Topic: Managed Services - Page 171

The joint initiative will help ASCII Group members expand beyond IT services into new and profitable markets at a time when providers of voice and connectivity services are adding network and device management to their offerings.

MSPs that create healthy, proprietary ecosystems with diverse offerings to solve SMBs’ real business problems will gain a competitive edge.

Channel pros can help SMBs understand which security metrics are crucial to shaping a stronger security posture.

MSPs will need to address the endpoint and infrastructure holistically, leveraging new technology and modern practices.

Here’s a thought. Rename the OS drive on your PC the Q drive. Makes about as much sense as the letter you probably use now. Next, tune into this week’s jam-packed episode, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Paul Nebb, of Titan Technologies, discuss Eaton’s move into peripherals, Datto’s new BDR appliances and cloud continuity solution, and a new managed SD-WAN offering from Fortinet, Ingram Micro, and Masergy.

Erick and Rich discuss a managed SD-WAN solution that MSPs and managed service newcomers should look into, explore how and why to raise your rates due to inflation, and pity the fool who now holds the world record for balancing a chainsaw on your chin.

Fresh equity from Vector Capital will enable the security vendor to speed progress on its product roadmap, make more vendor acquisitions, and provide more resources to its MSP partners, according to CEO Prakash Panjwani (pictured).

MSPs have an opportunity to add vulnerability scanning to their service offerings, providing an additional layer to secure customers.

At its 2022 partner conference this week, the power vendor called management software an increasingly critical ingredient in hardware deals, and outlined forthcoming plans to roll all of its management tools together into a single, unified platform.

There are millions of businesses with fewer than five employees, but MSPs should tread carefully in this market space.