Category: Better Business
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...
MSPs: Time to capitalize on the IoT security business opportunity
Managed service providers (MSPs) looking for a rich vein of underutilized market opportunities should examine the business case for delivering IoT security and risk management. So many potential MSP clients already have the traditional bases covered when it comes to...
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:...
SOC 2 made easy: A step-by-step guide for MSPs
As more businesses adopt cloud services and prioritize data security, SOC 2 compliance has become a rapidly growing baseline requirement for conducting business, particularly in industries such as technology, finance, and healthcare. Managed service providers (MSPs) are increasingly being asked...
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...
Tip Tuesday: Simplify payroll for your MSP business
Delivering efficiency and error reduction to your clients is key for managed service providers (MSPs) to remain competitive. At the same time, it can be challenging to maintain the same standards in your internal workflows. Payroll, in particular, is a...
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...
E-waste disposal: It’s everyone’s responsibility
The United Nations recently put out some eye-catching statistics about e-waste: A record 62 million tons of e-waste were produced in 2022, up 82 percent from 2010. This number is on track to rise another 32 percent, to 82 million...
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...
