Short on Delivering the Full Benefits of Cloud Computing

March 07, 2012 -

NEW YORK, March 7, 2012 - If you are an IT decision maker and your job is to determine the best route your organization should take to fully reap the benefits of the cloud, you might be considering a Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure solution as one possible method of working in the cloud.

VDI will help you move your current IT to the cloud via the virtualization of your current desktop. Yes, it works, but finding a more-comprehensive solution that truly delivers on all of your cloud computing objectives should be an even more important goal. A better solution? Web-based desktops, also known as Webtops.

Knowing where VDI starts and ends is important. The following gives a basic understanding of VDI, its capabilities and shortfalls in delivering cloud benefits when compared to other solutions, and a guide to help you to find the ideal, high-performance cloud-based computing solution that suits your needs.

Limitations: VDI brings your old IT into the cloud. VDI doesn’t give you any new capabilities. You’ll simply have access to your old IT by way of the Internet.

VDI is simply a back-end component for tech folks to transfer an existing Windows desktop to a data center. Fifteen years ago, “Whoo-hoo!” In the world of today’s technology, it’s a bit of a yawn. At best VDI can be considered an intermediate measure to give you some remote-access flexibility. The knowledgeable companies of the world long ago moved on from simply hosting a Windows Desktop. This is the age of the dynamic application.

Let’s look at end-user capabilities. VDI has no built-in end-user functionality. Unlike other cloud-based computing solutions, like Webtops for example, VDI provides no time-saving end user tools. There is no way to manage user accounts or to create groups. No company directory. No dynamically controlled applications directory. No way to post company notices. No way to contact a help desk and track help desk tickets. And no way to add gadgets, like news feeds.

Management: VDI does not simplify the range of administrative tasks needed to manage an IT network; it creates more complexity as it requires ongoing management vigilance.

IT managers cannot just implement VDI and forget about it. If you are managing 100 computers now, you’ll be managing the same 100 machines after you move them to the cloud with VDI. You’ll also still need to manage each machine’s applications, permissions, security, SaaS and collaboration. Nothing will have changed for all the things that matter most.

Here again, unlike Webtops, VDI has no built-in administrative tools that allow you to control access rights, provision applications, or set up or remove users in minutes instead of hours.

Mobile Device Access: VDI does not allow you to take full advantage of all the rapidly evolving technologies such as iPad and Android devices due to the lack of adaptability.

Few users will see benefits from running a Windows 7 desktop on their iPhone. Ask a VDI vendor to demonstrate Microsoft Excel on your tablet. Image clarity becomes distorted as VDI visually -- and application-wise -- does not display well on mobile devices.

Webtops, on the other hand, are designed to give the user a modern graphic experience with a bright and colorful display on any mobile device or tablet.

Productivity: VDI has the ability to slow workflow.

If you’re a major corporation, with a highly skilled, buttoned-up IT department and you have everyone in the company working from a thin client, VDI can be a plus. For those operating in a more heterogeneous, real-world environment where people work on an assortment of computers, VDI makes work less fun. End users wind up having to deal with two desktops and two task bars -- one that tells them what they have open when they’re working online; the other shows what files they have open locally.

What this means is that they have to close one down and open the other to find and access everything they’re currently working with. It’s kind of like wearing two pairs of pants. You have to lower the outer pair when looking for something that might be in an inner pair pocket. Raising and lowering desktops all day isn’t a lot more fun (or efficient) than doing the same with redundant trousers.

Cost: As more and more applications are becoming SaaSisfied, it’s no longer an adequate solution to run virtualized desktops for all users in your organization.

A more flexible, unified solution is required to enable organizations to take full advantage of the cloud. Webtop technology enables you to access the growing number of SaaS-based applications together with existing windows-based applications from a single unified interface, without the need to deploy and maintain a virtual desktop for each user.

Conclusion

In the end, once you see beyond a few layers of misleading enthusiasm, VDI reveals itself to be a solid, for some people useful, but essentially limited approach to cloud-based computing.

If your business wish is to leverage cloud computing to its fullest, we recommend looking well beyond VDI and empowering your IT with a Web-based desktop solution specifically created to take advantage of all that cloud computing has to offer.

This article was written by Jacob Kazakevich, President of OS33, the leading IT-as-a-Service cloud platform for small to medium sized businesses.

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Three OS33 Executives Recognized Among CRN's 2012 Channel Chiefs

February 22, 2012 -

NEW YORK, February 22, 2012 – OS33, the feature-rich IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform, today announced that President Jacob Kazakevich, Chief Technology Officer Alex Osipov and Director of Sales Aron Derstine have been named among CRN's 2012 Channel Chiefs. This prestigious list of the most influential and powerful leaders in the IT channel recognizes executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organizations, while evangelizing and defending the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT industry.

Kazakevich is regarded as a leading Cloud Technology expert with more than 15 years of IT leadership. Prior to OS33, he co-founded a global, full-service MSP firm with hundreds of corporate clients worldwide. Kazakevich is also actively involved in the VC community as a partner in Technology Capital Investors, a New York-based investment group focused on fueling the growth of Managed Services.

Osipov, a cloud-veteran, is one of the three original architects of OS33. As Chief Technical Officer, Osipov is the driving force around OS33’s technology roadmap and oversees the implementation of OS33's Software Platform used by its MSP partners.

Derstine has more than 15 years of IT technology and implementation experience, and is responsible for all Channel sales, and customer relationships nationally and globally. He has established relationships with over 400 MSPs across the world, and is considered the company’s leading expert on the business of delivering cloud-based IT.

For the 10th consecutive year, Channel Chiefs were selected by the CRN editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue and public support for the importance of IT channel sales.

According to Kazakevich, "As a company that is 100 percent focused on driving sales through the channel, we are thrilled that three OS33 executives were selected to the list and we look forward to continuing relationships with leading MSPs who can deliver the value and benefits OS33 brings to end users and client companies."

“The 2012 Channel Chiefs list recognizes vendor executives dedicated to driving channel programs in the IT marketplace,” said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, UBM Channel. “These are the people, the products and the programs that any savvy solution provider needs to know. We congratulate this year’s Channel Chiefs for their stellar record of business innovation and applaud them for their continued dedication to the partner community.”

Selected by CRN's editorial staff, the 2012 Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at www.crn.com.

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About UBM Channel (www.ubmchannel.com)

UBM Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, UBM Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. UBM Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about UBM Channel, visit us at www.ubmchannel.com.

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OS33 Announces Integration with Google Apps for Business as Part of its Unified Cloud Platform

January 17, 2012 -

NEW YORK, January 17, 2012 – OS33, the feature-rich IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform, today announced integration with Google Apps for Business. The highly anticipated integration enables businesses to easily deliver, manage and consume Google Apps services as part of a unified IT solution that includes Microsoft Windows and SaaS applications, from any device and browser via OS33’s flagship Webtop (web-based desktop).

With Google Apps integration, companies using the OS33 unified IT platform are able to easily use Google Apps’ email, calendar and collaboration tools as part of their cloud computing solution. This gives service providers an easy way to meet the demand for the increasingly popular Google Apps. Businesses leveraging this integration now have a powerful new suite of applications in their toolkit and can deploy and manage new Google Apps accounts alongside other IT assets automatically, through OS33’s management interface.

Using Google Apps is simple via the OS33 Webtop. End-users log into a browser based portal, gaining access to all of their IT, including services powered by Google, in a single unified interface. From the Webtop, users see a summary of Gmail and Calendar activities while interacting with all their other IT services and resources seamlessly. A single click takes the user into Google Apps securely and easily, removing the complexities of working with multiple logins.

“Many LevelCloud partners and their customers rely on Google Gmail, Calendar and Docs as a low cost alternative to Microsoft Exchange. This integration allows businesses to leverage existing investments in Google Apps which I think is a huge value-added proposition,” says Biren Shukla, CEO of California-based LevelCloud, a channel-friendly cloud solutions provider powered by OS33. “OS33 provides a solution that integrates Google’s product suite as part of its complete unified IT platform, satisfying the demand for Google products, while also providing additional cost savings and efficiencies through OS33’s automated management and provisioning tools.”

OS33 enables companies to shift their IT resources to the cloud, including line-of-business applications and services, and unify them in a single interface. Companies can lower their monthly costs by working with Google Apps. OS33 gives end-users a customizable Webtop interface to access all their IT assets, and company administrators a way to scale user accounts up and down, in just minutes, while easily controlling permissions.

OS33 Google Apps integration includes the following:

Access to Google Apps product suite including Gmail, Calendar, Tasks, and more, tightly integrated with the OS33 unified IT platform.
Ability to automatically provision and manage Google Apps accounts via OS33 Self Service Management Tools removing need for manual processes.
Single Sign-on Access, providing end-users easy access to their Google Apps accounts alongside their other IT services, using one password.
Support for data tags such as employee directory information for easy synchronization of user information with Google Apps.

According to Alex Osipov, CTO of OS33, “Choosing Google Apps can be a transformative event for many businesses entering the cloud era, but in many cases Google Apps alone is not the entire IT stack. Companies also need line-of-business applications, network security, data mobility and more to run their business.”

“The IT complexity required to take full advantage of cloud benefits is not something most SMBs can deliver and maintain in-house. With OS33’s unified IT platform, CIOs can deliver Google Apps with all other IT resources via a single interface, all accessible in the cloud. We’ve removed all the complexity, and have taken out all the customer risk associated with going cloud. That’s extremely powerful.”

OS33’s Google Apps integration is currently in production and available for demonstration to Managed Service Providers. The integration comes at no cost to the Service Provider. However, providers are responsible for the Google Apps licensing fees and can mark up their pricing as part of the Google Apps Reseller program. For MSPs with end-user customers looking to simply test Google Apps as part of their OS33 Webtop deployment, the integration also works with Google Apps trial accounts.

For more information on the OS33 Unified IT platform with Google Apps Integration, please visit http://www.os33.com/whats-new/ and the OS33 Blog at http://blog.os33.com/. Interested parties can also sign up for a no-obligation demonstration of OS33 at http://www.os33.com/learn-more/schedule-a-demo/.

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Experts at OS33 Present Top 5 Drivers For IT Decision Makers in 2012

January 03, 2012 -

NEW YORK, January 3, 2012 – How are small and mid-market organizations responding to trends like cloud computing, mobile deployments and increasingly complex IT requirements? OS33 shares 5 Top IT drivers for SMB decision makers, giving insight into the factors that are influencing their IT budgets and purchasing decisions in 2012. This is a recommended read for all IT Service Providers as you prepare to deliver on the IT needs of your customers in 2012.

1. Growth in Mobile & Distributed End-User Workforce

Mobility and “anywhere computing” is transforming business, driving productivity and efficiency. Today’s workforce needs to have all their IT tools accessible in one place, standardized across all their devices and networks, while IT managers need the flexibility to adapt to various users needs (ie CEO vs. Sales Team).

2. Delivering on Increasingly Complex IT

End-user IT needs are rapidly growing more complex. Today’s IT is consumed using web-accessible SaaS and Line-of-Business applications, new collaboration tools, using data in the cloud and locally, and across multiple devices. The provisioning, management and maintenance of these many individual components is highly complex and extremely costly for an SMB. CIOs, in study after study, are looking for a simple, integrated way to deliver comprehensive IT to their workforce from one provider.

3. Security & Compliance Requirements

Companies are becoming more and more reliant on data and are increasingly at risk from cyber security threats, data-theft, malware, device loss and more. Compliance and control of high-value corporate data across devices, SaaS apps, and social media is increasingly complex, and the cost of downtime in dollars, as well as company productivity is extremely high.

4. Business Continuity and Performance Expectations

SMBs demand enterprise-level performance, business agility and resilience from their IT, and are calling for risk management planning and integrated disaster recovery. Yet with today’s economic conditions, shrinking IT budgets are causing decision makers to look for options that deliver IT more efficiently and cost effectively without sacrificing on performance, availability and features.

5. Increased Presence of Brand Name Options (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM)

Cloud computing is entering the mainstream with awareness being driven by solutions from major brands, and creating competition for existing managed service providers. While not every technology is right for every company, SMBs are reviewing these branded offerings, and evaluating if there is room for additional value from service providers in terms of customer satisfaction, flexibility, or product features.

“Two obvious issues point to the need for a unified cloud platform,” says Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “1) Google and Microsoft both make great applications, but they’ve drawn hard lines in the sand with their competing products and are not planning on building a platform that will let them work together. 2) The business world is filled with custom Line-of-Business applications. Google does not make them work in the cloud and unify them and nether does Microsoft. So the question remains, who does? That is the power of OS33.”

OS33’s easy-to-use, yet powerful IT-as-a-Service Delivery platform, allows providers to provision and deliver hosted IT solutions to thousands of end users, transforming raw computing resources from the OS33 cloud into business-ready Web and Windows applications and desktop hosting for their customers. MSPs can add new clients in five minutes or less and provision them with hosted business applications from a catalog of software and third-party SaaS offerings, along with integrated Citrix hosting and collaboration tools. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

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OS33 is the leading IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform used by Managed Service Providers to deploy, host, and sell integrated cloud-based IT solutions to their customers. Through a single web-based interface, MSPs can provision cloud-based infrastructure resources, deploy applications, and create and manage companies and users -- providing them with brandable web-based desktops fully populated with all of their hosted IT assets. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

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OS33 To Unveil First Look at ConnectWise Integration During IT Nation in Orlando

November 08, 2011 -

NEW YORK, November 8, 2011 – OS33, the leading IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, today announced it will demonstrate its integration with ConnectWise, the leading business management solution designed exclusively for IT service providers, VARs and MSPs, at the 2011 IT Nation Conference in Orlando, Florida. The new integration, currently in limited release, and to be rolled out to all partners by the end of the month, enables MSPs using ConnectWise and Cloud PSA products to easily extend their business models with cloud services offerings powered by the OS33 Platform.

The OS33 Platform enables Managed Service Providers to deliver and sell cloud-based IT services as a single unified IT solution, including infrastructure, applications and services, and white-labeled web-based desktops (Webtops), packaged-as-a monthly-service. The new functionality integrates the Service Management capabilities of ConnectWise including agreements, service desk and billing with the OS33 Platform, easily enabling MSPs to service clients across both traditional and cloud based service delivery models.

The integration supports the following features:

Automated agreement creation in ConnectWise for companies managed by the OS33 Platform. All service parts from applications to infrastructure are automatically tracked and synchronized with ConnectWise.
One-click billing, which automatically updates customer monthly invoices in ConnectWise with usage data collected by the OS33 Platform.
Company sync, automatically adds companies and users to ConnectWise as they are provisioned in the OS33 Platform.
Service Desk integration enables MSPs to service user support requests generated within OS33 platform directly from ConnectWise, removing the need to use multiple helpdesk interfaces.
ConnectWise Service Ticket sync provides an improved end-user experience by allowing customers to track and update their service tickets directly from OS33 Webtop.

“At OS33, our goal is to make transition to the cloud easy for both MSPs and their customers,” says OS33 President Jacob Kazakevich. “This integration opens the door for thousands of MSPs in the ConnectWise community to start shifting their traditional managed services to the cloud without changing their business processes," said Jacob.

OS33 will publicly demonstrate its ConnectWise integration for the first time at IT Nation 2011 November 9-11 at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek in Orlando, Florida at booth 504. The company will roll out the integration to its entire client base and new partners by the end of November. More information about the event is available at http://theitnation.com/.

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OS33 Presents “The Next Big Revenue Generator – How MSPs Can Multiply Their MRR with OS33” at IT Nation 2011, November 11 in Orlando

October 27, 2011 -

NEW YORK, October 27, 2011 – OS33, the leading IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, today announced that company President Jacob Kazakevich, will lead a 60 minute breakout session on how to profitably deliver and sell cloud-based managed services at the ConnectWise IT Nation 2011 Partner Summit, on November 11th held at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek in Orlando, Florida.

Entitled “The Next BIG Revenue Generator – Learn how MSPs multiply their MRR delivering Cloud with OS33,” and taking place at 2:15 p.m. in the Flagler Room, the session features OS33 experts and a panel of its MSP partners as they demonstrate:

Why now is the right time to start building or moving your managed services practice to the cloud
What end users are looking for in today’s cloud services
How OS33 technology enables MSPs to transition from a Managed Services to a Cloud Services model
How selling cloud leads to net new clients and bottom line profit

Joining Kazakevich will be OS33 partner panel including David Kramer, CTO of External IT; Biren Shukla, CEO of LevelCloud; and Brett Jaffe, President of IT 4 Inc./PointClickWork Inc, each representing companies of various sizes, market areas and stages in business. The partner panel will give attendees a birds-eye view on how they package, position and profitably sell OS33, as well as lessons learned along the way. Included in the breakout session will be a 40-minute presentation by OS33 experts, followed by an open Q&A discussion for the audience to ask questions directly to OS33 Partners.

“Whether you are new to cloud computing, or your MSP practice has a well-developed cloud offering, this is a not-to-be missed session,” says Kazakevich. “We will be covering how cloud is becoming the next big revenue generator in managed services and how this presents an opportunity for early adopters of cloud services to quickly capture a large market share and make a lot of money,” says Jacob. “I am excited to be speaking at the IT Nation conference this year, as it presents an opportunity to share our model and our partners’ success with the large network of ConnectWise MSPs.”

Held November 9-11, IT Nation provides channel partners, vendors and IT solution providers the opportunity to learn, network and collaborate with peers through a solutions pavilion, nearly 100 breakout sessions and new Hands-On Labs. With more than 60 vendors in attendance, including industry leaders Microsoft, Google, HP, Cisco and others, attendees will discover the latest products and services and go-to-market strategies that will improve their businesses today and well into the future. More information is available at http://theitnation.com/.

For more information about the OS33 MSP platform or to schedule a no-obligation private demonstration of OS33 at IT Nation, please visit http://www.os33.com/learn-more/schedule-a-demo/, email sales@os33.com, or call (866) 796-0310.

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OS33 Unveils its Cloud Drive, Enabling MSPs to provide a Unified File System across Cloud Storage Providers

October 11, 2011 -

NEW YORK, October 11, 2011 – OS33, the leading IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, today announced OS33 Cloud Drive, a technology that creates a unified file system by bringing together storage from different private and public cloud technologies. OS33’s Webtop with Cloud Drive technology now allows end-users to seamlessly access their files from any device, across cloud-based and local applications, providing users with a unified experience.

OS33 Cloud Drive technology acts as a gateway for Service Providers and their customers by unifying the storage capabilities of Amazon Simple Storage, SharePoint 2010 Doclibs for ECM, and Microsoft Windows on NTFS and DFS. For MSPs, this means that they can now deploy and sell a unified cloud-based storage solution, which allows their business customers to take advantage of top market technologies without having to deal with the complexity of adopting diverse services from multiple vendors. With OS33 Cloud Drive, end-users can seamlessly move data and files across various storage platforms and access it within a unified interface.

With OS33 Cloud Drive, MSPs can now provide end-users with:

Fully automated provisioning of Amazon S3, Windows NTFS, DFS and SharePoint 2010 storage via a self-service, business friendly UI in the browser, PowerShell and RESTful API
Access to file system capabilities from any computer, device, local and hosted apps via WebDAV with Single Sign On
Use of Microsoft Office hosted in data center or locally, and Office Web Apps in the browser with any type of storage
Universal copy/paste, favorites & recently used, across different types of storage
Usage tracking, managed permissions and printing using automated operations across different types of storage and access methods
For legacy applications that don’t support cloud storage, OS33 added a Drop to Amazon folder that will automatically synchronize legacy application data with Amazon S3

“There are many cloud storage options optimized for specific needs such as mobility, reliability, cost savings, security and more,” said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “Service Providers have been asking us to develop technology which would allow them to deploy and sell storage resources across multiple platforms using our Cloud Control Panel. OS33 Cloud Drive does just that. In addition, it provides end-users with universal access to their data directly from our Webtop whether the files are stored in their private cloud, in SharePoint, or Amazon S3.”

OS33’s ability to take advantage of various storage technologies and unify them in the OS33 Webtop, now provides MSPs with the ability to act as Cloud Brokers, offering an even greater variety of services and applications to their customers. Silos created by multiple storage providers are now unified, and can be packaged, sold and delivered as part of the OS33 platform. With OS33 Cloud Drive integration, files are universally accessible from a simple, easy-to-use unified file system that spans most devices, operating systems, browsers and applications.

“We’ve been working hard on breaking down some of the data silos that we know exist there today. User data is a key asset to any business and we’re committed to making it always available and easily accessible wherever and whenever it’s needed. Our approach is to step back, use some common sense, apply Internet standards, and deliver something end-users want to use.“ said Alex Osipov, OS33 Chief Technology Officer. “As part of testing Cloud Drive with our early adopters group for the past two months, we’ve found there is a lot of excitement about the technology. Our MSPs and end-users are finding interesting uses we haven’t even thought about.”

The OS33 platform enables MSPs to deliver and sell cloud-based infrastructure, applications, and web-based desktops (Webtops) from a single interface. Now with OS33 Cloud Drive technology, MSPs can better meet their users’ growing storage needs by blending solutions from multiple cloud storage providers.

For more information on the OS33 MSP Software platform with Cloud Drive, please visit http://www.os33.com/whats-new/ and the OS33 Blog at http://blog.os33.com/. Interested parties can also sign up for a no-obligation demonstration of OS33 at http://www.os33.com/learn-more/schedule-a-demo/.

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OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. With OS33, MSPs can provision cloud-based infrastructure resources, deploy applications, and create companies and users, providing a brandable web-based desktop fully populated with all of their hosted IT assets. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information visit http://www.os33.com.

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Partnership Growth Fuels Success For OS33 as MSPs Shift to the Cloud

September 13, 2011 -

NEW YORK, September 13, 2011 – OS33, the leading IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, today announced a 166% growth in the number of domestic and international partners versus the previous quarter, rapidly driving the company’s partner base as MSPs increasingly adopt the OS33 platform to deliver and sell comprehensive cloud services to their customers.

Demand for OS33, a cloud-services platform which integrates infrastructure, application hosting, services delivery, and a cloud-based Webtop into a single solution, is being triggered by the growth of MSPs looking to shift their managed services to the cloud, as well as demand for its flagship product, the OS33 Webtop, a cloud-based alternative to the older hosted desktop and VDI concept. OS33’s recent success includes 9 new MSP partners in July alone, and global partnerships across Canada, Ireland, U.K. and Australia. Additionally, OS33 reports its platform now has the potential to reach 240,000 end points – up 125 percent in a six-month period.

The comprehensive OS33 platform provides an immediate gateway for MSPs to move into the cloud services market, and is quickly becoming the cloud platform for MSPs across the world. One of the newest OS33 partners is Eduro Networks, a leading Mid-Atlantic based provider of managed connectivity services including broadband data, voice, storage and network security solutions for businesses. “Eduro chose OS33 based on its ability to deliver a flexible low-cost platform, which allowed Eduro to go-to-market quickly without the cost and time to build our own Cloud infrastructure, marketing and tools,” says Ken Ober, Director of Product, Sales & Marketing.

Market forces are driving many MSPs to actively pursue cloud delivery platforms, and OS33 is on a path to continue new partnerships with service providers looking to quickly convert to a cloud services model. “While more end-user companies are looking for an easier way to adopt cloud computing for their businesses, more MSPs are faced with the challenges of aggregating and integrating cloud services on their behalf,” said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “We feel that OS33’s ability to bridge the gap between multiple cloud services empowers MSPs to transition their traditional MSP practice to a cloud brokerage model, and deliver fully-packaged cloud-based IT with the features, reliability, and security that SMBs and enterprises demand. ”

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OS33 President Jacob Kazakevich Honored in Annual MSPmentor 250 Report

August 17, 2011 -

NEW YORK, August 17, 2011 – OS33, the leading IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, today announced its President Jacob Kazakevich was named to the MSPmentor 250 report, an annual look at the executives, entrepreneurs, experts, coaches and community leaders shaping the global managed services market.

Kazakevich was honored for his role leading OS33, a full-featured cloud computing platform, which unifies infrastructure, application and services delivery, and a web-based desktop (Webtop) into a single solution, enabling MSPs to deliver cloud-based managed services to SMBs; in addition to his role in Technology Capital Investors, a New York–based private equity firm focused on IT service organizations.

“While it certainly is an honor to see your named included among the top executives in the MSP industry, it is also a testament to the hard work of everyone here at OS33 and our dedication to providing a platform for MSPs looking to shift their managed services to the cloud,” said Kazakevich. “With more businesses demanding mobile access to their data, email, and applications all tied together, the OS33 Webtop is quickly becoming the cloud-based desktop of choice for thousands of end-users worldwide. We believe that our approach to delivering cloud is among the most innovative and easiest-to-implement in the market today, creating an immediate competitive advantage for MSPs.”

The list of all persons named in the report is currently available at the MSPmentor 250 center. A more complete report will be available for downloading as a PDF from MSPmentor’s Resource Center in September.

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OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. With OS33, MSPs can provision cloud-based infrastructure resources, deploy applications, and create companies and users, providing a brandable web-based desktop fully populated with all of their hosted IT assets. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information visit http://www.os33.com.

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MSPmentor (www.mspmentor.net), owned by Nine Lives Media Inc. (www.ninelivesmediainc.com), is the ultimate guide to managed services. It delivers news analysis, timely insights, and how-to information for managed service providers that are seeking to maximize their recurring revenue. The MSPmentor 250 is an annual executive listing and report produced by MSPmentor and Nine Lives Media Inc. The report features CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, entrepreneurs, marketing experts, PR pros, association leaders and other top minds who are shaping the global managed services ecosystem.

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OS33 to Demonstrate Cloud-Based Webtops at CompTIA Breakaway 2011

August 01, 2011 -

NEW YORK, August 1, 2011 – OS33, an IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, today announced that it be showcasing the latest release of the OS33 platform, including its newest cloud-based Webtop features, to attendees of CompTIA Breakaway 2011, the premier education event for the IT channel, in Booth No. 723 at the Washington Hilton in Washington DC August 1-4.

This will be the first public viewing of the OS33 Platform since its latest product release in early June of 2011, and will be targeted towards managed service providers looking to leverage OS33 technology to deliver Webtops and IT-as-a-Service to SMB and enterprise.

The OS33 Webtop is an innovative web-based desktop, providing unified access to companies’ cloud-based IT assets including data, email, apps, PSA tools and more, from a single interface. With OS33 Webtop, end-users can access all of their key IT assets, run applications, send emails, and do enterprise level work from any connected device, anywhere in the world. The latest update to the OS33 Platform adds additional capabilities to the already robust OS33 Webtop, with features including an enhanced Cloud File Manager, which provides instant access to hosted corporate file systems; Cloud Printers, an exciting new feature which provides the ability to access and print to any corporate network printer from any web browser on any device; embeddable SharePoint pages and Web Parts, allowing end-users to easily access their SharePoint resources from one interface, and enhanced mobility with a new XenApp Plugin Install, ensuring compatibility with the latest version of browsers, operating systems and mobile devices.

OS33 will also be announcing an exclusive one-time “show special" of “significant value” only available to registered event attendees. Details will be unveiled at the show at the OS33 booth.

“We are excited to participate in this year’s Technology Vendor Fair at CompTIA showcasing our fully hosted IT automation platform and OS33 Webtop,” said Paul Angelides, Director of Marketing. “CompTIA is an ideal venue for developing business relationships with new channel partners as we share our latest product offering to an audience of MSPs who can better service their clients with our cloud-based solution. The OS33 booth is a not-to-be-missed exhibit and we look forward to meeting all of those in attendance.”

CompTIA Breakaway engages attendees in discussions on the latest technology business opportunities, industry educational topics and collaborative community sessions. The 2011 conference covers a number of beneficial channel themes including healthcare IT, unified communications, cloud computing and managed print services in addition to traditional technology and business topics. More information about the event is available at http://www.comptia.org/breakaway/home.aspx.

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OS33 Pushes Boundaries of Cloud-Based IT with New Product Updates

July 13, 2011 -

NEW YORK, July 13, 2011 – OS33, an IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, today today announces its latest platform update, including features such as Cloud Printers, enhanced Cloud File Manager, and usability enhancements, pushing the company closer towards realizing its vision of providing a unified IT cloud platform that meets the continually shifting needs of how SMBs and Enterprise business utilize and access their data, applications and communications tools in today’s world.

The latest update to the OS33 Platform includes Cloud Printers, an exciting new feature which provides the ability to provision, deploy and print to any corporate network printer from any web browser on any device; an enhanced Cloud File Manager that provides instant access to hosted corporate file systems directly from its web browser-based Webtop; and enhanced usability for the end-user with a new Citrix Plugin Install that is compatible with the latest version of browsers, operating systems and mobile devices.

As the market continues to shift to emerging cloud computing paradigms, OS33 continues to push the boundaries of its cloud platform for end-users and Managed Service Providers and builds functionality that addresses today’s needs. "End-users are no longer willing to tolerate data and applications that are tied to a specific Windows-based silo. Every IT professional needs to come to terms with that fact," says Alex Osipov, Director of Software Engineering at OS33. “This change requires new approaches and tools to enable people to do their jobs. As an industry we must adopt these new tools and approaches without letting go of the enterprise-level services and guarantees that every business requires. Tools that unify and bring together the IT cloud will pave the way to a Connected Enterprise.”

With Cloud Printers, end-users can leverage the OS33 Webtop to print cloud-based files to any corporate printer via any web browser. Now with virtually any device, end-users are free to print while on the go, sending mission critical documents to any networked printer from an iPad, iPhone, Android devices and many other devices. OS33 unifies every device and allows end-users to interact with their data in a very easy way, whether working from the office, from home or even the airport.

OS33's Cloud File Manager allows users to view, edit and save hosted documents in any web browser using integrated Microsoft Office Web Apps or by accessing them from hosted versions of Microsoft Office. While most solutions require users to download files locally, edit them, save them and re-upload them, OS33 allows users to update cloud-based files from the same browser window. The Cloud File Manager supports modern browser features such as drag and drop, which easily enables uploading documents and keyboard shortcuts that every user is accustomed to such as Ctrl + C for Copy and Ctrl + V for paste. Every user that is accustomed to using the Windows Explorer now has choices around how to access their data on any device through OS33’s Cloud File Manager in a web browser.

OS33 is also pushing for greater usability with its re-design of the Citrix XenApp Plugin Installation process, making it easier to access hosted Citrix XenApp-based applications on the OS33 Webtop. End-users using any Windows, Mac, iOS or Android device have a very simple and fast way to access any hosted application on any device. These enhancements represent a changing dynamic where IT departments are no longer setting up devices for the end user. This is one of the OS33 self-service features that make the end-users more productive, happy, and reduces the workload for the IT department.

"Companies of all sizes are aggressively looking at cloud-based solutions to improve user experience, increase productivity, and cut costs,” said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “This latest set of updates show our continued commitment to the to Service Provider community using OS33 to stay ahead of the curve in Cloud-based IT delivery.”

For more information on the latest update of the OS33 MSP software platform, please visit http://www.os33.com/os33-features/whats-new. Interested parties can also sign up for a no-obligation demonstration of OS33 at http://www.os33.com/learn-more/schedule-a-demo/.

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OS33 Partners with Cloupia to Power Self-Service Management of Virtual Infrastructure Across Multiple Clouds

June 30, 2011 -

NEW YORK, June 30, 2011 – OS33, an IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, today announced that it is partnering with Cloupia a cloud automation and management software provider, to power its groundbreaking Virtual Datacenter Controller, offering powerful self-service and automation tools for MSPs to rapidly and cost-effectively provision virtual environments across multiple infrastructure clouds such as public or private cloud, from one integrated interface, further strengthening OS33’s complete unified cloud-based IT delivery platform.

The OS33 Virtual Datacenter Controller, powered by Cloupia, is a revolutionary new component of the OS33 Platform, which helps service providers overcome today’s limited ability to provision infrastructure resources on the fly. In working with the Santa Clara, CA-based Cloupia, which provides enterprises and service providers with enhanced cloud and infrastructure automation offerings, OS33 will leverage Cloupia’s technology to automate self-service delivery, management and provisioning of IT infrastructure.

“OS33 currently provides today’s leading comprehensive platform for cloud services and has strong market penetration and good relationships with those in the MSP market,” said Bhaskar Krishnamsetty, Vice President, Products and Marketing at Cloupia. “We are delighted to partner with OS33 to address the growing market need for effective, agile and secure cloud services. With the addition of Cloupia’s turnkey cloud infrastructure automation tools, OS33 brings the channel one step closer to the promise of powerful yet flexible cloud-based services as the new model for IT.”

Cloupia’s Unified Infrastructure Controller (CUIC) technology enables companies to deliver comprehensive infrastructure control, provisioning, management and monitoring tools across physical, virtual and cloud environments. By incorporating the CUIC into the OS33 Virtual Datacenter Controller, MSPs will benefit from faster service delivery measured in minutes to hours rather than weeks; improve resource utilization by as much as 40 percent to reduce costs; improve operational efficiencies through automated provisioning, monitoring and capacity planning for productivity gains of up to 8X; and improve service levels with in-depth and real-time visibility through continuous resource monitoring.

Using OS33's VDC powered by Cloupia, MSPs can

Instantly deploy Virtual Server Resources using self-service provisioning portal and make them available to be converted into user-facing IT assets and presented to the end-users on their webtops (web-based desktops)
Use hypervisor agnostic capabilities of OS33 Virtual Datacenter Controller to allow service providers to utilize OS33’s IaaS Cloud, providers’ own infrastructure, public cloud, or to mix and match based on client needs, creating a unified solution controlled from a single pane of glass
Enable clients to peer into the infrastructure backend to track utilization and monitor resources
Integrate with existing infrastructure management systems policies and processes

“None of our competitors have a unified platform equally capable of provisioning every aspect of cloud-based IT from a single interface. Powered by Cloupia’s technology, our Virtual Datacenter Controller brings us closer to our vision of providing MSPs with a turnkey, unified cloud-service platform where they can deploy virtual server resources, applications, companies, users and more, all on the fly, all in the cloud, all in matter of minutes,” said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President.

For more information and videos on the OS33 MSP software platform, please visit http://www.os33.com/. Interested parties can also sign up for a no-obligation demonstration of OS33 at http://www.os33.com/learn-more/schedule-a-demo/.

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Cloupia, a cloud automation and management software provider, offers a suite of cloud computing products and solutions to power the next generation dynamic data centers. Cloupia enables organizations to build their own internal private clouds as well as manage public and hybrid clouds using a single pane of glass. Cloupia provides the most comprehensive cloud management solution with infrastructure control, provisioning, management and monitoring capabilities across physical, virtual or cloud environments. For more information, visit Cloupia or Follow on Twitter @Cloupian

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OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. With OS33, MSPs can provision cloud-based infrastructure resources, deploy applications, and create companies and users, providing a brandable web-based desktop fully populated with all of their hosted IT assets. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information visit http://www.os33.com.

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LevelCloud Selects OS33 to Launch Fully Hosted Cloud Solution for Global Customer Base

June 14, 2011 -

NEW YORK, June 14, 2011 – OS33, an IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, today announced that LevelCloud, a Corona, CA-based cloud managed services company, selected the OS33 technology platform to launch its “IT Anytime, Anywhere" offering, enabling the company to deliver a state-of-the-art, complete cloud solution for enterprise and SMB clients worldwide.

Powered by the OS33 platform and its innovative web-based desktop (Webtop) for end-users, LevelCloud will offer its customers the ability to access all their apps, data and email using any device, anytime, anywhere, and accessible from any internet browser. Additionally the LevelCloud solution delivers critical benefits such as enterprise-level security, reliability and collaboration tools to any business regardless of size or location.

“In the day and age of smart phones, tablets and iPads, companies will no longer have to invest in infrastructure for new employees, but rather embrace BYOD (Bring Your Own Device),” says LevelCloud President Biren Shukla. “LevelCloud makes huge sense from a business and financial perspective especially when companies can access their entire business network from the cloud. LevelCloud is ideal for any company that is contemplating whether to invest in a VDI infrastructure, coming up for a hardware refresh cycle or looking at ways to eliminate onsite infrastructure and all expenses associated with managing it.”

This combination of IT savings, greater economies of scale, flexibility and agility derived from cloud technology, opens the door to customers nationally and worldwide for the California-based company, providing an immediate opportunity for growth. LevelCloud’s service officially launched on June 1st, 2011 and plans to showcase its product at various tradeshows in various verticals in the coming months, from its most recent showing at the California Accounting and Business Show to the upcoming IAVM VenueConnect Annual Conference and Trade Show in Phoenix, Arizona.

The partnership with LevelCloud continues a trend of larger and more established MSPs selecting OS33 technology to deliver complete cloud-based IT solutions for their global enterprise and SMB customers. Since its launch, OS33 has grown its potential market share to over 100,000 end-users as technically savvy and aggressive managed service provider partners such as LevelCloud are working with OS33 to tap into the exploding global cloud IT spending market.

“Cloud-based IT solutions powered by OS33 are not just built for SMB,” says Director of Marketing, Paul Angelides. “The OS33 platform can be used for enterprise-level business as well as SMB clients across any vertical. With the OS33 platform, service providers can immediately generate significant additional MRR by selling complete fully hosted IT solutions, while also providing a rich and secure end-user experience heads above any other platform.”

LevelCloud’s Biren Shukla said the company was looking for more than just the best-of-breed cloud services platform that OS33 offered, it was looking for a partner to support LevelCloud’s plan to create a global cloud services business. “Cloud Computing is not a FAD,” says Shukla. “It is real and it is an exciting time for LevelCloud and OS33 to help businesses worldwide with their IT needs. We can have a client in the US that has offices across the world and still be able to deliver the same user experience without complex and expensive network infrastructure buildup. LevelCloud powered by OS33 removes the complexity of managing your own network, and provides companies with Fortune 500 level technology at their fingertips. That is the promise of cloud computing and it is here to stay.”

“OS33’s platform offers cloud-based IaaS, provisioning and delivery automation tools, and a browser-based end-user desktop (Webtop), all in a single solution that can scale to meet LevelCloud’s global business goals,” said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “They see the value in OS33’s Partner approach and long-term strategy in developing the OS33 platform and technology to meet the demands of clients and service providers in a quickly changing marketplace. In working with LevelCloud, we recognized that they have the characteristics of a peak performing organization with expertise in technology, marketing and customer support, and with a focus on delivering quality services and an aggressive interest in growth, creating the foundation for a great partnership.”

For more information and videos on the latest version of the OS33 MSP software platform, please visit http://www.os33.com/. Interested parties can also sign up for a no-obligation demonstration of OS33 at http://www.os33.com/learn-more/schedule-a-demo/.

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Making IT a simple tool vs. a complex system answers the demand of our clients. LevelCloud integrates the best of cloud solutions and provides a single platform with all of the tools a company needs. All of your applications from Office, to accounting packages, to ERP systems are there. All of your data and files are organized and backed up automatically. LevelCloud delivers your entire network securely, reliably and affordably. No more risk of managing infrastructure. No more keeping up with Microsoft upgrades. No more large capital investments – now you can pay for only what you need..

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OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. With OS33, MSPs can provision cloud-based infrastructure resources, deploy applications, and create companies and users, providing a brandable web-based desktop fully populated with all of their hosted IT assets. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information visit http://www.os33.com.

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Channel Experts at OS33 Provide 5 “New” Tips for MSPs on Selling and Delivering New Cloud Services to SMBs

May 26, 2011 -

NEW YORK, May 26, 2011 – In Part 2 of its MSP Tips series, OS33 channel experts talk more about how selling IT services to small and medium sized businesses provides a unique set of challenges. Oftentimes MSPs are faced with educating business-minded and technologically conservative clients that a move to the cloud is the right decision for their businesses. Developing a message that speaks equally to the CEO, CIO, and decision maker levels of your clients is key, and providing an integrated, user-friendly cloud-based service that is best of breed is a must. Experts at OS33, an IT-as-a-Service Cloud Platform for MSPs, suggest solutions providers follow these five tips when selling and delivering new cloud services to SMBs:

1. Demonstrate security of your cloud offering:

Although SMBs are somewhat more comfortable with security issues these days, with today's high profile threats, it’s very important to demonstrate in detail how your cloud-based offering is more secure than your customers current environment. Having readily available results of security audits performed on your cloud-based offering will go a long way in building your customers’ confidence.

2. Provide ability to meet compliance regulations :

If you are servicing verticals such as government, medical, or finance, the ability of your cloud-based offering to meet the most stringent compliance requirements is a must. With compliance regulations getting more difficult to follow every day, a cloud-based offering allowing your clients to instantly address compliance regulations will be a major competitive plus. Demonstrating that your cloud offering meets certain industries’ regulations and having the ability to produce the necessary documentation will be fundamental in addressing your customers’ compliance requirements.

3. Guarantee business continuity:

Most customers struggle with moving to the cloud because it’s difficult for them to let go of their IT assets without having a clear understanding of where and how these assets will be deployed. Prior to moving their IT assets to the cloud, your clients will need to hear more about the business continuity and disaster recovery options your cloud offering provides.

4. Showcase remote accessibility and mobile device support :

A true cloud-based IT offering is expected to be accessible from any “connected” device. Business users are looking for a solution that will allow them to access all of their IT assets from anywhere without having to deal with limitations in functionality. Providing SMBs with a way to do work from any connected computer regardless of the OS, such as tablets, PDAs or mobile phones is growing in demand.

5. Highlight self-service tools:

Your cloud offering should allow SMBs or business clients to have control over their cloud-based IT assets. As end users are getting more and more technically savvy, there is a strong demand for self-service IT automation controls. A sophisticated cloud-based IT offering should allow the following self-administration tasks:

User interface customization
Password management
Personal information management
Ability to do self-provisioning or request approval for additional IT assets (ie: more processing power, disk space, new programs, security access etc.)
Ability to request support and manage outstanding requests

“While many SMBs have by now heard of cloud computing, there is often the question of implementing such a technology due to concerns about security, compliance, and/or accessibility to their business-critical data,” said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “It is critical for MSPs to be working with a top-tier cloud services platform with best of breed technology, SLAs and guarantees in place. With the right platform, MSPs can confidently demonstrate to potential customers the benefits of the cloud and ease their fears about what a move to the cloud means to their data. Delivering a virtual and unified cloud computing solution through an integrated platform is the best way to ensure SMBs can work with all their IT assets, and in ways typically only available to larger enterprise businesses.”

OS33’s easy-to-use, yet powerful IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform is used by Managed Service Providers to deploy, host and sell cloud-based IT solutions to their customers. Through a single web-based interface, MSPs can provision cloud-based infrastructure resources, deploy applications, and create companies and users – providing them with brandable web-based desktops fully populated with all of their hosted IT assets. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

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OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

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OS33 President Joins Board of TCI, an MSP-Focused Investment Group

April 12, 2011 -

NEW YORK, April 12, 2011 – Jacob Kazakevich, president and co-founder of OS33, a cloud-based IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs, has joined the Board of Technology Capital Investors (TCI), a New York-based investment group formed by MSP veterans and investment bankers, the company announced today. OS33 is a TCI investment and the fastest-growing company within TCI’s portfolio.

The TCI portfolio is comprised of MSPs and hosting companies that provide managed services and IaaS. Different than most investment groups such as venture capital and private equity players in the space, TCI’s core strategy is to leverage its operating expertise, proven track record and existing infrastructure investments to help regional MSPs grow their brand to become the dominant local provider. With his background as a CTO of an MSP and OS33’s involvement as a central component to all of TCI’s portfolio companies, Kazakevich’s appointment to the TCI Board was regarded as a natural evolution.

“Under Jacob’s leadership, OS33 has become the driving force behind the adoption of cloud-based IT-as-a-Service delivery by MSPs,” said Sam Attias, Managing Partner and Founder of TCI. “We are fortunate to have him as a key member of the TCI Board and a visionary for the group. His ability to help the management teams of our portfolio companies create and implement cloud and infrastructure strategies is invaluable. He is a proven leader and entrepreneur, and is highly respected in his fields of expertise.”

Kazakevich is responsible for the business operations, product development and strategic alliances for OS33, a company that enables MSPs to shift their managed service offerings to the cloud. OS33 was spun off from External IT, a leader in the SMB hosted IT marketplace, which Kazakevich co-founded and spent seven years as its CTO. During his tenure with External IT, Kazakevich managed all technical operations, including service delivery for hundreds of clients and thousands of end users. Additionally, he increased the company’s footprint and IT hosting capabilities by establishing data centers across the United States, and oversaw the acquisition of three smaller hosting providers. He also was the CTO of Offyx Corporation, a New York City-based startup in the ASP market. Kazakevich holds a bachelor’s degree from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

With the adoption of the concept “for MSPs by MSPs,” TCI’s long-term vision is to grow a nationwide network of MSPs and hosting companies that are the main players in their region. The TCI “family” will benefit from its collective size, scope and ability to generate business for fellow members while leveraging the expertise of each individual management team.

“There is a tremendous amount of consolidation going on in the MSP and cloud services space right now,” said Kazakevich. I look forward to helping TCI position our investment companies for explosive growth with our technology and experience.”

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Technology Capital Investors is an investment and management group that concentrates on MSPs, Hosters and IT outsourcing companies. It is made up of a diverse group of successful technology entrepreneurs and finance professionals. Its model is to acquire controlling stakes in target companies while keeping existing management as shareholders and partners. TCI has been successfully growing cloud-focused companies for over ten years. For more information please visit http://www.techcapinvestors.com.

About OS33

OS33, the leading full-featured IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

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OS33 Speeds Go-To-Market Ability to Sell Cloud Services for MSP Nerds Support

March 30, 2011 -

NEW YORK, March 30, 2011 – OS33, a cloud-based IT-as-a-Service platform for MSPs, accelerates ability to adopt and sell scalable, customized, and cost-effective cloud-based service offerings for new partner Nerds Support, a trusted provider of complete technology solutions for small to medium-sized businesses.

In a success story which has Florida-based managed service provider Nerds Support, going from demoing to on-boarding new cloud-based customers in under one month, cloud-service provider OS33 showcased its capability to accelerate an MSPs ability to integrate and start selling cloud via its Quick Start Program. In what would normally be a several months-long process in selling and deploying cloud services to its customers, Nerds Support was able to win new business after only two weeks of demonstrating OS33 to new prospects, and then quickly transitioning them to live clients weeks after. All together, the OS33 Quick Start program and platform allowed Nerds Support to shorten its sales cycle, and almost instantly provide an in-demand comprehensive cloud-based service catalog to its clients.

Nerds Support was looking for a way to offer cloud-computing solutions that allow its customers to share, edit and publish documents in a unified system to improve communication, increase marketability, and enhance everyday business processes. After initially looking to create and deploy an in-house solution through a Citrix application, Nerds Support researched other solutions that would allow it to offer a quick and accessible path to the cloud without the need for an intensive development phase. Finding several offerings that lacked the capabilities it was looking for, Nerds Support turned to OS33 and its full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform.

“Any MSP not in the cloud service market will quickly be obsolete,” said Scott Richman, founder of Nerds Support. “With OS33, there is no more waiting to get to the cloud. Customers don’t have to worry about licensing, they always have the best technology available and they can access their applications anywhere, anytime with an Internet connection. No one else could deliver what OS33 offered so why re-invent the wheel when you can just make it faster?”

In addition to speed of deployment, Richman was interested in how OS33 could be integrated with Nerds Support’s own grid – an option many other solutions could not provide. He also appreciated the service’s brandability, allowing Nerds Support to incorporate OS33’s customizable, user-friendly Webtop GUI as its own, delivering a company branded end user IT environment from a single interface.

“We were able to get Nerds Support up and running on the OS33 platform in no time and allowed them to provide a quick and accessible path to the cloud for their customers without the cost and complexity of other offerings," said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “Within 24 hours, we can provide new Quick Start partners with a branded OS33 demo environment offering immediate go-to-market capability to sell cloud services. Once Quick Start partners have acquired new clients and are ready to go live, we transition access to a full production environment. Nerds Support’s success in diving into the cloud marketplace is a strong testament to our ability to provide MSPs with an innovative, quick-to-market solution.”

OS33’s easy-to-use, yet powerful managed services software platform, allows providers to provision and deliver hosted IT solutions to thousands of end users, transforming raw computing resources from the OS33 cloud or the MSP’s own private infrastructure into business-ready Web and Windows applications and desktop hosting for their customers. MSPs can add new clients in five minutes or less and provision them with hosted business applications from a catalog of software and third-party SaaS offerings, along with integrated Citrix hosting and collaboration tools. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

For more information and videos about the OS33 MSP Partner Programs, please visit http://www.os33.com/partner-program/partnership-highlights/, email sales@os33.com, or call (866) 796-0310.

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About Nerds Support Inc.

Since 2005, Nerds Support Inc. has been a trusted provider of complete technology solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. The Florida-based company has remote offices throughout the U.S. with a wide range of products and services to offer. Nerds Support’s services are focused on providing the business tools which small businesses need to compete, providing affordable technology designs based on business requirements. Its technology solutions cut costs and put your company in a position to prosper. For more information about the company, visit http://www.nerdssupport.com.

About OS33

OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

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OS33 Named One of the “100 Top Cloud Computing Vendors” in 2011 by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine

March 28, 2011 -

NEW YORK, March 28, 2011 – OS33, a full-featured, cloud-based IT-as-a-Service automation platform for MSPs, today announced it was named one of the 100 Top Cloud Computing Vendors by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine. The comprehensive list highlights the most innovative cloud vendors and solutions for the channel - including storage cloud offerings, security cloud offerings, cloud apps, cloud infrastructure and cloud platforms - to assist solution providers in navigating the cloud phenomena successfully.

"This year's Top Cloud Computing Vendors award is based on a cloud vendor's approach to creating an innovative product, or an innovative approach to supporting solution providers in the IT channel," said Kelley Damore, Vice President and Editorial Director CRN. "Specifically, these Cloud vendors help resellers transform themselves into true service providers and help organizations and enterprises take advantage of the ease, flexibility, scalability, elasticity and cost savings that leveraging cloud computing has to offer."

OS33's easy-to-use, yet powerful managed services software platform allows providers to provision and deliver hosted IT solutions to end-users across multiple business verticals, and of any size, transforming raw computing resources from the OS33 cloud or the MSP's own private infrastructure into business-ready Web and Windows applications and desktop hosting for their customers. MSPs can add new clients in five minutes or less and provision them with hosted business applications, industry specific LOB software, and third-party SaaS offerings, along with integrated collaboration tools. OS33’s multi-tenant architecture built on optimized infrastructure ensures peak reliability and performance, while the client data structure delivers end-to-end efficiencies to most of the MSPs operations through the entire lifecycle of delivering cloud based services to end clients. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

"We are very excited and honored to be named one of CRN's Top 100 Cloud Computing vendors," said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. "With end user demand for cloud-based solutions on the rise, service providers are actively looking for technology partners whose cloud offerings provide significant value for both the MSPs and their clients. We have been working very hard to ensure that OS33 delivers just that. CRN's pick definitely validates our efforts."

The list of CRN's Top 100 Cloud Computing vendors can be viewed in the March 28th issue of CRN: http://www.crn.com.

For more information about the OS33 MSP software platform, please visit http://www.os33.com/, email sales@os33.com, or call (866) 796-0310.

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About OS33

OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT-as-a-Service automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

Everything Channel

Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.

United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists – with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

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Experts at OS33 Offer 5 Tips for MSPs Looking to Understand What Cloud Services are in Demand by SMBs

March 22, 2011 -

NEW YORK, March 22, 2011 – With end-user demand for cloud-based resources on the rise, thousands of small to medium-sized businesses are turning to Managed Service Providers to help them adopt cloud computing services. Experts at OS33, a cloud-based IT-as-a-Service platform for MSPs, offer these five tips to help Managed Service Providers demonstrate the value of cloud-based IT offerings to SMBs.

1. Emphasize the Cost Savings of a Move to the Cloud:

SMB customers won't buy your cloud-based IT offerings unless you can clearly demonstrate both immediate and ongoing cost savings. While a move to the cloud is generally expected to bring significant cost savings, the real challenge is to demonstrate the specific savings to the customer. Providing a detailed quote that clearly demonstrates the savings in hardware, management and operations costs realized by moving IT assets to the cloud is critical.

2. Offer SMBs a Solution That Features an Integrated Platform:

Merely promising to help control recurring IT costs alone won't close a sale. Even less tech-savvy SMB customers are becoming well aware that scattered cloud-based assets have somewhat limited benefits. A cloud offering based on products from multiple vendors simply won't work. End users need a solution that brings all of their IT resources, such as infrastructure, applications, management and delivery together, accessed and supported on the same platform.

3. Simplify Things for the End User with a Single Interface:

The cloud is not a major competitive plus unless everything is centralized and organized through a simple-to-use and easy-to-access interface. To get all of the benefits inherent to cloud computing, SMBs need an interface that provides them with unified access to all of their IT assets -- applications, data and service -- on one screen, on any connected device, anywhere.

4. Ensure that Application Performance and SLAs Will Be Met:

Business customers of all sizes are demanding nothing less than enterprise-level performance and availability for their applications running in the cloud. From what we have seen, most end users are willing to give up any and all benefits associated with cloud computing if their LOB applications do not meet their SLA or performance expectations.

5. Provide Exceptional Service and Support at All Times:

The sale doesn't end when an SMB signs a contract. What's also in demand is great support. And this means support with immediate response time. A lack of adequate support results in a major loss of productivity and some very unhappy end users. It's critical for your MSP practice to support any cloud-based service that you offer as if it's your own product. Too many deployments fail due to lack of prompt, knowledgeable support.

“SMBs range from having their most technology-literate employee overseeing their computing needs to having a full-blown IT department," said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “But regardless of size, all organizations are looking to leverage the economic benefits, simplicity, and accessibility of cloud-based IT. MSPs who understand what cloud services are in demand by SMBs and can tailor their offerings to satisfy these demands will ultimately be the most successful.”

OS33’s easy-to-use, yet powerful managed services software platform, allows providers to provision and deliver hosted IT solutions to thousands of end users, transforming raw computing resources from the OS33 cloud or the MSP’s own private infrastructure into business-ready Web and Windows applications and desktop hosting for their customers. MSPs can add new clients in five minutes or less and provision them with hosted business applications from a catalog of software and third-party SaaS offerings, along with integrated Citrix hosting and collaboration tools. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

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About OS33

OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

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OS33 Hosts Live Webinar Touting Competitive Benefits for MSPs Who Adopt New Cloud-Based Services

February 24, 2011 -

NEW YORK, February 24, 2011 – OS33, a full-featured cloud-based IT delivery automation platform for MSPs, will host a free webinar on how adopting cloud-based services can provide a competitive edge for service providers. OS33 President Jacob Kazakevich joins Everything Channel’s Scott Campbell, along with OS33 partners Amnet Technology Solutions and NetEffect, to discuss the benefits of implementing new cloud-based services, the steps MSPs need to take to shape their cloud strategies, and what they can expect along the way.

What

A live webcast, “Adopting New Cloud-Based Managed Services Can Give You a Competitive Edge in the Marketplace,” by Everything Channel’s Scott Campbell and OS33 President and CTO Jacob Kazakevich, along with OS33 partners Amnet Technology Solutions and NetEffect, to discuss why now is the right time to start adopting new cloud-based services that are in demand.

Whether new to managed services or a seasoned MSP veteran, the days of only managing and monitoring a customer’s network are short lived. Innovative MSPs are adapting their businesses to meet tomorrow’s demand today. That means adding new services, new value, and in many cases, moving customers to cloud-based environments to enjoy further benefits. In this webinar you will hear:

Why now is the right time to start building or moving your managed services practice to the cloud
The benefits and roadmap to leverage managed services and the cloud into your business model
What you need to know when shaping your cloud strategy
How to overcome challenges you might encounter along the way

Join OS33 for this free event and learn about the benefits of adopting new competitive cloud services to address the changing needs of current customers and how to attract new ones. Registered attendees will be entered into a drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card giveaway.

When

Wednesday, March 2, 2011
2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST

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OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

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OS33 Extends Cloud-Based IT Infrastructure Capabilities with Introduction of OS33 Grid

February 23, 2011 -

NEW YORK, February 23, 2011 – OS33, a full-featured cloud-based IT delivery automation platform for MSPs, today announced the OS33 Grid, a state-of-the-art Infrastructure as a Service offering specifically designed to provide MSPs using the OS33 platform with a branded cloud infrastructure that features better performance, improved flexibility and simplified management at an affordable cost.

The OS33 Grid is optimized to work specifically with the OS33 Platform, which eliminates the need for MSPs to utilize resources from disparate cloud service providers but instead empowers them to go to market with a fully integrated solution from a single provider. OS33 Grid has been built to stand up to the most demanding performance, reliability, and security requirements and is available from 4 geo-dispersed datacenters across the United States providing MSPs with national geographic coverage and a number of DR options.

“Until now, there hasn't been a fully integrated solution that provides MSPs with everything they need to offer cloud-based hosted IT to their customers," said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “With the addition of OS33 Grid, our MSPs partners will now be able to tap into the unlimited supply of premium cloud-based infrastructure optimized for their needs and backed up by OS33 SLAs. We wanted to make sure every component of our IaaS offering was top notch. Thankfully, our investors shared our vision and provided us with the necessary resources to only utilize top of the line server, storage, networking, virtualization, and backup technologies.”

OS33 is backed by Technology Capital Investors which is an investment group that focuses on cloud computing and IT services companies and also manages and invests in a diverse portfolio of MSPs. “TCI companies are constantly benefitting from synergies between the family of investments. A great example has been how OS33 was able to leverage the Infrastructure and Hosting expertise of Jim Avazpour and his organization to build out and manage the new OS33 Grid offering, says Sam Attias, Managing Partner of TCI. “OS33 has truly benefitted from its relationship with the other MSPs in the TCI portfolio of companies.”

Jim Avazpour, President and CEO of Avazpour Networking Services, a Kansas City based MSP specializing in Managed Infrastructure Services which was recently acquired by TCI, has been instrumental in building the OS33 Grid. Effective January 1st 2011, Avazpour assumed the role of President of OS33's Infrastructure Division responsible for all aspects of deploying and managing the company's IaaS platform used by MSP partners.

"The OS33 Grid ensures that MSPs will never again have to worry about assembling and maintaining an infrastructure critical for the success of their businesses but rather allows them to instead concentrate on providing the best service to their clients," said Avazpour. "Coming from a service provider background myself, I understand what kind of environment MSPs are looking for and need. We've addressed the need for flexibility in offering the latest technologies, answered important security concerns and have satisfied backend performance SLAs of the infrastructure that current cloud providers cannot offer. Quite frankly, what we are offering is a cut above the rest."

Among the abilities that the OS33 Grid offers to partners are:

Flexibility - MSPs now have the opportunity to better manage their own virtual environments with an emphasis on the service they provide rather than the technology they offer

Higher Security - integrated measures are incorporated above and beyond industry standards to ensure that data is protected and fully recoverable

Backend Performance - Ensures that infrastructure on the network and storage layers, typically unseen by the client, does not cause slowness to performance of front-end CPU and RAM

OS33’s easy-to-use, yet powerful managed services software platform, allows providers to provision and deliver hosted IT solutions to thousands of end users, transforming raw computing resources from the OS33 cloud or the MSP’s own private infrastructure into business-ready Web and Windows applications and desktop hosting for their customers. MSPs can add new clients in five minutes or less and provision them with hosted business applications from a catalog of software and third-party SaaS offerings, along with integrated collaboration tools. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

For more information and videos on the latest version of the OS33 MSP software platform, please visit http://www.os33.com/. Interested parties can also sign up for a no-obligation demonstration of OS33 at http://www.os33.com/learn-more/schedule-a-demo/.

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About OS33

OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

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OS33 Launches Latest Version of its Cloud Platform and OS33 WebTop

January 25, 2011 -

NEW YORK, January 25, 2011 – OS33, a full-featured cloud-based IT delivery automation platform for MSPs, today announced the latest version of its Cloud Platform featuring major updates to its Cloud File Manager and OS33 WebTop, now providing easy access to corporate file systems and Sharepoint directly from any web browser, support for OpenSocial Gadgets from providers like Google, and an optimized Mobile Portal that is now accessible via most mobile devices including the iPad, providing users with an even-more powerful way to access all company resources from a single web-based interface.

The OS33 Cloud File Manager features unique new technology that provides users with the ability to browse the corporate file system directly from any browser-capable device without the need to use VDI, Citrix, or Remote Desktop Services. Built on top of Microsoft Office Web Apps and SharePoint 2010, OS33 Web Apps offers users the choice to download a copy of a document to their local computer; open the document in the hosted version of the corresponding application; or view, edit and save MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents directly from the OS33 browser-based WebTop. SharePoint integration enables WebTop User Groups to automatically provision their own SharePoint site, or sub-sites, on any template that they choose. All access control and configuration is seamlessly handled by OS33.

"The latest functionality that OS33 has built into its WebTop is a huge plus for users with years invested in their existing Windows-based file systems," said Jeff Grace, President and CEO of NetEffect. "OS33 has developed a unique set of features that allows users to open documents in a browser window, make necessary changes and save it back to their cloud-based file system or to local folders. As the IT industry continues to move closer to the world of web applications, the ability to mix and match Citrix Hosting and SaaS offerings based on user preference and business practices is a huge game changer."

Users also can add OpenSocial Gadgets, such as stock tickers, calendars, Google search, to-do lists and more, directly to their OS33 WebTop for added functionality on users' workspaces providing a more user-friendly experience. Service providers can also write their own OpenSocial-compatible gadgets and make them available to their clients via the OS33 WebTop. Additionally, individual OS33 gadgets, such as My Programs, Help Desk and the Cloud File Manager, are readily available to be added to the iGoogle interface for increased accessibility.

The OS33 Mobile Portal is an even easier-to-use, faster, yet still fully featured version of the OS33 Portal available on mobiles devices such as the iPhones, iPads, Android tablets, and many other devices.

Enhancements to the OS33 Platform also include support for hosting a company's email on Google's services. Providers can link Google accounts for users with the OS33 Portal automatically connecting to Google Gmail to show how many unread emails are available. Calendar and tasks also integrate into their Google equivalents.

“Thanks to the support and feedback we receive from our partners, we have been able to incorporate some extremely valuable features into the latest release of the OS33 Platform," said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “We are enhancing the OS33 experience as part of our long-term goal of simplifying IT. By enabling users to not only view but also work on cloud-based files directly from the WebTop without third-party controls, without the need to migrate the existing file system to SharePoint, without additional login prompts and without costly licenses, we continue to provide an enhanced cloud service experience to all of our global customers.”

OS33’s easy-to-use, yet powerful managed services software platform, allows providers to provision and deliver hosted IT solutions to thousands of end users, transforming raw computing resources from the OS33 cloud or the MSPs own private infrastructure into business-ready Web and Windows applications and desktop hosting for their customers. MSPs can add new clients in five minutes or less and provision them with hosted business applications from a catalog of software and third-party SaaS offerings, along with integrated collaboration tools. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

For more information and videos on the latest version of the OS33 MSP software platform, please visit http://www.os33.com/os33-features/whats-new/cloud-file-manager/. Interested parties can also sign up for a no-obligation demonstration of OS33 at http://www.os33.com/learn-more/schedule-a-demo/.

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OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

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JPR Communications
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OS33 Realizes 60 Percent Increase in Partnerships to Fuel End-of-the-Year Success

January 13, 2011 -

NEW YORK, January 13, 2011 – OS33, a full-featured cloud-based IT delivery automation platform for MSPs, today announced a 60% increase in service providers joining the company's partner program, including leading MSPs nationally and internationally, further expanding the potential market reach for the OS33 Webtop to more than 40,000 end-users since its debut last October, and fueling the growth of hosted IT-as-a-Service.

With a 100 percent commitment to selling its solutions through MSPs, OS33 delivers the technology, collateral, procedures and experience of a complete cloud services business solution that solves a host of IT issues for businesses of all sizes. Becoming an OS33 partner helps MSPs gain a competitive advantage in the market by offering a cloud-based solution that helps support more end users, and drive more revenue with less overhead.

OS33 is proud to welcome exciting industry leading partners including Typetec, Ireland’s leading IT services and solutions provider, NetEffect, Southern Nevada’s leading technology solutions provider, and others to deliver its hosted IT service technology. “Our partners are at the heart of our business, and selecting and supporting the right providers is essential for the value and benefits of OS33 to be delivered to end users and client companies,” says OS33 President Jacob Kazakevich.

OS33's recent sales success can also be attributed to its recently announced Quick Start Program, which provides a simple and low-risk opportunity for MSPs to offer cloud-based fully hosted IT solutions. The unique MSP Quick Start Program provides new partners with a branded demo environment within 24 hours, giving them instant access to a full-featured cloud-based network and immediate go-to-market capability.

Designed specifically to let new partners hit the ground running, OS33 Quick Start provides MSPs with a branded environment that includes access to OS33 multi-tenant cloud and dedicated application server resources. Quick Start is designed to provide a foundation for conducting proof-of-concept trials of clients' custom applications, and enable the MSP to conduct real-time demos with clients and prospects. It also provides hands on experience for technicians and engineers to use the Cloud Control panel and see exactly how it can simplify typical administrative tasks and reduce support calls for mundane issues such as frozen sessions and password resets.

“The success we've enjoyed since publicly debuting our company showcases the value of our platform and legitimizes our space within the marketplace," said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “The ability to get into the cloud-services market in only 24 hours through the Quick Start Program is a revolutionary concept that empowers resellers with the ability to capitalize on the rapidly growing interest by customers for cloud-enabled services sooner rather than later. OS33 is a game changer for how MSPs can recognize revenue by enabling companies to do more with their infrastructure. This traction we've enjoyed this past quarter is exactly the reason that all service providers ought to have OS33 in their portfolios.”

OS33’s easy to use, yet powerful platform, allows MSPs to provision and deliver hosted IT to thousands of end users, transforming raw computing resources from the OS33 cloud or the MSPs own private infrastructure into business-ready Web and Windows applications, citrix hosting, and desktop hosting for their customers. MSPs can add new clients in five minutes or less and provision them with business applications from a catalog of hosted software and third-party SaaS offerings, along with integrated collaboration tools. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

For more information about the OS33 platform, partner benefits, training, and demos, please visit http://www.os33.com/partner-program/partnership-highlights/, email sales@os33.com, or call (866) 796-0310.

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OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

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OS33 Introduces Quick Start program, providing MSPs with immediate go-to-market ability to deliver Fully Hosted IT

December 21, 2010 -

NEW YORK, December 21, 2010 – OS33, a full-featured cloud-based IT delivery automation platform for MSPs, today announced its Quick Start Program, which provides a simple and low-risk opportunity for MSPs to offer cloud-based fully hosted IT. The unique MSP Quick Start Program provides new partners with a branded demo environment within 24 hours, giving them instant access to a comprehensive hosted IT automation platform and immediate go-to-market capability.

Designed specifically to let new partners hit the ground running, OS33 Quick Start provides MSPs with a complete cloud-based service delivery platform, along with a set of marketing and sales materials. Partners begin with a branded environment that includes access to OS33 multi-tenant Cloud and dedicated application server resources. Quick Start is designed to provide a foundation for conducting proof-of-concept trials of clients’ custom applications, as well as enabling the MSP to conduct real-time demos with clients and prospects.

Quick Start requires no upfront investment or long-term commitment, and is available on a month-to-month basis for $500 per month. Partners can then transition to a production environment upon activation of their first live client and start delivering cloud-based, fully hosted IT.

“The demand for cloud based IT delivery is rapidly increasing,” says Jacob Kazakevich, President of OS33. Partners are reporting up to 50% growth in their hosted IT delivery business within six months of using our platform. The MSP Quick Start program is a way for new MSP partners to quickly and easily experience how our technology along with the sales and marketing tools offer them a turnkey cloud business opportunity,” added Kazakevich.

In a short amount of time, Quick Start enables participants to begin closing fully-hosted deals and start transitioning to production environments. During the transition, partners enjoy the following additional OS33 benefits:

On-Demand Infrastructure – wholesale, cloud-based IaaS is available to partners directly from OS33 to provide immediate access to business-ready, cloud-based computing resources that can be deployed to their clients.

Robust Training Curriculum – OS33 basic training is an essential first step in getting started as a partner by assisting MSPs in building and managing a thriving cloud services business.

Branded Marketing Resources – sales presentations, “End User Experience” video and other marketing materials allow partners to go to market as quickly as possible.

Sales Tools – access to a wide range of sales support resources including Price Configurator, ROI calculator and more.

Evaluation and Free Demo NFR Licenses – provide partners with 50 OS33 seats to promote sales and marketing efforts.

Vendor Volume Licensing – VMware, Citrix, Microsoft volume licensing conveniently available through OS33 without the hassle of maintaining all the separate agreements.

Free MSP Support with Premium SLA – 24/7 support for partners is available at no additional charge with live call response to priority issues handled in 15 minutes or less by certified engineers.

According to Kazakevich, “Investing in our partners is essential for our growth. OS33 technology in the hands of a competent partner is a powerful business model and an undeniable value for the end user.”

OS33’s easy to use, yet powerful platform, allows MSPs to provision and deliver hosted IT to thousands of end users, transforming raw Cloud computing resources into business-ready Web and Windows applications for their customers. MSPs can add new clients in just minutes and provision them with business applications from a catalog of hosted software and third-party SaaS offerings, along with integrated collaboration tools. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

For more information on the OS33 MSP Quick Start Program, please visit us at http://www.os33.com/partner-program/msp-quick-start/, email sales@os33.com, or call (866) 796-0310.

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About OS33

OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

CONTACT AGENCY:
Mark Smith
JPR Communications
818-884-8282
marks@jprcom.com

OS33 Fuels Growth of Managed Services Business for Amnet Technology Solutions

December 07, 2010 -

NEW YORK, December 7, 2010 – OS33, a full-featured cloud-based IT delivery automation platform for MSPs, reveals that new partner-client Amnet Technology Solutions is reporting a 50 percent growth in its hosted IT delivery business directly attributed to the OS33 platform, due to its ability to help simplify management, reduce time to market, and improve reliability and efficiency while delivering managed services to thousands of Amnet users.

In less than one year, Connecticut based Amnet has energized its hosted delivery business by partnering with OS33 to deliver on-demand private cloud-based IT services to its clients. With businesses struggling in a bad economy while faced with the need to replace outdated hardware, many companies are seeking out offerings that often times do not fit their business in their attempt to get on “cloud”. The OS33 platform solves this by allowing Amnet’s team the ability to tailor cloud-based IT services to meet the needs of its clients rather than forcing them to adapt to proprietary technology offerings.

Amnet reports its additional capabilities with OS33 recently helped create an innovative solution for one of its enterprise clients. With a VC firm placing a mandate to consolidate infrastructure across 5 operating companies with diverse IT systems into one, Amnet was able to deliver a new branded platform for over 2,000 users in just one month. "If it weren't for OS33, we couldn't have delivered this size consolidation in such a short time frame," said, Alex Sulpizi, President of Amnet Technology Solutions. Amnet, who has seen a 50 percent growth in its private cloud services in 2010, says its differentiator amongst the many “public” cloud providers out there is simple. “We do not believe a business should change to fit the cloud. Our solution is predicated on the “private” cloud concept which encompasses the same business benefits of an in-house system, at a fraction of the cost, yet with enhanced performance and reliability. The OS33 delivery platform is an integral component in the Amnet cloud environment and has provided measurable gains in efficiency and client ease-of-use. This directly translated into price reductions and high levels of satisfaction for our clients, and has been a catalyst to our rapid growth this year,” says Sulpizi.

“OS33 provides MSPs like Amnet the ability to offer its clients a broad range of applications, tools, file systems, intranet and more from a single integrated interface that can be accessed from almost any browser-capable device," said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 President. “The business value that our fully hosted IT automation platform provides is unparalleled in the industry and delivers immediate benefits of simplicity of management, ease of use and improved operational efficiency. For companies looking to harness the power of cloud computing, OS33 is an ideal solution.”

Amnet is also a part of the OS33 Data Center Alliance, which provides OS33 partners with ready-to-deploy cloud-based server and storage resources. As a Datacenter Alliance member, Amnet, which owns and operates Amnet Colocation Centers a datacenter in Stamford CT, has more than doubled its IaaS revenue over the past 12 months due to the increasing demand for business-ready cloud-based computing resources from other MSPs delivering services on the OS33 platform.

OS33’s easy to use, yet powerful platform, allows MSPs to provision and deliver hosted IT to thousands of end users, transforming raw computing resources from the OS33 cloud or the MSPs own private infrastructure into business-ready Web and Windows applications for their customers. MSPs can add new clients in five minutes or less and provision them with business applications from a catalog of hosted software and third-party SaaS offerings, along with integrated collaboration tools. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

For more information about the OS33 platform, partner benefits, training, and demos, please visit http://www.os33.com/partner-program/partnership-highlights/, email sales@os33.com, or call (866) 796-0310.

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About Amnet Technology Solutions

Amnet Technology Solutions is a leading provider of innovative audio/video and IT technology infrastructure solutions, enabling organizations to cost effectively align technology with business objectives. Amnet’s private cloud infrastructure is built using best-in-class technology architecture that adheres to stringent internal certification standards to ensure unprecedented performance and reliability of our services. Delivering successful solutions to a long list of corporate clients for over fifteen years, Amnet is at the forefront of innovation in customer centric application solutions. For more information visit www.amnetsystems.com.

About OS33

OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. OS33 spun off from External IT, an MSP that provides turnkey cloud computing services that made OS33 the backbone of its business beginning in 2006. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information please visit http://www.os33.com.

CONTACT AGENCY:
Mark Smith
JPR Communications
818-884-8282
marks@jprcom.com

OS33 for MSPs makes public debut; complete cloud-based IT delivery platform for fast deployment of webtops and SaaS

November 09, 2010 -

NEW YORK, November 9, 2010 – OS33, a full-featured cloud-based IT delivery automation platform for MSPs, is market ready and publicly available, its developer announced today. OS33 removes the barriers to implementing and delivering multi-tenant cloud IT services with its easy to deploy, easy to manage, fully hosted and automated platform.

The OS33 platform combines business value with top technology to provide turnkey cloud computing services for MSPs to sell full-featured hosted IT to their end customers. It enables providers to have access to unlimited supply of cloud-based infrastructure and turn it into business-ready web and Windows-based applications. From a single interface, MSPs can provision servers, deploy and package custom applications, select from a broad catalog of pre-integrated business software, and activate third-party SaaS offerings. The end result is the OS33 Webtop, a cloud-based desktop from which end-users can access their company provisioned applications, tools, file systems, intranet and more from a single integrated interface that can be accessed from almost any browser-capable device.

OS33’s easy to use, yet powerful platform, allows MSPs to provision and deliver hosted IT to thousands of end users, transforming raw computing resources from the OS33 cloud or the MSPs own private infrastructure into business-ready Web and Windows applications for their customers. MSPs can add new clients in five minutes or less and provision them with business applications from a catalog of hosted software and third-party SaaS offerings, along with integrated collaboration tools. Utilization of OS33 tracking, billing and chargeback, ticketing and reporting ensures that the OS33 MSP partnership is profitable and makes good business sense.

"The OS33 platform provides us with the ability to tailor IT services to meet the business needs of our clients rather than forcing them to adapt to proprietary technology offerings," said Amnet Technology Solutions President Alex Sulpizi. "This flexibility allows us to manage more customers with better efficiency."

The OS33 platform consists of four critical components:

Cloud Connector

MSPs can tap into unlimited supply of cloud resources via the OS33 Datacenter alliance, turn their existing infrastructure investments into a true multi-tenant platform optimized for cloud-based IT delivery, or create unlimited hybrid configurations.

Cloud Control Panel

Harness true multi-tenant hosting platform management and provision and deploy servers, file storage, Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, databases, back-end applications, cloud SaaS offerings, security and access control, mobile support, and more. The OS33 Cloud Control Panel also delivers built in collaboration, utilization, reporting, service and billing functions.

Application Delivery

Securely deliver any Windows or web-based applications to almost any device including smart phones and iPads.

Webtop GUI

End users get a uniform web-based interface that is customizable, brand-able, and accessible anywhere, anytime. OS33 Webtop provides application access, personal information management, self-service administration tools, company intranet and more.

"The trend of moving IT resources to the cloud is increasing at a fast rate and there’s no question that there are many ways to access cloud resources today," said Jacob Kazakevich, OS33 president. "What makes OS33 unique is that it offers our MSP partners a complete cloud-based business system model in a ready-to-use platform which instantly puts them at play in the today’s cloud-centric market with unparalleled efficiency and capabilities."

For more information about partner benefits, training, and demos, please visit
http://www.os33.com/partner-program/partnership-highlights/, email sales@os33.com, or call (866) 796-0310.

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