The managed mobile services market is about to take off
There’s an old maxim that advises managed services providers (MSPs) to focus on tasks that the average IT organization either doesn’t do all that well or would simply rather not have to do at all. Mobile computing appears to be...
Federal IT reviews signal fresh MSP opportunities ahead
Federal IT contractors have been facing major changes recently as part of the government’s broader effort to reduce overall spending. Leading systems integrators such as Accenture and Booz Allen are reportedly being asked to identify billions of dollars in savings...
Weathering the storm: Partners stay positive
In the face of growing uncertainty, a survey of 705 technology partners in North America and Western Europe finds more than three-quarters (87 percent) expect to grow revenues in 2025, with a subset of that group (18 percent) expecting more...
Managed services redefined: Expanding beyond IT
A global survey of over 1,240 business leaders from organizations with more than $100 million in revenue suggests that enterprises are increasingly relying on managed service providers (MSPs) to assume responsibility of entire business processes. Conducted by KPMG and HFS...
Maximizing value: MSPs focus on IT cost optimization
In the coming weeks, IT organizations will be turning to managed service providers (MSPs) to help them optimize their existing investments during this period of uncertainty. Historically, when faced with economic challenges, IT organizations have focused on two key areas:...
MSPs: Building resilience in the midst of uncertainty
Regardless of how business and IT leaders view tariffs as economic policy, one certainty is that nearly every organization, including managed service providers (MSPs), will be affected. Many MSPs and the organizations employing them are already scrambling to purchase everything...
Survey: Cloud spending exceeding budgets
A survey of 300 CIOs in the U.S. working for organizations with over 500 employees finds 83 percent are on average spending 30 percent more on cloud infrastructure and applications than what their organization initially budgeted for, even as spending...
Navigating the data center capacity challenge for MSPs
A report published by JLL, a provider of commercial real estate and investment management services, reveals that co-location vacancy rates in commercial data center decreased to a record low of 2.6 percent in 2024. At the same time, consumption of...
Survey: MSPs taking on larger cloud role
A global survey of over 750 technical professionals and executive leaders finds that 60 percent are using managed service providers (MSPs) to handle some (29 percent) or more of their public cloud management, and 18 percent report they expect to...
MSP opportunity: Tackling the chronic waste of cloud resources
Two reports reveal that most organizations have made little progress in optimizing their cloud infrastructure resource consumption. This gap presents a unique opportunity for managed service providers (MSPs) to address the growing demand for expertise in this area. Insights into...
