“Security isn’t something you buy, it’s something you do, and it takes talented people to do it right.” Legacy cybersecurity systems don’t work anymore. With rapidly evolving threats and more zero-day attacks, small businesses are constantly on the verge of a data breach. Only a proactive cybersecurity approach will prevent hackers from gaining unauthorized access…
A disaster can strike at any moment. Whether it is a natural or a manufactured one, organizational continuity is necessary. Companies that don’t possess a contingency plan for these situations mostly end up closing shop. Exhaustive disaster recovery and backup plans can help you avoid the fallout of severe disasters that can cripple business systems.…
WHY IS THE HELPDESK SO IMPORTANT? A help desk is a multi-faceted resource dedicated to reducing downtime in IT services and functions while maximizing their availability. It focuses on end-user functionality and is hence in charge of quickly resolving end-user immediate demands, incidents, and technical concerns. Any essential help desk services should include technical support…
A hybrid cloud system, usually is a combination of a private (on-premise) cloud and a public (off-premise) cloud, combines workload portability, orchestration, and control between two or more computing environments. Public clouds have typically run off-site, and private clouds run on-site. Cloud environments, though, have become more and more nuanced, and this is not necessarily…
Cybercriminals are more active than ever now. Cybercriminals have used ransomware for extorting their victims in recent years and this criminal practice is not slowing down. They are typically targeting small to medium-sized firms that are based on vast volumes of data or businesses whose data are too important to waste and will pay for…
It’s no surprise the amount of cyber attacks on businesses are on the rise. As businesses trend toward using wireless networks, the risk of an attack increases significantly. This doesn’t mean it’s impossible to secure a wireless network, but it does mean securing a wireless network is much more challenging and easier to hack into…
The art of acquiring new customers and maintaining the growth curve. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) have been offering their service for more than two decades now. The global growth is expected to increase exponentially. It has been a tough road for some MSPs to find their path towards consistent business growth. More light will be…
So, you’re an MSP. What does that mean to you, but more importantly, what does it mean to your prospective clients? Wikipedia defines a Managed Service Provider as the following; Managed services is the practice of outsourcing the responsibility for maintaining, and anticipating the need for, a range of processes and functions in order to…
Before embarking into the MSP world, or transitioning from Break/Fix to a full-fledged MSP…do your research. Since you are an entrepreneur that means we can dive straight into the deep MSP waters. First, you need to determine if your area has demand…this is easy to determine if you know a Pay Per Click (PPC) or…
One of the biggest expenses businesses face is network downtime. When a company’s network is down, all production comes to a halt and thousands of dollars can be lost in a short amount of time. And what could be even worse is the reputational harm in the eyes of customers, which could have a lasting…
