Tag: MSP
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Managed Service Security Providers (MSSPs): Making the MSP Switch
You hear it all the time. It’s no longer enough to be merely a managed service provider (MSP). It’s time to graduate to managed security service provider (MSSP). New publications have emerged to promote it. They make it all sound easy. After all, how hard is it to install a firewall, right? See Just How… Read more
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Are You SURE You’re Profitable?
Categories: Managed ServicesProfit. One of your favorite words, and something that’s easy to figure out when all you’re selling are things. Things are sold to you by manufacturers or distributors at a specific cost and you sell them to a customer at a price higher than your cost and it’s very likely you will generate a profit.… Read more
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From VAR to MSP: Managing the Shift from Push to Pull
Being a “VAR” has been impossible for many, many years. Yet many channel partners still refer to themselves as VARs. The one thing that they should be thinking about is how this impacts the relationship they have with the brands of hardware and software they partner with. You Just Can’t Do That Back in the… Read more
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IPv6 Transition Creates Big MSP Opportunity
It’s the project whose time has come – nine years ago. Literally all the IP addresses available in the original internet numbering scheme, IPv4, have been distributed, the last block in 2011. The new numbering has been available for many years, and the intention was to complete the transition from the old to the new… Read more
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MSPs Face Big Cybersecurity Talent Gap
Categories: SecurityMSPs Face Big Cybersecurity Talent Gap MSPs Face Big Cybersecurity Talent Gap Here are key findings that indicate where MSPs should focus their resources to support and grow their sales to SMBs and larger enterprise customers. Lack of Experts Two-thirds of MSPs, serving the large enterprise market (60 percent) and smaller businesses (58 percent), agreed… Read more
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Much at Stake for MSPs in Merger of Datto and Autotask
Categories: Managed ServicesNow that Autotask and Datto are being merged, there’s a lot of speculation concerning the impact that combining two of the larger suppliers of platforms relied on by many managed service providers (MSPs) will have. Autotask made a name for itself providing a platform for managing MSP operations. Datto is best known for proving data… Read more