2030 vision: The managed services market’s soaring to $730 billion
The global managed services market size is projected to grow at a 14.1 percent compound annual growth rate over the next five years, reaching $731.1 billion by 2030, according to a market forecast from Grand View Research, Inc. According to...
Overcoming top compliance challenges MSPs face
Managed service providers (MSPs) are at the intersection of IT support, cybersecurity, and, increasingly, regulatory compliance. Healthcare, finance, and tech clients now expect MSPs to do more than keep systems running. They rely on them to ensure audit readiness, adapt...
The MSP’s guide to creating a zero trust atmosphere
Zero trust in the workplace is typically a bad thing, fostering a culture of distrust and snitching. However, for managed service providers (MSPs), it is a good thing, at least when it comes to cybersecurity. Experts in the field say...
How MSPs can thrive in the era of data sovereignty
Since the cloud became a major platform for organizations, the issue of where and how data is stored and managed has become increasingly complex. Even small companies must navigate various legal regulations worldwide. For instance, laws like the EU’s GDPR...
Sales & Marketing
How MSPs can fuel faster growth with AI + cold outreach
Dave leads a B2B services firm with a dedicated sales team of three. Over the past year, they’ve invested time and resources into cold outreach, hiring sales reps, and launching marketing campaigns. Despite these efforts, the results have been underwhelming,...
We’re celebrating Global MSP Day 2025!
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be joining the celebration for Global MSP Day 2025, hosted by Barracuda, on Thursday, June 5th. It’s always a special moment in our calendar – a day that brings together the managed services community across...
Ask an MSP Expert: The 2025 technology outlook from GTIA
The year kicked off with considerable uncertainty driven by macroeconomic factors such as tariffs and inflation. Nevertheless, managed service providers (MSPs) maintain a positive outlook on the tech industry’s trajectory. A recent report from GTIA sheds light on crucial insights...
Security
Unmasking the next wave: LLMs and evolving cyberthreats
This week, we bring you additional interviews with experts on the cybersecurity dangers posed by large language models (LLMs) such as Claude, DeepSeek, and ChatGPT. With the rapid rise in the use of these services comes an increasing set of...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Vulnerabilities in Linux distributions
Two critical local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities were disclosed, identified as CVE-2025-6018 and CVE-2025-6019. These vulnerabilities affect all versions of SUSE 15 and libblockdev, two major Linux distributions, allowing unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root and posing significant...
Threat Spotlight: Half the spam in your inbox is generated by AI
Cyber attackers are leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to boost their chances of success in email-based attacks. AI tools can help them to develop and launch more attacks, more frequently, and to make these attacks more evasive, convincing,...
Better Business
Driving change: The role of AI agents in the channel ecosystem
A report published by the Futurum Group finds that artificial intelligence (AI) tools, applications, agents, and bots are being increasingly used to automate a range of tasks and processes across the channel, particularly in sales, finance, and partner management. AI...
Tip Tuesday: Creating premium ESG service packages
Many businesses incorporate specific environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals into their overarching strategies. These principles offer managed service providers (MSPs) a promising market, as a solution that helps clients meet their ESG demands may appear more valuable than an...
Survey shows growing dependence on cloud partners
A survey of 1,800 senior IT decision-makers finds that more than half (52 percent) of respondents said their organization relies on professional services for specific cloud-related needs, with 28 percent being heavily dependent on professional cloud partners for all aspects...
Tech Insight
Tech Time Warp: The secrets to the Apple II’s success
The Apple II, designed by Steve Wozniak in 1977, was a groundbreaking self-contained machine, with screen, keyboard, power supply, and electronics all in a single plastic unit. The first Apple IIs were shipped on June 10, 1977, and cost $1,298....
Pioneers in Tech: The chance to own the image of a visionary
If you have a couple of hundred thousand dollars to spare, you currently have the opportunity to purchase the only known photographs of the world’s first computer programming visionary, Ada Lovelace. Discover her legacy in this edition of Pioneers in...
Tech Time Warp: Celebrating milestones in Sims history
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of The Sims, an occasion the gaming company Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) marked with a re-release of The Sims, The Sims 2, and their respective collections of expansion packs, along with...
