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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Microsoft support scam

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Microsoft support scam

The latest Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights the new false advertisement for Amazon through Google search engine. The advertisement redirects users to a Microsoft Defender support scam that locks up their browser. Barracuda MSP recommends avoiding clicking on any “Sponsored” result...

/ August 24, 2023
Gamification emerges as next major tool for upskilling partners

Gamification emerges as next major tool for upskilling partners

At its re:Invent conference this week, Amazon Web Services (AWS) revealed it is now employing gamification to encourage partners to improve and expand their cloud practices. AWS GameDay, now available to all AWS partners, is a collaborative learning exercise that...

/ December 2, 2021
Jeff Bezos’s phone proves hacks can happen to anyone

Jeff Bezos’s phone proves hacks can happen to anyone

News emerged this week that Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos had his phone hacked. Regardless of what you think of all that drama, it is yet another example that nobody is completely secure. Despite the financial and technology resources Bezos has,...

/ January 24, 2020
Vendors want to put machine learning in reach of more companies

Vendors want to put machine learning in reach of more companies

Machine learning requires a good data set. It requires someone to build a model to make use of that data and make reasonable predictions about something, such as how many visitors are likely to buy, how many applicants deserve credit,...

/ December 16, 2019
It can pay to watch cloud pricing plan changes

It can pay to watch cloud pricing plan changes

As the party responsible for managing your client’s IT infrastructure, it’s up to you as the MSP to keep up with what’s going on in the field. As your clients move deeper into the cloud, you want to make sure...

/ November 11, 2019
Cloud computing growth rates raise cautionary note of concern

Cloud computing growth rates raise cautionary note of concern

The two most recent financial reports from Amazon and Microsoft are raising concerns over the rate at which adoption of cloud services will continue to grow. Amazon revealed Amazon Web Services (AWS) revenue grew 37 percent, to $8.4 billion in...

/ July 31, 2019
Oracle alliance with Microsoft complicates cloud computing relationships

Oracle alliance with Microsoft complicates cloud computing relationships

Cloud computing makes for strange bedfellows, but now that Oracle and Microsoft have agreed to work together to integrate Oracle Cloud services with the Microsoft Azure cloud, almost anything seems possible. The agreement between the two companies represents something of...

/ June 11, 2019
Report highlights how AWS cloud is rapidly evolving

Report highlights how AWS cloud is rapidly evolving

In the age of the cloud, the most widely employed service doesn’t always reflect where the biggest emerging opportunities are for managed service providers (MSPs). With that issue in mind, 2nd Watch, a provider of managed and professional services for...

/ January 22, 2019
You could learn a lot by watching Amazon

You could learn a lot by watching Amazon

You could learn a lot by watching what Amazon does as a company. It may be much larger than yours, but there are certain actions and guiding principles from the company that are worth paying attention to.

/ January 18, 2019
AWS push into on-premises IT environments changes business model equation for MSPs

AWS push into on-premises IT environments changes business model equation for MSPs

It’s now officially the best and worst of times for managed service providers (MSPs). Most of the IT resources made available these days are delivered as a managed service by the cloud service provider. On the one hand, that clearly...

/ November 29, 2018