Tech Time Warp
Tech Time Warp: Debugging a technology origin story

Tech Time Warp: Debugging a technology origin story

We’ve all been there: Our computer crashes, and we say there are “gremlins inside,” that the machine “geeked out,” or that it must have been “a bug.” And, often, simply rebooting solves the problem. But where the term “computer bug”...

/ September 26, 2025
MSPs
Survey: Skills shortage crisis bodes well for MSPs

Survey: Skills shortage crisis bodes well for MSPs

A survey of over 200 enterprise chief information officers (CIOs) conducted by the Futurum Group finds nearly three quarters (72 percent) of IT leaders identify talent acquisition and retention as the top challenge, followed by cybersecurity (49 percent) in a...

/ September 25, 2025
Ask an MSP Expert
Ask an MSP Expert: Position your MSP to win buyers

Ask an MSP Expert: Position your MSP to win buyers

Let’s face it: the managed service provider (MSP) space is more competitive than ever. Buyers are more informed, expectations are higher, and the old ways of selling just don’t cut it anymore. If you’re still leading with technical specs and...

/ September 24, 2025
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Unseen, unpatched, unprotected: The IoT threat MSPs can’t ignore

Unseen, unpatched, unprotected: The IoT threat MSPs can’t ignore

Since its inception, the Internet of Things (IoT) has kept cybersecurity specialists up at night. As the world becomes increasingly connected, the nature of the IoT security threats has evolved. The statistics paint a sobering picture of our connected future:...

/ September 23, 2025

Sales & Marketing

MSPs: Never start with technology when selling your managed services

MSPs: Never start with technology when selling your managed services

As someone who has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on sales coaching while growing my own business into one of the fastest-growing marketing companies for managed service providers (MSPs), it’s fair to say that I’ve paid my dues as...

/ August 20, 2025
Ask an MSP Expert: How AI can help you personalize outreach and repurpose content

Ask an MSP Expert: How AI can help you personalize outreach and repurpose content

Artificial intelligence (AI) excels at spotting patterns and automating workflows, but what about the messy, one-off challenges that arise in real sales conversations? This is where skepticism can creep in. However, with the right approach, AI can still serve as...

/ July 16, 2025
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Is your sales team losing deals they should win?

Is your sales team losing deals they should win?

You’re trying to grow, and it feels like the sales team should be helping you get there. But too often, they’re chasing the wrong leads, following up inconsistently, or losing deals that should have been won. Add to that many...

/ July 9, 2025
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Security

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical vulnerability in Dell UnityVSA

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical vulnerability in Dell UnityVSA

Cybersecurity researchers at WatchTowr have disclosed a critical vulnerability in Dell UnityVSA (and related Unity platforms) tracked as CVE-2025-36604. The flaw allows an attacker with no authentication to issue arbitrary OS commands on vulnerable appliances by abusing the login redirection...

/ October 9, 2025
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: RediShell allows RCE in Redis

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: RediShell allows RCE in Redis

Redis has disclosed CVE-2025-49844, a critical remote code execution vulnerability known as RediShell, with a CVSS score of 10.0. The flaw has existed for over 13 years and could allow attackers to run arbitrary commands on vulnerable systems. Thousands of...

/ October 8, 2025
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical Oracle EBS flaw

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical Oracle EBS flaw

Oracle released an emergency update for its E-Business Suite to address the critical vulnerability CVE-2025-61882 ( with a CVSS of 9.8) because it was actively being exploited by threat actors, particularly the Cl0p ransomware group, in a recent wave of...

/ October 8, 2025
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Better Business

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Rise of AI drives increased demand for data management expertise

Rise of AI drives increased demand for data management expertise

A pair of surveys suggest that when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) the biggest winners just might be managed service providers (MSPs) that have much needed data management expertise. The first survey of over 830 senior data and analytics...

/ October 9, 2025
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AI expectations vs reality: What MSPs need to know

AI expectations vs reality: What MSPs need to know

While artificial intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly on its way to becoming transformative in the marketplace, many expectations surrounding it are, at best, exaggerated. AI-washing is now big business. Many vendors are simply rebranding their existing portfolios with AI messaging to...

/ October 8, 2025
Global politics meets IT staffing: The H-1B visa crossroads

Global politics meets IT staffing: The H-1B visa crossroads

H-1B visas that enable IT professionals from overseas to work in the U.S. have always been a controversial issue. However, with the current administration’s decision to impose $100,000 annual fees for each successful applicant, the issue may soon simply fade...

/ October 2, 2025
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Tech Insight

Tech Time Warp
Tech Time Warp: Two decades of Cybersecurity Awareness Month—but there’s still work to do

Tech Time Warp: Two decades of Cybersecurity Awareness Month—but there’s still work to do

If you’re reading this blog, you probably observe cybersecurity awareness year-round, not just during the annual observance of Cybersecurity Awareness Month each October. But, as a managed service provider (MSP), you also likely appreciate any opportunity to draw attention to...

/ October 3, 2025
Tech Time Warp
Tech Time Warp: Meet ERMA, the machine that automated check processing

Tech Time Warp: Meet ERMA, the machine that automated check processing

When did you last write a check? In July 2024, Target became the latest retailer to stop accepting checks, citing “extremely low volumes” of customers paying by check. Use of checks — already declining before the COVID-19 pandemic — took...

/ September 19, 2025
Pioneers in Tech
Pioneers in Tech: Dennis Ritchie left us many tech riches, including the C language and UNIX

Pioneers in Tech: Dennis Ritchie left us many tech riches, including the C language and UNIX

The October 2011 passing of Dennis Ritchie—creator of the C programming language and co-creator of the UNIX operating system—was largely overshadowed by Steve Jobs’ death the week prior. Yet Ritchie’s quiet genius laid the foundation for much of modern computing....

/ September 12, 2025
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