Category: Tech Insight

Mobile Malware Telefonica
Tech Time Warp: Making nothing of mobile malware

Tech Time Warp: Making nothing of mobile malware

An early case of mobile malware provoked an interesting reaction from pundits: swift dismissal as much ado about nothing. In June 2000, users of mobile phones made by the Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica began receiving strange text messages. The messages...

/ June 2, 2023
A look into IT service provider spending habits

A look into IT service provider spending habits

A survey of nearly 400 IT service providers, MSPs, and other professional service companies finds well over half (58 percent) have increased their suppliers over the past three years, with 26 percent keeping the number of vendors they work with...

/ May 30, 2023
Tech Time Warp: Burning questions about Flame’s origins

Tech Time Warp: Burning questions about Flame’s origins

The Flame virus first flickered publicly in May 2012 when the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union requested the hacking of Iranian computers be investigated. Although not widespread — only a few hundred targeted computers were thought to have been infected...

/ May 26, 2023
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Tech Time Warp: Kodak plays for KEEPS

Tech Time Warp: Kodak plays for KEEPS

Eastman Kodak’s major product announcements on May 29, 1985, remind us yet again of how far we’ve come in less than 40 years. The New York Times, The Washington Post and Associated Press all covered Kodak’s news about KEEPS (short...

/ May 19, 2023
Honoring the MSP community on Global MSP Day 2023 

Honoring the MSP community on Global MSP Day 2023 

June 1st is quickly approaching, and the excitement is building! We’re looking forward to a collaborative Global MSP Day. As we get closer to the big day, SmarterMSP surveyed MSPs to learn what it means to be an MSP, as...

/ May 18, 2023
Pioneers in Tech: Kao Chung-chin and Lois Lew, who brought IBM’s typewriter to China

Pioneers in Tech: Kao Chung-chin and Lois Lew, who brought IBM’s typewriter to China

In today’s globalized, always-connected society, another innovation we take for granted is the universality of computers despite language differences. And some of us in English-speaking countries will even go a step further and assume computers all over the world have...

/ May 12, 2023
MSPs can create value amid growing cloud costs

MSPs can create value amid growing cloud costs

A survey of 100 vice presidents from organizations with more than 1,000 employees suggests a need for increased visibility into cloud spending. This has become a major opportunity for managed service providers (MSPs) that have cloud expertise. Conducted by Vega...

/ May 11, 2023
Reining in costs moves to the top of the IT agenda

Reining in costs moves to the top of the IT agenda

In the wake of the economic downturn, the issues that are stressing out senior information technology (IT) leaders have changed. A survey of 200 IT professionals conducted by Torii, a provider of a platform for managing software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, finds...

/ May 2, 2023
Tech Time Warp: The ANIMAL instinct to do good

Tech Time Warp: The ANIMAL instinct to do good

If you have ever dabbled in Dungeons & Dragons, you are familiar with the “alignment system,” which is a way to chart characters’ tendency toward good vs. evil as well as their inclination to follow rules (“lawful” vs. “chaotic”). With...

/ April 28, 2023