Topic: Managed Services - Page 96

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

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.

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.

By focusing on data management and governance, you begin the process of building an IT environment that becomes increasingly efficient and adaptable.

The new offering, which combines hardware and software from Fortinet with outsourced management by Masergy and distribution through Ingram Micro, is designed to help channel pros with limited in-house expertise bring SD-WAN services to SMB customers.

Adding AI-powered tools to network monitoring and management pays dividends for growing service providers.

Chicago was the latest stop in The ASCII Group’s MSP Success Summit 2022 series of educational and networking events for MSPs and IT business owners.