Category: Better Business
An expert’s view for MSPs to stay ahead of the cybersecurity talent shortage
While AI has been dominating the headlines in cyber circles throughout 2023, another less glamorous topic is just as acute: the cybersecurity talent shortage. We’ve covered this topic in the past, but the challenge continues. In the 2022 Cybersecurity Workforce...
Global MSP Day 2023: Q&A with our thought leaders
It’s an exciting week for the managed service provider (MSP) community – Global MSP Day 2023 is tomorrow! On June 1st, we’ll be celebrating, networking, and learning alongside MSPs around the world. This day would not be possible without the...
Global MSP Day 2023: The secret to thriving and growing in the MSP industry
How does a full day of networking and learning with your fellow MSPs around the world sound? If you want to know the latest trends and challenges facing IT professionals, then don’t miss this year’s annual Global MSP Day 2023,...
Meet Maria Martinez, Barracuda’s new VP of Channels, Americas
We’re excited to share that today Barracuda announced several strategic channel roles to strengthen the partner experience and help drive success within the channel ecosystem. One of these important new additions to our channel team is Maria Martinez, VP of Channels, Americas....
Are you leveraging your data effectively to demonstrate value?
As a customer of an MSP, it is great when everything goes well; no problems mean no need to constantly update things; no downtime to impact the business, and there is no reason to pay attention to what you are...
Three reasons to automate MSP business development
When they want to grow their firms, many MSP owners’ first solution is to hire more salespeople. I read an article a few years ago, whose author recommended that if your sales decline, your first response should be to hire...
Digital business transformation needs driving demands for MSPs
A survey of 1,000 technology leaders conducted by Logicalis finds well over half (57 percent) expect to work more closely with managed service providers (MSPs) to achieve digital business transformation goals.
MSPs should align messaging to the evolving workplace
The Great Resignation. The Great Redundancy. Quiet Quitting. Fake Remote Working. All the above show how the workplace is evolving – people quitting jobs that they no longer enjoy; being let go by employers attempting to rein in costs; avoiding...
Top 12 posts from SmarterMSP in 2022
It’s safe to say that 2022 was full of both new and old cybersecurity trends and threats. SmarterMSP shared many cybersecurity threat advisories, new security updates and guidelines, marketing recommendations and best practices, and much more. It hasn’t been a...
SMBs need to invest in cybersecurity
A raft of recent reports highlight the threat SMBs face from ransomware and other lurking cyber dangers. Much of the attention has been focused on critical infrastructure: dams, power plants, utilities, and election systems. But for SMBs, essential infrastructure backbones...
