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What does it mean to spend $17,244 per minute? According to one study, that is the estimated amount that an average company is losing during unplanned downtime. The catastrophic consequences of events such as damaged hard drives, human errors, power failures, natural disasters, and even cyberattacks could have been avoided if a proper backup system had been installed. Continue reading

Over the past year, businesses and individuals have been ravaged by cyberattacks that have impacted their ability to operate, have put personal data at risk or threatened their access to critical resources or supply chains. Continue reading

A managed services provider (MSP) may have the best technologies and services on the market, but if it doesn’t invest in marketing strategies and tactics, the world may never know about it. Continue reading

Managed service providers (MSPs) play a critical role in protecting clients from the latest cybersecurity threats. While this can involve some complex software implementations and service offerings, it can also mean helping clients to master the cybersecurity basics, such as eliminating weak passwords. Continue reading

2021 has been a banner year for ransomware and other types of cyberattacks. Attacks have crippled fuel pipelines, prevented hospitals from delivering critical care, stopped students from being able to go to school, and halted factory production lines (to name just a few impacts). The devastating effects of these attacks can be found most days on the front page of the newspaper, or are felt behind the scenes by companies scrambling to remediate their systems and ensure they can keep their livelihoods afloat. Continue reading

When it comes to innovation, it’s not just the defenders in cybersecurity that are finding new techniques and technologies to advance. The attackers are also innovating, finding new ways to compromise organizations, big and small. Continue reading

It’s been hard to miss the semiconductor chip shortage happening around the world, having impacts on global supply chains and making it difficult to find laptops, phones, cars, and other smart devices in stores. Continue reading

When it comes to choosing the right products and services, having maximum choice and flexibility is key. However, vendor lock-in factors can prevent managed services providers (MSPs) from realizing the full potential of their business by choosing the best providers. Continue reading

For small managed services providers, there's typically no need to think about a promotion plan or implementing a tiered structure in their teams. Everyone does everything they can to solve the client's problem. And sometimes, there's no difference between a support team member, a salesperson, and an on-site engineer, since all these roles are carried out by the owner of the company. Continue reading

Before the pandemic, there was a never-ending debate concerning whether or not, as an MSP, you should hire remote employees. Some said that remote employees are less willing to communicate with the rest of the team, so they are difficult to onboard and less effective during working hours. Continue reading