Tag: MSP
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If We’re Not a Channel Anymore, What ARE We?
The channel has changed dramatically and will change even more dramatically in the coming decade. Should we even call it “the channel anymore”? Before we get to a possible answer, let’s set the stage with a quick look back into history. In August 1981 IBM introduced their Personal Computer. Since it was a corporate rule… Read more
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MSPs Expand Security Practices to Meet Demand: Kaspersky
Most managed service providers (MSPs) plan to grow their cybersecurity practices to meet demand from companies worried about the massive increase in threats that occurred at the same time that they had to deal with a dramatic shift to hybrid work environments brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report released last week, cybersecurity… Read more
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BitTitan: Enabling the Proactive MSP
In our toolsmith series we’ve been looking at IT manufacturers and software providers who aren’t looking for channel partners to resell their products to end customers. Rather, they are focused on selling their products directly to those channel partners for use in creating new services to sell to their customers. No longer do channel partners… Read more
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Top 11 Cloud Managed Service Providers
Organizations en masse are adopting cloud infrastructure to compete with the ever-changing digital landscape. In the shift from legacy systems and physical, on-premises hardware, many companies are ill-equipped to make a more profound commitment to cloud workloads or don’t have the internal resources to do so effectively. Like managed services of decades past, big-name consultancies… Read more
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Best Backup Solutions for MSPs to Protect Against Ransomware
Ransomware attacks have soared. A number of studies in the last year show it growing by triple-digit or greater percentages, and now comprises most malware. Every one of those attacks represents an attempt at digital extortion, and some go further, threatening to destroy data or leak embarrassing information of those who don’t pay. It has… Read more
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How to Start a Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Business
The security sector is a vast area of confusion and upset for many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). Having implemented backup and antivirus (AV), they quickly found out that was not enough. They added another layer of security and then another: firewalls, anti-malware, patch management, intrusion detection, and more. Having implemented all that at great… Read more