Category: Tech Insight
Tech Time Warp: The high and lows of the AltaVista search engine
Since “google” is now legitimately considered a verb (per Merriam-Webster), it’s hard to remember a world in which another search engine was considered innovative. However, there was life before Google — and it was called AltaVista.
Edge computing consortiums start to multiply to the benefit of MSPs
When vendors band together to promote the adoption of a standard via a consortium, it’s usually a sign that it will benefit managed service providers (MSPs). At the Edge Computing World Conference this week, the Eclipse Foundation, which now oversees...
Content Shield now integrates with Barracuda RMM
The modern workforce is becoming more mobile. Often, businesses have remote workers and road warriors with laptops who can connect any time, at any place. Unsurprisingly, this poses security challenges for MSPs tasked with protecting customers who use these devices....
Shift to the hybrid cloud drives increased reliance on MSPs
Just about everyone agrees that more application workloads will be moving into the cloud. The only real question now, is to what degree. A survey of 508 IT professionals conducted by Internap (INAP), a provider of managed services, finds that...
AWS re:Invent should have lots of news for MSPs
This week is AWS re:Invent, the company’s massive annual customer conference taking place in Las Vegas. It’s typically packed with news about new features and services, and you should be paying attention to what new stuff could benefit your clients...
Ten technology trends MSPs can be thankful for in 2019
The arrival of Thanksgiving once again presents an opportunity for managed service providers (MSPs) to take stock of the opportunities that lay before them. With the spirit of the holiday in mind, here are ten technology trends benefiting MSPs, as...
Ask an MSP Expert: What are some factors to consider before switching our RMM?
Q: My existing contract with my RMM vendor is coming up and I am contemplating on switching vendors. I want to make sure that I am using the best tool for my budget and needs. I manage roughly 500 endpoints...
Tech Time Warp: Pixar captures moviegoers’ hearts with computer animation
On November 22, 1995, the release of Toy Story not only introduced Woody and Buzz Lightyear to audiences, but also it represented the culmination of more than 16 years of work and innovation from some of the biggest names in...
Shift to network services on Kubernetes and containers is underway
Cloud-native container technologies are about to extensively transform networking services. At the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2019 conference earlier this week, a demonstration of how a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) network built on top of a Kubernetes cluster that accessed...
Adding AI to your IT help desk could make you more productive
Imagine it’s 10:00 pm and somehow you have managed to run over your laptop. Typically, that would mean a night of anxiety, waiting until the morning to contact your IT pro to start the process of replacing it. Now imagine...
