Opportunities arise for MSPs despite skills shortages
A survey of 2,740 IT decision-makers conducted by Skillsoft, finds only 16 percent plan to rely more on third parties for support despite ongoing skills shortages. Instead, a full 45 percent plan to invest in more training for their existing...
MSP Insights: What to expect in 2024
It’s no secret that the fortunes of managed service providers (MSPs) are closely tied to the overall state of the economy, but with an uneven economic outlook for 2024, forecasting the year is more challenging than usual. While uncertainty remains,...
The cloud migration opportunity still exists for MSPs
A survey of 510 senior executives from Global 2000 organizations suggests that cloud migration initiatives have stalled at the intermediate stages of the project due to concerns around cost, lock-in, meeting budgets, and timeline constraints. Conducted by HFS Research on...
2024 MSP opportunity: Helping establish AI building-blocks
Just about every organization will be experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) in the coming year. Many of them will quickly discover that operationalizing AI will require them to get their data management house in order. After all, no matter how...
AI is on track to transform managed services in 2024
Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days, but many managed service providers (MSPs) have been making use of it in some capacity for years. The main difference is with the rise of generative AI. It’s now becoming possible to...
Optimism for IT spending in 2024
A survey of 1,000 business leaders in North America and Western Europe conducted by Endava, a provider of managed services, finds a full 81 percent are optimistic about where the economy is heading, with 75 percent planning IT spending and...
Surge in IoT devices will generate MSP opportunities
There will be more than 490 million roaming connections for low-power Internet of Things (IoT) devices by 2028, according to a study published by Juniper Research. Today, there are approximately 90 million of these types of IoT devices. Juniper Research...
High demand for managed cloud services bodes well for MSPs
A survey of 500 IT decision-makers from North America, the United Kingdom, Benelux, and Australia finds that 93 percent plan to prioritize investing in cloud-managed services in the next 12 months, with respondents claiming cloud-managed services could increase productivity by...
Cybersecurity cutbacks require resilient MSPs
As more organizations encounter economic headwinds, the rate at which cybersecurity budgets have been increasing is slowing down. A survey of 550 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) conducted by IANS Research and Artico Search finds cybersecurity budgets only increased an...
The race to deliver managed generative AI services is on
While there is a massive amount of interest in all things relating to generative artificial intelligence (AI), the number of organizations that have the skills and resources required to fully exploit it remains limited. Under the hood of generative AI...
