Futurum Analyst Michael Diamond discusses Cisco and other vendors’ move to sell their software and services through hyperscale cloud marketplaces as they try to expand their ecosystems and explores why this is a smart strategy.
AT&T Business Makes the Case for Key Managed Services Provider Role across SASE Journeys
Futurum’s senior analyst Ron Westfall explores the value prop that MSPs can bring to organizations strategizing about and planning for their SASE developments, along with the news that AT&T Business is tossing its hat in the ring on the SASE-capable MSP front.
Mastering the Management of Complex Cloud Environments
Cloud environments continue to get more complicated as businesses evolve. Most businesses now use at least one public cloud and one private cloud. Research indicates that most businesses probably use a combination of three to four, and some are even introducing fog or edge computing to the mix. Management of this complex cloud environment has proven to be difficult, and …
Should MSPs Lead The Charge for Video Conferencing as a Service?
Remember when video used to be a highly equipment-based sale requiring large codecs to be installed in rooms by specialty integrators? Well, that was then. And this is now. Today, with the rapid growth of cloud-based video conferencing services, companies can use desktops and mobile devices along with rented infrastructure to do HD video conferencing. This ease of use has …
IT Security Needed More Than Ever For SMEs
It’s hardly a secret when a large corporation gets hacked—it’s the opposite, actually. News of controversies and scandals for big business spreads quickly (like the recent Target and Ashley Madison data breaches). Just because they sometimes don’t make the front page, it’s important to remember that smaller scale breaches do happen and happen often. In fact, small to medium enterprise …
The Public Cloud’s Growth is a Perfect Storm for MSPs
Cloud computing is everywhere, and the public cloud is leading the charge. Businesses can use the public cloud for applications or storage in a shared, accessible network on either a free or pay-per-usage basis. That’s the long way of saying something simple—that the public cloud is the happy home of applications like Google Drive, Dropbox and Salesforce. Many more examples …
10 questions to ask to ensure your cloud services provider is HIPAA compliant
More companies are looking to the cloud for business and data storage solutions, especially those in the healthcare space. If your business must be HIPAA compliant, these 10 questions to ensure HIPAA compliance might save you some major headaches down the road. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is one way that security and privacy is regulated. It was …
The Emerging MSP as the Valued Business Partner
Perhaps technology is the most indispensible aspect for today’s businesses. Right from big corporations to small businesses, everyone is turning to technology to streamline their core operations. Think about ERP, CRM, or HR administration and tell me how many businesses don’t use them. I believe you can count them on your fingers. However, factors like the increasing cost of hardware …