Category: Better Business
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...
Celebrating Barracuda’s 5-star partner program
For the 13th consecutive year, the Barracuda Partner Success Program has earned a 5-Star Award in the CRN Partner Program Guide. This honor recognizes vendors that deliver the channel’s top partner programs, and it demonstrates Barracuda’s commitment to providing unmatched support and resources to...
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...
A game plan for MSPs to overcome AI objections
Artificial intelligence (AI) is following a standard hype curve. AI started as something that few people really knew about. However, it exploded into public consciousness as large companies like Microsoft, AWS, and Google embedded AI services into their cloud offerings....
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...
Tip Tuesday: How to conduct a post-incident review and why it matters
Managed service providers (MSPs) know that security incidents are inevitable. They could be a phishing attack, a misconfiguration, or a system outage. Regardless of how one occurs, what truly matters is how you respond to and learn from these events....
The rise of cloud marketplaces: What’s fueling the growth?
According to a 2025 Key Issues and Prediction Report from The Futurum Group, more than a third of all deals moving through cloud marketplaces now involve some type of channel partner. Alex Smith is vice president and practice lead for...
Closing the cybersecurity skills gap: How MSPs can rescue businesses
Cybersecurity threats are growing in frequency and sophistication, and organizations industrywide are grappling with a critical shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals to defend against them. A World Economic Forum report reveals that the cybersecurity skills gap widened by 8 percent last...
