Category: Better Business
How MSPs help grow startups
When you think of Managed Service Providers (MSPs), you probably think of companies that provide IT services for small and medium sized businesses, but these companies can be more than that. They can help grow startups too. That’s because MSPs...
How you can prevent employees from sharing sensitive company information
Did you know that 70 percent of employees are sharing company information? Company information is valuable, critical, and most importantly, confidential. The future growth and success of your company could very well be destroyed should this data get leaked. So what’s the...
Thinking about contracting out services?
Sometimes it makes sense for MSPs to contract out services. Depending on your goals, going this route could you save time, resources, and money — but it isn’t for everybody. Regarding contracting out services, it’s important to first note the...
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...
MSPs need to find a way to embrace consumption model based on metering
The most profound impact the transition to cloud computing has arguably had is the shift away from treating IT as a capital expense. IT organizations are increasingly utilizing infrastructure thanks to a consumption model that allows them to treat IT...
How MSPs can use investments in analytics as a customer litmus test
The strain that IT organizations are under as they try to support ever increasing amounts of data using antiquated IT infrastructure is starting to show. A survey of 230 IT professionals conducted by Syncsort, a provider of tools for managing...
Managed services could be the answer to backup woes
After years of reluctant uptake and cautious optimism, modern businesses have finally placed the proper level of importance on digital transformation efforts and the cloud. As a result, many of these modern businesses are soaring in productivity and profit.
Recruiting with growth in mind
Hiring used to be a straightforward process. You’d hang a “Now Hiring” sign and wait for the candidates to come rolling in. The hiring process for today’s businesses is no longer that simple.
Percentage of channel partners offering managed services achieves critical mass
It’s been a very long time coming, but it looks like there may finally be more channel partners offering managed services than traditional break-fix services. A survey of subscribers published this week by ChannelPro finds the number of partners offering...
Helping SMBs overcome their technology growth fears
When I started in IT support, most office networks consisted of a server room, some desktop computers, and maybe a few printers and scanners. This meant the default 192.168.1.X range was enough for more than a hundred staff. That’s far...
