Managed IT Services Pioneer Wins Tech Innovator Award Two Years in a Row; Earns High Marks for MSP Service Automation Advancements, IT Services Growth and Partner Success
OTTAWA, ON -- (Marketwired) -- 11/04/13 -- Demonstrating its leader status in IT services automation, N-able by SolarWinds®, a global leader in remote monitoring and management (RMM) and service automation software, today announced it was named a 2013 Tech Innovator by CRN. The win marks the second consecutive year N-able has won the top spot in the managed services category. In 2012, N-able's N-central® platform received the honor, and in 2013, N-able's Automation Manager earned the title of most innovative technology in the managed service provider (MSP) market.
CRN and CRN Test Center editors evaluated hundreds of products to determine the best of the best across 17 categories in this year's Tech Innovator awards. N-able and other winners were honored at a special presentation during the 2013 NexTI Conference, which took place on October 28 in Lake Las Vegas.
"Receiving this outstanding recognition from CRN two years in a row demonstrates N-able's leadership in the market and commitment to IT automation excellence," says JP Jauvin, general manager, N-able. "We've always placed the highest priority on technology innovation, and N-able's Automation Manager is a proven example of how MSPs can scale their business by automating service delivery. We dedicate this win to the continued growth and success of our partners, and see it as a further validation that N-able is leading and changing the way managed services gets done."
The CRN Tech Innovator honor comes on the heels of nearly 15 accolades earned by N-able in 2012 and 2013 including the prestigious CRN Test Center Approved designation. In selecting N-able in the managed services category, CRN singled out its N-central platform featuring Automation Manager, the only drag-and-drop scripting tool specifically designed for MSPs. Offering support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, along with 300-plus automation objects, Automation Manager allows MSPs to more easily automate their day-to-day activities and processes to save time, boost efficiency and profits, ensure consistent services standards, and create a higher value, more cost-efficient outcome. To date N-able's MSP partners manage more than 100,000 small and midsize businesses worldwide.
"The IT channel landscape has changed dramatically in recent years and solution providers are always on the lookout for new products that can help them take advantage of evolving market opportunities," says Robert Faletra, CEO, The Channel Company. "The CRN Tech Innovator awards recognize the vendors who are helping their solution provider partners solve challenges with innovative offerings."
Tech Innovator winners will be featured in the November issue of CRN magazine and the full list of honorees will be available online at CRN.com beginning November 11.
MSPs and IT resellers interested in becoming an N-able partner, please visit our MSP Partner Program web page or contact 1-877-655-4689 ext. 331 or +00 800 6225 3000 ext. 331.
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About The Channel Company The Channel Company is the channel community's trusted authority for growth and innovation, with established brands including CRN, XChange Events, IPED, and SharedVue. For more than three decades, we have leveraged our proven and leading edge platforms to deliver prescriptive sales and marketing solutions for the technology channel. The Channel Company provides Communication, Recruitment, Engagement, Enablement, Demand Generation and Intelligence services to drive technology partnerships. Learn more at www.thechannelcompany.com.
About N-able N-able by SolarWinds® is the leading global provider of complete IT management and automation solutions for managed service providers (MSPs). N-able Technologies was acquired by SolarWinds®, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, in May 2013. N-able's award-winning N-central® is the industry's #1 RMM and MSP Service Automation Platform. N-able has a proven track record of helping MSPs standardize and automate the setup and delivery of IT services in order to achieve true scalability. N-central is backed by the most comprehensive business enablement support services available today and the industry's only freemium licensing model. Thousands of MSPs use N-able solutions to deliver scalable, flexible, profitable managed services to over 100,000 SMBs worldwide. With offices in North America, the U.K., the Netherlands and Australia, N-able is 100% channel-friendly and maintains strategic alliances with a number of leading global IT companies, including Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco among others. www.n-able.com.
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