Tag: MSP

Cloud skills crisis creates major opportunity for MSPs

Cloud skills crisis creates major opportunity for MSPs

A survey of 610 IT business leaders in North America and Europe conducted by IDC on behalf of Cloudreach, an arm of Atos that focuses on cloud services and Amazon Web Services (AWS), finds 70 percent of respondents view their...

/ March 25, 2022
Preparing for a state-sponsored attack

Preparing for a state-sponsored attack

As the conflict in Ukraine drags on, some experts fear that the chance of cybersecurity-related incidents will only increase in the USA. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are well-positioned as the guardians at the gate for many companies and should play...

/ March 24, 2022 / 5 Comments
Survey finds organizations struggle with public cloud management challenges

Survey finds organizations struggle with public cloud management challenges

A survey of 357 IT professionals conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) on behalf of Yotascale, a provider of cost optimization tools for cloud computing environments, suggests that organizations are struggling with managing public cloud computing environments that are becoming...

/ March 22, 2022
Data Center security
The important role MSPs play in keeping the data center safe

The important role MSPs play in keeping the data center safe

Data is currency to hackers. “For a hacker, there’s no difference between a stack of $50 bills and a bunch of unguarded PHI (personal health information) or credit card numbers,” says Phil Jefferson, an independent cybersecurity consultant in Fort Worth,...

/ March 21, 2022
blockchain for msps
Does Blockchain fit in with being an MSP?

Does Blockchain fit in with being an MSP?

Mention Blockchain and most people’s minds jump straight to cryptocurrencies. In many cases, the second thought that comes to mind is massive resource requirements. Cryptocurrencies are built on top of blockchains – and it is the mining activity to solve...

/ March 14, 2022
The importance of DLP and DRM to an MSP

The importance of DLP and DRM to an MSP

As organisations struggle to come to terms with a hybrid workplace where people are working on a spectrum from full-time in the office to full-time at home, there is one area that should be top of mind for them –...

/ March 8, 2022
MSPs are now defending businesses during a global cyberwar

MSPs are now defending businesses during a global cyberwar

In the past week managed service providers (MSPs) have probably had some of the most meaningful conversations about cybersecurity in recent memory. Organizations of all sizes now implicitly realize how easily they might be affected as all sides in the...

/ March 3, 2022
Beware of Google Chrome complacency

Beware of Google Chrome complacency

Google Chrome is about as common in office spaces as a water cooler or a coffeemaker. Chrome is also becoming king elsewhere, unless the systems are Macs, and Safari is the browser of choice. With its minimalist, crisp interface and...

/ March 2, 2022 / 7 Comments
MSP legislation in the UK, Part 1

MSP legislation in the UK, Part 1

It’s no secret that MSPs (Managed Service Providers) are cybersecurity’s ace in the hole: providing services in network, application, infrastructure, and more. Whilst they have been around for some time, they are becoming more prominent in the frontal lobe of...

/ February 27, 2022 / 4 Comments
MSPs and AVs
MSPs and AVs: The opportunities that lie ahead

MSPs and AVs: The opportunities that lie ahead

I recently had the opportunity to tour a factory in Youngstown, Ohio, and was mesmerized by the fleet of small self-driving trucks, or autonomous vehicles (AVs), that crisscrossed the factory floor. One of the supervisors, who had worked at the...

/ February 23, 2022