As the new year approaches, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are gearing up to face a slew of challenges brought about by rapid technological advancements and shifting market dynamics.
The workshop agenda includes sessions on a variety of pertinent topics.
Updated: Oct 21, 2024
MSPX has teamed up with members of The ASCII Group to find out which strategies are working best to help grow their MSP businesses. Here, six industry leaders share the marketing tactics, strategic partnerships, and unique value propositions that have been most effective for them.
Last year was a good year for MSP growth. The new MSP Success Annual Reporting & Predictions Survey finds that a whopping 77% of MSPs increased their revenue in 2023.
David Stinner, president and founder of USitek, an MSP in the Buffalo-Niagara, New York area, finds the best marketing activity to drive growth has been networking— “building long-term relationships with people before they become prospects.
When Alan Weinberger founded the ASCII Group Inc. four decades ago, he was guided by the same principle that years earlier had led him to law school – the pursuit of justice.
Much like citizens who turn to the judicial system, small, independent PC resellers needed someone to watch out for them.
The ASCII Edge MSP event series stopped in Toronto this week, hosting managed service and IT solution providers at the Sheraton Centre Toronto on August 30-31. It was the seventh location on The ASCII Group’s 2023 two-day, multicity conference tour, which includes more than 20 strategy sessions covering operations, technical, leadership, marketing, and sales topics.
THE METAVERSE is still in its infancy, but experts say it is fast becoming a new target for cyberattacks. David Stinner, president and founder of USitek, an IT solutions provider in Tonawanda, N.Y., is concerned companies are not paying enough attention to metaverse security risks as they explore use cases.
With the impending release of the Core 2 Duo processor, formerly code-named Conroe, on the heels of the successful Xeon launch, the chip maker's products are generating a new kind of buzz. It's the same kind of anticipation that was a given several years ago, before rival Advanced Micro Devices hit the scene with technology impressive enough to turn heads of corporate buyers and enthusiasts.
It is a good time for solution providers, particularly MSPs, to be on the lookout for merger or acquisition opportunities, but companies contemplating such a move should explore several ways to increase their value.
That's the word from Linda Rose, principal at RoseBiz, an Encinitas, Calif.
Threat researcher Huntress is warning MSPs of on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server ProxyShell vulnerabilities that could be exploited by cybercriminals as early as this weekend.
Huntress has seen 140-plus webshells on Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. The threat researcher said it has uncovered 1,900 plus unpatched boxes in 48 hours.
