Tag: MSP opportunity

The cloud migration opportunity still exists for MSPs

The cloud migration opportunity still exists for MSPs

A survey of 510 senior executives from Global 2000 organizations suggests that cloud migration initiatives have stalled at the intermediate stages of the project due to concerns around cost, lock-in, meeting budgets, and timeline constraints. Conducted by HFS Research on...

/ January 4, 2024
2024 MSP opportunity: Helping establish AI building-blocks

2024 MSP opportunity: Helping establish AI building-blocks

Just about every organization will be experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) in the coming year. Many of them will quickly discover that operationalizing AI will require them to get their data management house in order. After all, no matter how...

/ December 28, 2023
Growing cloud complexity creates MSP opportunity

Growing cloud complexity creates MSP opportunity

More organizations than ever are employing multiple cloud service providers, but with the addition of each cloud platform, concerns about cost appear to correspondingly increase. A survey of 350 IT leaders in the U.S. and United Kingdom conducted by Virtana,...

/ May 22, 2023
MSPs must become healthcare providers’ first line of defense

MSPs must become healthcare providers’ first line of defense

The threat to cybersecurity in the healthcare sector has grown so acute, that the United States Senate held hearings in mid-March to discuss what can be done to mitigate the growing menace.

/ April 3, 2023
MSPs can capitalize on rising cloud costs

MSPs can capitalize on rising cloud costs

A survey of 326 IT executives conducted by the market research firm Omdia on behalf of Canonical, finds only 6 percent are relying on a managed service provider (MSP) to manage cloud infrastructure. However, the same survey also finds that...

/ January 23, 2023
2023 outlook – The future looks bright for MSPs

2023 outlook – The future looks bright for MSPs

As 2022 comes to an end, we are seeing that the “Great Resignation” due to the pandemic has turned into the “Great Layoff” as the global economy adjusts to current world events. Organizations are now preparing to ride out the...

/ December 2, 2022 / 8 Comments
Multi-cloud computing surfaces MSP opportunity and peril

Multi-cloud computing surfaces MSP opportunity and peril

A survey of 1,000 technology practitioners conducted by HashiCorp, a provider of tools for managing cloud infrastructure, suggests that as more organizations embrace multi-cloud computing the number of challenges being encountered is starting to multiply as well. Conducted by Forrester...

/ September 7, 2022
The digital transformation in agriculture drives opportunity for MSPs

The digital transformation in agriculture drives opportunity for MSPs

Gone are the days of the lone farmer on a tractor sprinkling seeds into the ground. “More and more farms today are sprawling commercial operations owned by corporate giants, and computers have become as important to planting as fertilizer,” says...

/ August 24, 2022
Remote work has forever changed managed services

Remote work has forever changed managed services

When the shift to remote work first occurred, there was a sense that no matter how bad the COVID-19 pandemic became there would be a return to the office. Two years later the pandemic is still with us, and the...

/ June 6, 2022 / 4 Comments
Q&A: An MSP’s perspective on Global MSP Day

Q&A: An MSP’s perspective on Global MSP Day

As Global MSP Day approaches (May 20, 2022), SmarterMSP caught up with MSP partner Moss Jacobson, Director of New Business Development at CTN Solutions, to understand what he is seeing in terms of trends, challenges, and opportunities, and what he...

/ May 12, 2022