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Guest Blog: Don’t Fall for Perceived Managed Services Marketing Traps!

April 5, 2017April 6, 2017 davidwalter 1 Comment

Finding Truly Valuable Marketing Solutions Managed services marketing is provided by many different agencies, and so comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are going to be more effective than others. As you review the varying proposals you'll encounter managing an...

MSPAlliance Touts New Cloud Training Program

April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 dougbarney Leave a comment

The MSPAlliance has long promoted the notion that service providers should embrace the cloud. In fact, the group’s tagline is “The International Association of Cloud & Managed Service Providers.” In particular, the group believes MSPs should embrace authentication services. “We’re...

World Backup Day – Lessons IT Should Impart to their End Users

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 dougbarney Leave a comment

Let’s face it – the biggest data losses from hard drive failures happen to consumers who don’t always understand backup and lack the tools or motivation to either do it or do it properly. IT should care about backup for...

Why You Need the Right Cloud Monitoring Solution

March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 miguellopez Leave a comment

When a Microsoft outage in early March took down a host of cloud-based services, including Office 365, Skype, OneDrive, and Outlook, the impact on users ranged from the inconvenience of being unable to Skype customers and friends to hampered productivity...

MSP Exclusive: John Morris from Spark Alliance Talks About Ditching ConnectWise for Kaseya’s Next Generation PSA

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 dougbarney Leave a comment

John Morris is CEO of Spark Alliance, an MSP based in Central California. Morris was a ConnectWise customer before successfully adopting Kaseya BMS. Recently Morris spoke with MSPmentor about the economic value of BMS based in part on its low...

CompTIA Predicts Strong IT Growth, Cloud Getting Stronger and Security Not Getting Better

March 16, 2017March 27, 2017 dougbarney Leave a comment

Channel advocacy group CompTIA tracks the MSP market as well as the overall IT space. News for the latter is good, though the growth is not exactly stunning. One item the group tracks in their annual IT Trends Analysis survey...

Kaseya Partners with Webroot to Help MSPs Offer Total Endpoint Security

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 dougbarney Leave a comment

Security is the No. 1 issue MSPs face today, and keeping client endpoints safe is paramount. Providers that rely on Kaseya VSA now not only have Webroot SecureAnywhere fully integrated with the RMM, but they also can purchase this endpoint...

Vertical Strategies and Top Vertical Markets

March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 dougbarney Leave a comment

Vertical markets are a great way to expand your business. Going after more and more clients no matter their industry is also a great way to expand your business. And doing both at once isn’t a bad approach either. So...

Why SMBs and MMEs Can’t Rely on the Perimeter, but Need Layered Security

February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 dougbarney Leave a comment

In a recent eBook, Best Practices To Protect Your Company's Data and Infrastructure Through Layered Security, Kaseya and Kaspersky Lab detailed what SMB and MME IT shops can do to truly protect themselves. The basics offer frontline protection. Firewalls, antivirus,...

Delivering Security Services Now Critical to MSP Success

February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 miguellopez Leave a comment

MSPs have largely leveled the playing field for SMBs, enabling these organizations to deliver an optimal customer experience and service users as handily as their larger counterparts. But underpinning this success is a plethora of customer data that must be...