Pop quiz. Stop what you’re doing. Think about your computing capabilities ten years ago. Heck, how about five years ago? How does the infrastructure you had back then stack up against your current setup? What did your capital expenses look like? How about your networking capabilities, or the speed at which your network performed? Consider…
We live in a noisy world. Each day, we are exposed to more than 5,000 advertisements. As a managed service provider, how do you reach your audience and break through the clutter? And if you do have the opportunity to capture a prospect’s attention, how do you then convince them to buy? Simply pushing your…
The Roman philosopher Cicero once said, “If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.” No matter how sure you are that Cloud services can improve a company’s productivity, conserve its capital and save it time, you’ll likely have difficulty convincing customers to move to the…
When it comes to selling managed hosting, managed service providers have traditionally focused on large enterprises with big budgets and Cloud plans. However, an increasing number of smaller businesses are recognizing the value of managed services and turning to outside providers for IT support. A recent CompTIA study found 56% of businesses with 100 or…
Multi Cloud vs. Hybrid Cloud solutions, it’s all really the same thing, isn’t it? In a world where it seems that the different terms for (and types of) Cloud solutions are increasing exponentially, many users find it difficult to differentiate between solutions that sound, to the layman, like they mean the same thing. RightScale’s 2016…
As pioneers in the world of technology, it is time to face the bittersweet reality that the Cloud is no longer an innovative industry. In fact, in the next two years, Cloud adoption will mature and become a majority. According to 451 Research’s 2016 Voice of the Enterprise report, a majority of all workloads are…
In the ever changing IT market, intelligent distribution solutions are in hot demand. With new products flooding the market daily, service suppliers are hungry for innovative technology distribution channels to help bring their offerings to the end-user as seamlessly as possible. Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, MSPs that want to differentiate themselves…
Acronyms have become part of our day-to-day life – they are used frequently when texting and speaking, but at other times they’re used as intended – to abbreviate an altogether too long phrase or name. Either way you slice it, CASB is quickly becoming one acronym that you want to know about. CASB: you may…
Many MSPs and VARs are great at marketing, but for some, marketing continues to be a daunting and nebulous affair filled with buzzwords and hype. Love it or hate it, the reality is marketing is a fundamental (and dare I say fun) part of business. And as the competition among service providers heats up in…
We all know it by now – Cloud adoption is no passing trend. RightScale’s 2016 State of the Cloud report shows that 95% of businesses, regardless of size, are using some form of Cloud, be it Public, Private or (most commonly) a hybrid of the two. Demands for innovation, scalability and rapid growth are driving…