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Is Your Business Valuation at Risk without Recurring Revenue?

Is Your Business Valuation at Risk without Recurring Revenue?

Is Your Business Valuation at Risk without Recurring Revenue? Seldom is a business worth what we think. It’s the hard truth that most VAR, ITSP, and MSP leaders fail to acknowledge, and ultimately underestimate, the disruption being caused by the increasing preference...

Happy New Year!! What’s Your 2017 Prediction?

Happy New Year!! What’s Your 2017 Prediction?

Happy New Year!! What's Your 2017 Prediction? Wishing everyone a spectacular New Year! Where are IT Services Headed this Year? Do you foresee changes in cloud technology? Impacts of new technology on managed services? Advancements or setbacks for IT services...

MSP Marketing Essentials, Part 6: Creating Useful Content

MSP Marketing Essentials, Part 6: Creating Useful Content

MSP Marketing Essentials, Part 6: Creating Useful Content This is part six of a six-part series on marketing essentials for IT Services Providers. Feel free to start with part one. When it comes to content, it is crucial to employ useful, informative, and creative...

A Christmas Carol for ModernMSPs

A Christmas Carol for ModernMSPs

A Christmas Carol for ModernMSPs VAR, IT Solutions Providers and Managed Service Providers On a frigid and foggy Christmas Eve, a shrewd, hard-working, good-spirited businessperson named Vincent Andrew Reseller (his friends used to call him VAR), works meticulously in...

MSP Marketing Essentials, Part 5: Deciding on the Right System

MSP Marketing Essentials, Part 5: Deciding on the Right System

MSP Marketing Essentials, Part 5: Deciding on the Right System This is part five of a six-part series on marketing essentials for IT Services Providers. Feel free to start with part one. Once you have a strategy and a team in place, you can then decide on a system....

Tech News Haikus

Tech News Haikus

Tech News Haikus Regarding Google's Alexa-powered CoWatch, a smartwatch for Android Wear... More than just the time: Personal secretary, Now upon your wrist. Regarding Groups, Snapchat's new functionality to share

Public vs. Private Cloud Solutions

Public vs. Private Cloud Solutions

Are you making the transition from on-premises technology to cloud-first solutions? You're probably getting a lot of questions from your customers. Will you go with public or private cloud? What’s the difference? How will the change impact your business? As an IT...

Time for IoT Security to Catch Up

Time for IoT Security to Catch Up

Time for IoT Security to Catch Up With a growing market share, the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to affect the way we interact, both personally and professionally. Today, people are connecting through more devices and from more locations. IoT is everywhere, and...

SMB Crystal Ball: Finding Value in the New Cloud Paradigm

SMB Crystal Ball: Finding Value in the New Cloud Paradigm

SMB Crystal Ball: Finding Value in the New Cloud Paradigm Have you noticed how dramatically the technology world is changing? It’s now all about working with the right technology partner for today’s technology. Until very recently, we have lived many decades in a...

IAAS, PAAS, SAAS, DAAS… Simplifying the Acronym Overload

IAAS, PAAS, SAAS, DAAS… Simplifying the Acronym Overload

IAAS, PAAS, SAAS, DAAS... Simplifying the Acronym Overload As a modern MSP, you've probably seen or heard the phrase "as a service" more times than you can count. Infrastructure as a Service, platform as a service, software as a service, and countless others. When you...