We’re thrilled to introduce MSP360 RMM 2.2, the latest version of our remote monitoring and management software. This release brings impactful updates, including the RMM Alert Profiles for streamlined alert configuration and control, the ability to trigger post-actions from alerts, and support for software installation directly from a network share or local disk. It also includes several other enhancements designed to optimize your workflow. Continue reading
Do You Have a Project Sign-Off Template?
When you’re running a managed services provider (MSP) business, the name of the game is rolling out successful projects and services for customers. With that in mind, a critical element of the project workflow for an MSP to consider is project sign-offs. Continue reading
Mobile Remote Support App: Easy On-the-Go Solution for MSPs and ITs
Mobile devices have become an integral part of our lives – both personal and professional. Many issues require our personal presence near the computer because mobile phones have not yet become a full-fledged replacement for computers. Continue reading
MSP Marketing: Should MSPs Target One or Several Verticals?
While many managed services providers (MSPs) successfully grow their businesses and add new clients through word-of-mouth advertising, many that have taken their growth to new heights did so through successful marketing campaigns that targeted potential customers. By doing that, MSPs can deliver their valuable services to more customers that need them and potentially capture more of the estimated $239.7 billion market for managed services (as of 2021). Continue reading
MSP360 Managed Backup: July Product Updates
Over the last months, the MSP360 team has been working tirelessly to introduce great new features to MSP360 Managed Backup. In this article, we overview these features and go through the advantages these updates bring to your business. Continue reading
What You Should Know About Documentation Software
It's easy for an MSP business owner to feel overwhelmed when attempting to streamline their processes for managing IT documentation. Especially as IT sprawl continues to expand, it becomes seemingly more difficult every day to standardize documentation and manage all the different knowledge bases and items that an MSP needs to track and run the company effectively and efficiently. Continue reading
Top 10 Mistakes MSPs Make that Cost Time and Money
Running a business is challenging, even in the best of times, let alone in times of economic instability. More than ever, it is important to think about your business processes and identify opportunities to eliminate costly inefficiencies or errors. This way, you’re in the best position possible to weather any turbulence brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and emerge safely once it’s over. Continue reading
5 Ways MSPs Can Humanize the Customer Experience
While managed services providers (MSPs) function in large part to assist their customers with support and delivery of their latest technology needs, in reality, this is only part of the equation, as MSPs should also consider how they can step beyond the speeds and feeds of the technology and humanize the technology experience for their customers. Continue reading
Seeding Backup for a Client with Slow Internet
Nothing hampers data backup operations like a slow internet connection. If the bandwidth of your clients' networks is limited, or their connections are flaky or unreliable, you're likely to discover that directly backing up data over their network takes much longer than you (or they) would like. Continue reading
Is Your Billing Process Slowing You Down?
As the technology support industry matures, managed service providers require greater efficiency and flexibility in their billing. The contract and billing process has become the conduit that allows you to clarify the relationship expectations between you and your customer. The business’s success depends on clearly defining, auditing, and reporting on the services you agree upon. Continue reading
News You Might’ve Missed. June 2022
What's new this month in the news for MSPs? Google adds rate-limiting, threat intelligence, bot management, and other capabilities to Google Cloud armor; Google launching Google Public Sector cloud division; Cybersecurity warning from CISA on Karakurt data extortion; New evasive Symbiote malware infecting Linux systems; and more.
How Ransomware Incidents Increased in 2021
The 2021 headlines were dominated throughout the year by ransomware attacks that devastated businesses in every industry.
Some of these landmark attacks included the strikes on the Colonial Pipeline, meatpacking company JBS Foods, the National Basketball Association, insurer CNA, Kaseya, and other organizations. Continue reading