Tag: Technology Trends
Don’t reinvent the wheel
Being an MSP means that you can provide services to your customers where you retain far more control than if you were an independent software vendor (ISV). ISVs who have on-premise software must provide support for implementations across a wide...
Keep an eye on the edge in 2020
It wasn’t that long ago that you had to learn about how the cloud would affect you and your client. Even as some stragglers are still getting their arms around those changes, the industry has begun a new subtle shift...
How to help your clients build a mobile app with no-code tools
Most SMB owners probably think that having a mobile app is a goal that’s out of reach. They likely find that maintaining their website is a challenge, never mind finding the resources to build a mobile app. However, your MSP...
MSPs need to get in the blockchain game
Blockchain burst onto the scene in a big way over the past decade. It propelled cryptocurrencies to new heights and spawned a whole new class of cybercriminals, with cryptojacking. However, blockchain’s long-hyped benefits to MSPs have been uneven and slow...
Shift to the hybrid cloud drives increased reliance on MSPs
Just about everyone agrees that more application workloads will be moving into the cloud. The only real question now, is to what degree. A survey of 508 IT professionals conducted by Internap (INAP), a provider of managed services, finds that...
Ten technology trends MSPs can be thankful for in 2019
The arrival of Thanksgiving once again presents an opportunity for managed service providers (MSPs) to take stock of the opportunities that lay before them. With the spirit of the holiday in mind, here are ten technology trends benefiting MSPs, as...
Hybrid cloud computing opportunity starts to manifest for MSPs
Most IT organizations want to embrace hybrid cloud computing, but most are far away from achieving that goal. In fact, a survey of 2,650 IT professionals conducted by the research firm Vanson Bourne, on behalf of Nutanix, suggests a large...
Ask an MSP Expert: Is live chat right for your MSP?
Q: Our customers always applaud us for our quick, timely responses. Lately, we have been contemplating live chat to further accelerate our responses. After hearing various opinions from other MSPs, we are undecided on whether this is the best move...
As cloud spending increases, relationships become complicated
A forecast published this week by Gartner suggests that the spending on various cloud services will continue to accelerate through 2020. However, the Gartner report also predicts that 60 percent of organizations will be employing managed services provided by cloud...
Optimizing cloud experiences could be the next big opportunity
Most organizations at this point have migrated some portion of their IT environment to a cloud computing environment. However, a report published today by Unisys shows that not all those organizations know what to do once that migration is completed....
