Topic: Managed Services - Page 228

When handled properly, co-managed IT draws on the strengths of both the MSP and internal IT, empowering customers and enabling technology to be managed more effectively and at scale.

ChannelPro’s final of five planned regional events offered a full day of content and networking geared at helping MSPs and IT solution providers continue to thrive in our new normal and prepare for emerging opportunities in the year ahead.

Faced with 2020’s global pandemic and economic downturn, ConnectWise worked to help our partners navigate the challenges at hand, as well as continue to create technology solutions that help pave the way for their lasting legacy.

By offering workforce analytics, MSPs can help customers better understand how work is being done across organizations and within teams, both in-person and remote.

The Channel Strong tour of America was back on the road last month, and this time our own Joel Zaidspiner went along for the ride. Get his behind-the-scenes look at what Channel Strong is and how it came together.

Erick and Rich dive into the new incident response service from Sophos, knowing when it’s time to pull the plug on a new business strategy, and some Halloween decorations in Dallas that may have taken the holiday spirit a touch too far.

Edge compute (distributed IT) installations have become increasingly business critical. Deploying and operating IT at the edge of the network, how-ever, comes with unique challenges. Solving them requires a departure from the traditional means of selecting, configuring, assembling, operating, and maintaining these systems. This paper describes a new, emerging model that involves an integrated ecosystem of cooperative partners, vendors, and end users.

Schneider Electric Wall Mount Micro Data Center is an innovative new way to deploy server and networking equipment at the Edge. The unique low-profile design enables large depth devices to be wall mounted in a compact, and less intrusive form factor than traditional wall mount cabinets.It can ship pre-integrated with APC SmartUPS battery backup, NetBotz Physical and Environmental Security, and EcoStruxure IT, our cloud-based remote monitoring platform to stay connected at the Edge!

Several IT trends including internet of things (IoT) and content distribution networks (CDN) are driving the need to reduce telecommunications latency and bandwidth costs. Distributing “micro” data centers closer to the points of utilization reduces the latency and costs from the cloud or other remote data centers. This distributed data center architecture also provides physical infrastructure benefits that apply to any small data center regardless of the latency requirement.

There’s nothing quite like a socially-distanced social gathering, is there? You’ll hear all about it on this week’s show, in which Matt and Rich are joined by co-host Corey Kirkendoll, of 5K Technical Services, as well as their ChannelPro teammate Joel Zaidspiner, who has the inside scoop on the latest Channel Strong road tour of America.