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GDPR deadline
Demand for external GDPR expertise starts to increase

Demand for external GDPR expertise starts to increase

With less than a month to go before organizations are required to comply with the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR) that the European Union has pledged to enforce starting May 25, it appears organizations are finally reaching out to external...

/ May 2, 2018
ransomware warning
MSPs Beware: The Future of Ransomware

MSPs Beware: The Future of Ransomware

The idea of a shady cabal or a nefarious cyber army of one holding an entire city’s data hostage while they negotiate for ransom sounds like a plot lifted straight from a 1990s B movie. But yesterday’s fantasy is today’s...

/ April 25, 2018
HIPAA compliance
MSPs and HIPAA: Navigating the law’s nuances to maximize your value to healthcare organizations

MSPs and HIPAA: Navigating the law’s nuances to maximize your value to healthcare organizations

When it comes to the highly complex procedures performed every day in the healthcare field, knowledge and diligence are crucial to positive outcomes. This is just as true in the operating room as it is for healthcare organizations that must...

/ April 2, 2018 / 1 Comment
MSP niche
Mike J Douglass: Find your MSP niche and take your business to the next level

Mike J Douglass: Find your MSP niche and take your business to the next level

A lot of managed service providers and IT suppliers look the same — they’re all vanilla. Ten years ago, this was fine because you were still in high demand for your IT skills and knowledge. Now with advancements in technology, automation,...

/ March 21, 2018 / 3 Comments
marketing strategy mistakes
Nate Freedman: Is your MSP wasting money on the wrong type of marketing?

Nate Freedman: Is your MSP wasting money on the wrong type of marketing?

As a marketing professional with more than a decade of entrepreneurial experience, I tend to spend a lot of time talking to managed services providers about the ways that they can use digital marketing to continue to grow and evolve...

/ March 14, 2018 / 1 Comment
MSP referrals
Brad Stoller: Beyond referrals – Building a powerful MSP pipeline

Brad Stoller: Beyond referrals – Building a powerful MSP pipeline

In any B2B context, the temptation to rely on referrals for growth is substantial. Referrals can be lucrative, and the nature of a referral means that the sales process itself is relatively easy. The prospect comes to you with a...

/ February 12, 2018
Gary Pica: 3 best practice strategies for MSP pricing models

Gary Pica: 3 best practice strategies for MSP pricing models

Determining your managed service provider pricing can feel like “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.” Charge too much, and you’re unable to stay competitive. Charge too little, and you undercut your business, leaving you without the revenue you...

/ February 7, 2018 / 2 Comments
Channel Chat: How joining a peer group can help you find MSP success

Channel Chat: How joining a peer group can help you find MSP success

Owning an MSP can be lonely. Most of the people you talk to on a regular basis, whether they’re your spouse, your friends, or even other local business owners that you know, don’t understand what it’s like to run an...

/ January 31, 2018
threat detection
Threat detection emerges as major opportunity for MSPs

Threat detection emerges as major opportunity for MSPs

Threat detection appears to be all the rage when it comes to IT security. Both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are becoming much more focused on providing threat detection services. In the case of AWS, that means acquiring sqrll,...

/ January 25, 2018
manual network management
Stop doing these 7 manual network management tasks

Stop doing these 7 manual network management tasks

Active network infrastructure management is a key element of any managed service offering. Traditionally, network management has involved a lot of tedious manual work, making it expensive and very hard to scale. And that’s why many MSPs have shied away...

/ January 10, 2018 / 4 Comments