Jan 16 / By Pedro Pereira The Year of Big Decisions: Five Trends IT Solution Providers Should Watch in 2017 As 2017 kicks off, the IT channel finds itself in transition as clients continue to adopt cloud strategies and start assessing emerging trends such as the Internet of Things and edge computing. This requires MSPs… Read Article »
Jan 09 / By Pedro Pereira Edge Computing Driving Evolution in Brick-and-Mortar Shopping Experience The average shopper was expected to spend $936 on gifts in the 2016 Holiday season, but at least during Black Friday weekend, a bigger share went to online stores than brick-and-mortar retailers. It’s estimated that… Read Article »
Dec 20 / By Rob McKernan Better Communications Improves Customer Relationship We’ve heard it said a hundred times: Strong customer relationships are the lynchpin of any successful business. But many IT service providers still fail to provide SMB clients, the bulk of their customer base, with… Read Article »
Dec 19 / By Pedro Pereira Five IT Investments Your Clients Should Consider in 2017 As MSPs, and those that aspire to become MSPs, get together with clients to review plans for the upcoming year, think about what types of technology investments your clients should consider in 2017. Most of… Read Article »
Dec 13 / By Hervé Mariage Why You Should Add Extended Warranties to Your Managed Services Offerings Most service level agreements (SLA) between MSPs and customers cover equipment while under a manufacturer’s warranty, but what happens when that warranty runs out? It could make for an awkward situation between the provider and… Read Article »
Dec 06 / By Jason Covitz 10 Essential Steps to Effective Client Onboarding Proper client onboarding is vital to the success of a managed services engagement. It requires careful planning, in-depth discussions to learn client needs and set proper expectations, and meticulous execution. Skip an important step when… Read Article »
Nov 29 / By Jason Covitz How to Market Expertise and Innovation Your new line of managed service offerings is rock solid. Your sales team can sell salt to the sea. But that is still not enough to increase the revenue, profit and market reach your company… Read Article »
Nov 22 / By Jason Covitz Running a Better NOC with Connected PDUs If it isn’t working, unplug it, wait a few minutes and plug it back in. This set of simple instructions is so common in IT that it has become kind of a joke. Funny though… Read Article »
Nov 15 / By Jason Covitz Six Secrets to Better Managed Services Marketing You can’t sell anything if clients don’t know you exist. That’s why there’s marketing. Many providers in the managed services world, tend to shortchange marketing because they mistakenly believe it’s enough to offer good technology…. Read Article »
Nov 08 / By Jamie Bourassa Seven Key Ways To Develop New, High Performing Service Offerings The dilemma is the same for almost any business in any market: As competition increases, commoditization and price erosion follow. But MSPs are in a far better position than most to turn those challenges into… Read Article »