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Tip Tuesday: Create a growth plan to meet the demand for managed services
Business is booming for managed service providers (MSPs). The as-a-service model has skyrocketed in popularity as more organizations embrace digitization and scalability. While that’s great news for MSPs, it also raises demand. If your business doesn’t already have a growth...
Tip Tuesday: 5 MSP marketing tips for World Backup Day
Most MSPs have run into customers or prospects that refuse to add a backup solution or upgrade from their current one to another that better meets their needs. They believe that their current set-up is satisfactory because the decision makers...
Tip Tuesday: Making an Impactful Customer Connection
Are you connecting with your customers effectively? Even with new technology at our fingertips, businesses still rely heavily on email and phone calls as a means of communication. In a 2018 report, The Radicati Group estimated that the number of...
Tip Tuesday: 5 MSP marketing tips for World Backup Day
Most MSP’s have run into customers or prospects that refuse to add a backup solution or upgrade from their current one to another that better meets their needs. They believe that their current set-up is satisfactory because the decision makers...
Tech Time Warp: The history of Patch Tuesday
Mondays are manic, Wednesday is Hump Day, Thursdays are thirsty, and TGIF. What about poor Tuesday? Well, for the past 20 years, Tuesday has been the responsible workday, thanks to Microsoft. In this edition of Tech Time Warp, we see...
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Tips to follow year-round
While Cybersecurity Awareness Month serves as a reminder for everyone to follow cybersecurity best practices, strong awareness should continue year-round. This month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Alliance released their “Secure Our World” awareness campaign that aims to broadly promote cybersecurity...
Finding motivation to do more for the channel
CompTIA, a non-profit trade association that issues professional certifications for the IT industry, recently named Lauren Beliveau, senior content marketing specialist at Barracuda MSP, as one of their 2019 ChannelChangers. ChannelChangers are technology professionals who serve as up-and-coming leaders with...
The SOC case files: Play ransomware targets manufacturing firm
Incident summary A U.S.-based manufacturing company was recently targeted by the Play ransomware group in the early hours of the morning. The attackers broke into an under-protected domain controller at 1:00 am. At 3:20 a.m. the gang attempted to execute...
SMBs are relying more on data to drive decisions
A global survey of 2,362 executives working for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) suggests there is a much greater appreciation for the value of data among organizations that have historically tended not to invest as heavily in tools and platforms...
Using AI to cross-sell and upsell
Increasing revenue, particularly with a good margin, is a major focus for any business. Many managed service providers (MSPs) find themselves in a situation where they have gotten off the ground and survived mainly through gaining passing trade with strong...
