Tag: MSPs
MSPs: Building resilience in the midst of uncertainty
Regardless of how business and IT leaders view tariffs as economic policy, one certainty is that nearly every organization, including managed service providers (MSPs), will be affected. Many MSPs and the organizations employing them are already scrambling to purchase everything...
Navigating AI: The do’s and don’ts for MSPs
There is a big problem when discussing artificial intelligence (AI) with a prospect or customer. With AI, and positioning AI, being a relatively new market with a broad coverage, navigating AI positioning without knowing a person’s level of knowledge can...
Survey: Cloud spending exceeding budgets
A survey of 300 CIOs in the U.S. working for organizations with over 500 employees finds 83 percent are on average spending 30 percent more on cloud infrastructure and applications than what their organization initially budgeted for, even as spending...
E-waste disposal: It’s everyone’s responsibility
The United Nations recently put out some eye-catching statistics about e-waste: A record 62 million tons of e-waste were produced in 2022, up 82 percent from 2010. This number is on track to rise another 32 percent, to 82 million...
Navigating the data center capacity challenge for MSPs
A report published by JLL, a provider of commercial real estate and investment management services, reveals that co-location vacancy rates in commercial data center decreased to a record low of 2.6 percent in 2024. At the same time, consumption of...
Staying Ahead cybersecurity risks stemming from global events
News events can often serve as a gateway for hackers. Disasters or wars provide cybercriminals with immediate opportunities for phishing attacks, while political unrest opens doors for exploitation and financial gain. Even seemingly positive news can pose cybersecurity risks. For...
Survey: MSPs taking on larger cloud role
A global survey of over 750 technical professionals and executive leaders finds that 60 percent are using managed service providers (MSPs) to handle some (29 percent) or more of their public cloud management, and 18 percent report they expect to...
A game plan for MSPs to overcome AI objections
Artificial intelligence (AI) is following a standard hype curve. AI started as something that few people really knew about. However, it exploded into public consciousness as large companies like Microsoft, AWS, and Google embedded AI services into their cloud offerings....
Tip Tuesday: How to conduct a post-incident review and why it matters
Managed service providers (MSPs) know that security incidents are inevitable. They could be a phishing attack, a misconfiguration, or a system outage. Regardless of how one occurs, what truly matters is how you respond to and learn from these events....
New MSP opportunity: Tapping into growing field of transportation cybersecurity
The transportation vertical is rapidly growing, yet it is often overlooked by managed service providers (MSPs). However, hackers have taken notice. From 2017 to 2022, transportation vertical experienced a 400 percent increase in cyberattacks, and the pace shows no sign...
