Topic: Managed Services - Page 98

This week, Erick and Rich take a look at ChannelPro’s annual industry preview article for 2021, explore the importance of reviewing your performance in 2020, and discuss the wisdom of sampling a new variety of gin made with Elephant dung.

By focusing on challenges along with strategies, ROI, and opportunities, MSPs can turn security into a business discussion and cement their trusted adviser status.

After a year of unprecedented turmoil, predicting what lies ahead isn’t easy. Seven brave experts agreed to help us try anyway.

This Expert Guide offers some best practices for defending against attacks on managed service providers’ systems, shoring up risk management strategies to avoid lawsuits, protecting edge computing devices, and keeping remote workers safe.

New procedures and policies are required that emphasize identity and access control, while issues around privacy and financial responsibility remain to be addressed.

Sharing we like. Oversharing, not so much. And sometimes the kindest thing you can do for others is close up that kimono of yours. Or so say Matt, Rich, and their guest host, cloud consultant and entrepreneur Jamison West. They also have some things to say about SolarWinds MSP’s soon-to-be new name and the security landscape in 2021, not to mention cloud management, a topic they discuss with RMM pioneer and now cloud identity management CEO Peter Sandiford, of Zerotek.

MSPs can boost traditional revenue streams by extending customers’ hardware and software asset lifecycles, and managing and securing on-prem and cloud-based assets.

This Expert Guide explores how to launch a managed security practice and issues to consider when building out a security stack, as well as dealing with customer resistance and cybersecurity talent shortages, plus some in’s and out’s of cyber insurance.

With automated solutions, managed service providers can work more efficiently, generate new revenue, and maintain profitability during these uncertain times and beyond.

Communications systems must have security measures built into their core design—not simply tacked on through updates.