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      How to Explain Digital Transformation to Clients

      By Pedro Pereira
      - 7 November, 2017
      While businesses are aware that digital transformation will impact their industries, many still don’t understand what it is. Pedro Pereira says this is a big opportunity for MSPs.
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      Writing MSP Contracts—A Deeper Look, Part 1

      By Eric Anthony
      - 3 November, 2017
      If you’re looking at creating your first managed services contract, Eric Anthony digs into some of the key areas you need to consider.
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      RMM Essentials—What is it and why do you need one?

      By Ian Waters
      - 2 November, 2017
      If you’re wondering what an Remote Monitoring and Management platform is and how one could benefit your business, Ian Waters has all the answers.
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      5 Must-Have Clauses for your SLAs

      By Pedro Pereira
      - 31 October, 2017
      The service level agreement is one of the core ways that MSPs can set expectations with clients when they start working together. Pedro Pereira looks at 5 key things every SLA should cover.
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      Release Your Inner IT Superhero, Part 5—Spam Stopper

      By The Layered League
      - 29 October, 2017
      One layer of email protection is not sufficient in today’s high-threat world, which is why you need the Intelligent Protection & Filtering Engine of Spam Stopper!
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      Don’t Forget the Broadband

      By Pedro Pereira
      - 27 October, 2017
      Bandwidth and connectivity are two areas that are too often overlooked by businesses when moving to the cloud. Pedro Pereira offers three best practices to help with proper planning.
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      IoT: Security Disaster in the Making

      By Dave Sobel
      - 26 October, 2017
      Unless companies take an active role in managing their security posture and thinking ahead, the IoT is a disaster waiting to happen warns Dave Sobel.
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      Big Data and Its Big Problems

      By Danny Bradbury
      - 24 October, 2017
      Big data security problems could sink your analytics project, or worse. Danny Bradbury looks at some big data problems and solutions you need to be aware of.
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      Release Your Inner IT Superhero, Part 4—Malware Maven

      By The Layered League
      - 23 October, 2017
      She can deploy managed antivirus in bulk, schedule powerful, deep scans ahead of time, and uses sophisticated heuristic checks and behavioral scanning to stay ahead of the curve. She is Malware Maven.
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