Tag: MSP business
During uncertain times, ‘all-in-one vendors’ need to step up
The MSP world is not immune to similar syntheses and consolidation. It used to be that companies worked with multiple vendors simultaneously, deploying different products into different areas of the business and managing vendor relationships internally. This thinking has changed....
Financial pitfalls: COVID-19’s domino effect
By now, we’ve all heard the term “flatten the curve,” but you might be less familiar with COVID-19’s domino effect. The domino effect refers to COVID-19’s negative impact on multiple businesses, one after the next. For instance, when one business...
MSPs should prepare now for the ‘new normal’
A survey of 305 finance leaders in the U.S. published this week by PwC offers some indication as to what degree working from home is about to become the new normal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly half...
A look back at the evolving trust in the MSP business model
Early MSPs were faced with a high degree of mistrust from the market. First of all, the failure of the application service provider market around the turn of the century made buyers wary of purchasing services that could disappear overnight....
Ask an MSP Expert: Caring about CARES
Q: My MSP has several clients who are unable to pay because they now have customers who aren’t paying them. I’ve thought about applying for a loan through the CARES Act. Do you think this a good idea? Before we...
