Topic: Managed Services - Page 207

Can’t be too safe out there these days, people. Mask those shoes! Then sit back and enjoy this week’s show, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Carrie Simpson, of MSP marketing service Managed Sales Pros, discuss CompTIA’s new security threat intelligence sharing group, ChannelPro‘s 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards, and the tricks of the trade for rolling trucks to client sites safely in the era of COVID-19.

Erick and Rich applaud the launch of CompTIA’s security threat intelligence sharing group, urge MSPs to resist “quarantine fatigue”, and discuss a U.K. citizen who wore a face mask in public as required, but used it to cover a different part of his anatomy.

The vendor’s board of directors has authorized corporate management to evaluate turning the SolarWinds MSP business unit into an independent, publicly traded company in a deal that could be completed as soon as the first quarter of 2021.

During this day-long virtual event, cybersecurity experts and practitioners shared best practices for keeping businesses safe in the midst of the pandemic and for the future workplace.

Common sense and state-by-state guidelines are your safest guides.

Erick and Rich discuss Bitdefender’s new managed detection and response service, surveying your clients about changing needs caused by the coronavirus, and a new, totally sold out, style of Crocs sandals that look and smell like a bucket of KFC chicken.

Sitima Fowler, co-founder and vice president of marketing for Iconic IT, offers three tips on growing your MSP, and explains why it’s a lot like a recipe for chicken curry.

Listen in as Erick and Rich ponder Lenovo’s Microsoft 365 managed service, holding sales meetings online, and a new service that lets you uncork the giant scream of coronavirus frustration you’ve been bottling up in an Icelandic canyon.

Nothing ill-gotten here, folks. Just interesting talk by Matt, Rich, and guest host Erick Simpson about Microsoft’s Inspire partner conference, Lenovo’s Microsoft 365 managed services, BitTitan’s “IT toolbox” solution for technicians, and SolarWinds MSP’s RMM integration with Microsoft Intune.

Sharing knowledge, information, and business opportunities through peer relationships has become more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant economic downturn.