Survey: Demand for cloud cost control expertise is on the rise
The volume of applications deployed in the cloud continues to increase steadily. More organizations are looking to contain costs but are finding they lack the skills and expertise needed. A survey of over 400 cloud and data decision-makers conducted by...
A once-in-a-decade MSP opportunity: Managed data engineering
As more organizations seek to operationalize artificial intelligence (AI), they are encountering data management challenges. These challenges are presenting new opportunities for managed service providers (MSPs). A survey of 550 IT and business professionals across the U.S., United Kingdom, Ireland,...
How MSPs help organizations conquer IT innovation challenges
For the longest time, business executives have complained about the inability of IT teams to keep pace with evolving business needs. Now, the proverbial shoe may be on the other foot. A survey of over 1,000 senior executives at U.S....
CISA and NSA weigh in on best cybersecurity practices for MSPs
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the National Security Agency (NSA), have defined a set of best cloud security practices that specifically call for managed services providers (MSPs) to provide more visibility into their IT operations. The...
Survey reveals cloud computing opportunity for MSPs with enterprise clients
A survey of 1,300 chief information officers (CIOs), chief technology officers (CTOs), and other senior technology leaders with more than 1,000 employees suggests cloud computing environments are becoming more complex at a rate that most internal IT teams cannot effectively...
Survey highlights need for additional cloud security expertise
There’s an old maxim that says you can’t manage what you can’t see. That has never been truer than when it comes to cloud computing environments. That lack of visibility, however, also creates opportunities for managed service providers (MSPs) to...
Navigating economic challenges requires flexibility
How organizations prefer to acquire IT products and services naturally varies widely from one organization to another. However, savvy managed service providers (MSPs) will need to pivot as macroeconomic conditions continue to change. For example, when interest rates are high,...
MSPs have an opportunity to change the cybersecurity game
For as long as anyone can remember, cybersecurity has been a game of whac-a-mole where resources are hopefully marshaled in time to thwart a threat either before damage is inflicted or, at the very least, as quickly as possible once...
Ongoing skills shortage drives demand for managed services
Savvy managed service providers (MSPs) realize that any type of ongoing IT skills shortage creates opportunities for them. According to a recent online survey of IT managers conducted by the recruitment firm Robert Half, there are primary areas where IT...
Report reveals cloud optimization opportunity for MSPs
Despite rising concerns about the cost of cloud computing, a new report finds more than half of organizations do not make use of Saving Plans or Reserved Instances. These plans, available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, make it...
