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Your local restaurant might be an IoT hotspot
What telecommuter hasn’t used McDonalds or Starbucks as an office away from the office? I know I’ve spent plenty of hours under those famous golden arches while on the road. The unsecured guest Wi-Fi flows as smoothly as the coffee,...
CompTIA: SMBs’ IT spending trends cut both ways for MSPs
Not too long ago, it would have been safe for managed service providers to assume most small-to-medium business (SMBs) would be considered laggards in adopting new and emerging technologies. But a survey of 650 SMBs conducted by CompTIA, an IT...
Patching won’t solve all your security problems
I feel like I’m constantly receiving emails warning me about a program’s security vulnerability, saying how I need to download a patch. With all these alerts, I often grow exasperated about the number of security patches that I’m supposed to apply...
A need to optimize cloud spending opens the door for MSPs
The more business and IT leaders worry about cloud costs, the more relevant managed service providers become. As far as cloud spending is concerned, the level of financial oversight being applied by organizations is slim to none. In the name...
A holistic approach to cybersecurity is needed
I recently wrote a security column about sandboxing and, to my tech eye, the technology seems to solve many issues. Sandboxing teases out a potential malware threat before it even becomes a problem. Plus, it’s scalable. There is off-the-shelf sandbox...
How Neal Bradbury is driving future growth and innovation
CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Neal Bradbury, senior director of business development for Barracuda MSP, to its prestigious list of Channel Chiefs, which represents the top leaders in the IT channel who excel at driving growth...
Why are MSPs still manually documenting systems?
When IT Managed Service Providers are being outspent on automation, something’s not right. After all, MSPs have had a long track record of successfully leveraging automation tools to keep hundreds and thousands of endpoint devices humming along. As technology has...
AI is just a tool to make you work smarter
It’s common to think of artificial intelligence as something you either have or don’t. It’s often talked about in the kinds of terms associated with an “arms-race,” where one company or country is going to gain an upper hand over...
What Managed Workplace’s acquisition means for MSPs
As you may have heard, Barracuda has acquired the Managed Workplace remote monitoring and management product line from Avast. The transaction, which is very exciting for us here at Barracuda MSP, also featured a reseller agreement for Barracuda to offer...
Your MSP doesn’t need to be the end-all be-all
As an MSP, you probably have your deep area or areas of expertise that you are rightly proud of. If you provide managed security services, then you understand security. If you provide ERP, then you will be proud of your...
