Tag: MSP
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N-able Connects with Microsoft Intune
Categories: Managed ServicesMSPs face a decision when it comes to management frameworks: Divert engineering resources to build, or partner. N-able, formerly SolarWinds MSP until it was rebranded in December, is extending its remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform widely used by managed service providers (MSPs) to offer integration with the Microsoft Intune management framework. The goal is to encourage small-to-medium enterprises… Read more
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Survey Shows Security Becoming Major MSP Focus
Over the course of the last two years, the security reputation of managed service providers (MSPs) has taken a hit in the wake of several high-profile breaches. Cybercriminals have determined the most efficient way to compromise multiple IT environments at once is to target the MSP that serves multiple customers. Those attacks, known as buffalo… Read more
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Why IT Firms Need Content Marketing
Categories: Managed ServicesWhat motivates your customers to buy from you? If you’re building a quality IT practice the answer is “your smarts”! IT customers want to engage services from people who know what they’re talking about. How do you prove you do? Show off your smarts in content. That’s the heart of content marketing, showing customers you… Read more
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MSP Prospects Finally Start to Brighten
Prospects for managed service providers (MSPs) going into 2021 appear to be rising across a wide range of potential customers. A survey of 1,200 SMB and midmarket business leaders conducted by cloud data recovery specialist Infrascale suggests that the need for greater security is pushing organizations toward MSPs regardless of some recent high-profile breaches involving… Read more
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Resilient Channel Heads into Another Uncertain Year
Categories: News and TrendsAs the channel heads into 2021, there’s a lot of concern over what might be in store, as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Despite the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, it may be mid-2021 or later before enough of the population is inoculated to consider returning to business as normal. The channel itself,… Read more
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The New Software Provider Business Model – Toolsmith
Value-added resellers (VARs) long ago morphed into managed service providers (MSPs), and with that change went a lot of easy revenue – it was no longer easy to add new revenue by adding another vendor product to your lineup. That makes finding new sources of revenue an ongoing challenge for MSPs, and there the challenge… Read more