Tag: MSP
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Data Management Opportunities Abound for Channel
Categories: StorageData management Data Management Opportunities Abound for Channel Poor data management practices may cost organizations more than $3 trillion by 2020. This creates significant data management opportunities for the channel. The Growth of Data On average, IT executives report data is growing at a rate of 39% per year. Average File Size The average size… Read more
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Will SDI’s Rise Enhance MSP Profits?
Categories: News and TrendsOn one hand, the rise of software-defined infrastructure (SDI) takes away from the channel. Instead of being able to count on revenue generated by integrating servers, storage and networking, a greater percentage of IT infrastructure is now pre-integrated. On the other side of that equation, the combination of SDI and hyperconverged infrastructure makes it much… Read more
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MSP-Internal IT Relationship: How It’s Changing
Categories: Managed ServicesAt a time when many organizations have higher expectations than ever regarding their IT investments, the divide between internal IT organizations and managed service providers is finally coming to a head. Historically, internal IT organizations often as a last resort begrudgingly agreed to outsource to an MSP areas beyond their ken—including IT security or lower-level… Read more
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MSPs Are Facing the Best and Worst of Times
Categories: Managed ServicesWhen it comes to becoming a managed service provider, it’s never been easy. What is changing, however, is that turning a profit as an MSP is becoming more of a challenge than ever. Not too long ago becoming an MSP meant building out a full-scale data center. But as cloud computing has evolved, it’s becoming… Read more
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Kaseya Acquires Vorex to Integrate PSA and RMM Software
Categories: Managed ServicesWith more managed service providers (MSPs) than ever now realizing that their business revolves around their professional services automation (PSA) and remote monitoring and management (RMM) applications, the pressure to combine these two distinct classes of software into a single platform has been steadily rising across the channel. Kaseya responded to that pressure by acquiring… Read more
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Machine Learning to Transform Managed Services
Categories: Managed ServicesWhile there is a wealth IT innovations these days, two in particular are starting to capture the imagination of managed service providers (MSPs) looking to introduce higher levels of automation into their operations. The first is the growing need for big data analytics services capable of capturing massive amounts of machine data that can be… Read more