Offering managed data backups is a great way to add a steady revenue stream to your managed IT business. But to be efficient, your Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering must be designed to meet customer needs reliably. If you are just copying your customer data to backup disks randomly, without carefully planning your overall backup strategy, you are unlikely to succeed in offering BaaS.
Like most modern operating systems, Ubuntu Linux is designed to be secure by default. However, also like most modern operating systems, Ubuntu can be made even more secure through security hardening. Continue reading
Are you thinking of ways to increase your recurring revenue? Then you need to think not only about the remote monitoring and management and need to put additional value to your offering for your existing customers and new prospects. Continue reading
Today, local storage can feel old-fashioned. As more and more applications and workloads have migrated to the cloud over the past decade, you might think that the cloud is the only storage location you need for data backup, too. But that’s not true.
This article explains the basics of new clients onboarding - outlines the best practices for each onboarding stage, how you can avoid committing some of the most common mistakes. Consequently, you’ll have known how to foster new relationships in a way that retains clients for the long haul.
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The MSP market is more competitive than ever before. With the current array of providers, crafting a unique competitive advantage and differentiating your services from those of others can be a significant challenge. You may have determined how to start a managed services company, but the next major hurdle and question you face is: how to get managed services clients? Continue reading
Want to take advantage of geo-redundant storage but are unsure where to start? This article is for you. Below, we compare AWS replication across regions, Azure storage geo-redundancy and the data replication features available on Google Cloud Storage. Continue reading
How you package and price your offerings plays a key role in determining the success of your managed services business over the long haul. Finding a perfect balance between your package and your pricing can be quite challenging and confusing, especially when you start reviewing all the possible approaches you could take and services you could include in the offer. Continue reading
When starting an MSP, it’s always a pain to create marketing assets to promote your services. It’s time-consuming and IT-professionals typically have more urgent tasks on their to-do list.
We did this for you and created marketing templates for managed backup promotion. All templates are white-label, so you can brand them with your logo and add any company information you need.
In this article, we overview how you can back up VMware ESXI free edition using MSP360 Backup. We will also review the limitations of the VMware ESXI free. Continue reading
Phishing attacks remain one of the most dangerous types of cyber attacks today -- due to their constant evolution, as hackers develop new types of phishing attacks and ways to evade anti-phishing tools. That is why it’s critical to have a well-planned anti-phishing strategy in place for preventing phishing attacks against the users that you support.
Learn how to develop a structured plan for responding to unplanned incidents so the business can continue to operate or quickly resume mission-critical functions.
