Tag: MSP opportunity

MSPs should prepare now for the ‘new normal’

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...

/ April 29, 2020
Ask an MSP Expert: Caring about CARES

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...

/ April 27, 2020
MSPs must focus on modernizing business continuity plans

MSPs must focus on modernizing business continuity plans

By now it’s become apparent just how woefully inadequate the business continuity plans most organizations had in place, if they existed at all, were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most organizations assume a level of disruption that would last, at...

/ April 15, 2020
Ten things MSPs should focus on to mitigate economic downturn caused by COVID-19

Ten things MSPs should focus on to mitigate economic downturn caused by COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is clearly driving a wave of economic disruption from which no managed services provider (MSP) will be immune. However, as organizations move to implement business continuity plans, many of them are turning to MSPs. In fact, there...

/ April 1, 2020
MSP community starts to circle the cybersecurity wagons

MSP community starts to circle the cybersecurity wagons

It appears the managed services provider (MSP) community may finally be coming to the conclusion that it’s time to come to each other’s mutual aid, rather than hanging separately. CompTIA has announced it will be assuming the leadership of a...

/ March 25, 2020
Churches: an overlooked MSP client base with unmet security needs

Churches: an overlooked MSP client base with unmet security needs

As the world becomes increasingly connected, and cybersecurity needs more prevalent, there may be one place your MSP is still overlooking: churches. There are over 400,000 churches in the United States. Most churches (apart from Amish ones) need some level...

/ March 19, 2020
MSPs need to help clients update business continuity plans ASAP

MSPs need to help clients update business continuity plans ASAP

Managed service providers (MSPs) have a lot more to share than they realize when it comes to teaching organizations how to work remotely. Beyond providing secure connectivity, many MSPs tend to have large amounts of expertise in maintaining business continuity...

/ March 18, 2020
The best and worst of data protection times are upon MSPs

The best and worst of data protection times are upon MSPs

A survey of nearly 1,000 IT professionals published finds that when it comes to data protection, it is truly the best and worst of times. Conducted by The Ponemon Institute on behalf of Experian, a provider of IT services, the...

/ March 18, 2020
Coronavirus will drive organizations toward MSPs for remote computing expertise

Coronavirus will drive organizations toward MSPs for remote computing expertise

The global spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is driving more employees to work from home. Meanwhile, many organizations are starting to discover just how unprepared they are to enable every employee to work outside the office. It’s one thing to...

/ March 11, 2020
Cybersecurity at home: The growing residential MSP market

Cybersecurity at home: The growing residential MSP market

MSPs have been dipping their big toe in the residential managed services water for years. However, the convergence of value, customer convenience, and margins still hasn’t happened on a large scale. The global managed services market size is expected to...

/ March 5, 2020