About the Program

IPED

MSP Partners 2008 is proud to feature exclusive Managed Services research and content from The Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), including:

Five video-on-demand courses exploring today’s managed services marketplace and identifying actionable ways to become "Best In Class"
An MSP profitability and competency benchmarking tool
Monthly "Quick Look" articles and fast facts exploring industry data trends and pricing strategies
Two live MSP webinar events

Five Video On Demand Courses – three courses discuss Today’s Managed Services Market Place, including such topics as:

The state of the Managed Services market place today
Managing managed customer relationships
Proactive implementation and quick ramp up
Winning Managed Services opportunities

Two courses discuss becoming "best in class":

Becoming Best In Class: The Back Office
Becoming Best In Class: The Front Office

MSP Profitability and Competency Benchmarking Tool – This sophisticated analytical tool is available to you at no charge as part of your MSP Partners membership (a $495.00 value). This valuable tool allows you to compare your business with a comprehensive, dynamic database of Solution Providers leading with Managed Services. The output from this tool creates a comparison against Best In Class (BIC) Managed Services Solution Providers (>35% of revenue coming from Managed Services). This analysis allows members to tap into an invaluable self assessment and an actionable blueprint to follow to greater profitability.

Monthly "Quick Look" Articles and Fast Facts – Based on exclusive market research conducted by IPED on behalf of MSP Partners, this monthly trending will continue to explore industry trends in the Managed Services market place.

Two Live MSP Webinars – The spring webinar will explore MSP Pricing Strategies. Our fall webinar will focus on variable compensation plans to motivate behavior.

About IPED: The Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED) is the professional services division of the CMP Channel. IPED applies proven best practices to deliver customized recommendations that accelerate channel revenue through access to exclusive data and expert analysis. With over 20 years of institutional knowledge, IPED is the only professional services organization that can leverage the resources of the CMP Channel, the unrivaled leading provider of information and access to the Channel.

IPED empowers:

The vendor community to understand and react to the motivators and business value propositions that matter most to their partners
The Solution Provider community to focus on business growth and profitability through real world actionable best practices