Lindsay Faria

All posts by Lindsay Faria

As Director of MSP Marketing, Americas, at Barracuda, Lindsay Faria is dedicated to empowering Barracuda MSP partners to grow their businesses by providing tools and information to make marketing and selling their data protection services as effective, fast and easy as possible.

Wipro breach and how MSPs can avoid the same fate

Wipro breach and how MSPs can avoid the same fate

Wipro, one of India’s largest and most successful MSPs, recently fell victim to a hack that was accomplished via a phishing campaign. After gaining entry to Wipro’s network “for some time,” the hackers were able to launch cyber attacks against...

/ April 17, 2019
An award-winning partner program that can help your MSP grow

An award-winning partner program that can help your MSP grow

We are proud to announce that Barracuda MSP was recently awarded a 5-star rating in CRN’s 2019 Partner Program Guide. The Program Guide offers helpful information to enable IT solution and service providers evaluate vendors that they could potentially partner...

/ April 10, 2019
Ask an MSP Expert: Do I need to offer an additional backup service with Office 365?

Ask an MSP Expert: Do I need to offer an additional backup service with Office 365?

Q: More of my customers are moving towards Office 365, and they believe everything is being backed up. Is this true, or should my MSP create additional backups of Office 365 data? In terms of email and data services, Office...

/ April 8, 2019 / 1 Comment
Backup stats to strengthen your marketing

Backup stats to strengthen your marketing

Most MSPs could tell you stories about hard-headed gatekeepers and decision makers who bury their heads in the sand, unwilling to hear any amount of reason or argument against their point of view, but don’t worry. If there is anything...

/ March 26, 2019
Social media management platforms MSPs should consider

Social media management platforms MSPs should consider

Social media can serve as a cost-efficient and highly valuable marketing tool. For MSPs to drive leads and other opportunities, their social media channels must have strong visibility and encourage engagement. However, with many businesses having accounts on multiple social...

/ March 19, 2019 / 1 Comment
Ask an MSP Expert: What is a BEC attack and how do I explain it to my customers?

Ask an MSP Expert: What is a BEC attack and how do I explain it to my customers?

Q: We’ve heard that BEC attacks are one of the most prominent cybersecurity threats to our customers’ businesses today. What is this and how can we protect our SMBs from its attempts to breach our defenses? Business Email Compromise (BEC)...

/ March 18, 2019
Tip Tuesday: 5 MSP marketing tips for World Backup Day

Tip Tuesday: 5 MSP marketing tips for World Backup Day

Most MSP’s have run into customers or prospects that refuse to add a backup solution or upgrade from their current one to another that better meets their needs. They believe that their current set-up is satisfactory because the decision makers...

/ March 12, 2019
How Neal Bradbury is driving future growth and innovation

How Neal Bradbury is driving future growth and innovation

CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Neal Bradbury, senior director of business development for Barracuda MSP, to its prestigious list of Channel Chiefs, which represents the top leaders in the IT channel who excel at driving growth...

/ February 26, 2019
What Managed Workplace’s acquisition means for MSPs

What Managed Workplace’s acquisition means for MSPs

As you may have heard, Barracuda has acquired the Managed Workplace remote monitoring and management product line from Avast. The transaction, which is very exciting for us here at Barracuda MSP, also featured a reseller agreement for Barracuda to offer...

/ February 19, 2019
SD-WAN: Scalable security made simple for MSPs

SD-WAN: Scalable security made simple for MSPs

A recent survey of IT organizations reveals that nearly every respondent is struggling with networking challenges, with complexity and cloud performance being the top two reasons. An SD-WAN solution can resolve these and many other problems that often accompany traditional...

/ February 5, 2019