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MSP Mentor's Top 501

By Scott Calonico

- 14 March, 2014

Last week, MSP Mentor revealed the top 501 MSP businesses across the world. As well as revealing the most successful global MSP companies, the survey uncovered some fascinating facts about the IT industry in general. In this article, we drill down on some of those facts to create an interesting snapshot of the constantly evolving MSP sector. The top MSPs are managing more machines than before

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Managing Office365 and Google Apps: Surely There's an Easier Way?

By Scott Calonico

- 10 March, 2014

If you’re an IT admin, the chances are you got a bit of a shock when you began to manage your first Microsoft Office 365 environment. The management back-end of Microsoft’s cloud service initially looks very simple. It IS simple, but the problem is that it’s far too simple.

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"123456" - Now the World's Worst Password

By Scott Calonico

- 3 March, 2014

Do you insist that your clients all use complex passwords, or do you bow to the pressure of relaxing the rules? If you’ve been in the IT business for any length of time, you’ve inevitably come across clients who don’t really take password security very seriously. Some individuals genuinely believe that the risk of security breaches is overstated. It’s fair to say they are mistaken.

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How to Fire Your Worst Clients and Replace Them With Profitable Ones

By Richard Tubb

- 26 February, 2014

When you start out in business it's tempting to take on any clients, even if they're not good ones. Richard Tubb explains how to cope when it's time to say goodbye.

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Whenever you Create a What to do, Create a Who to Do It

By Richard Tubb

- 24 February, 2014

There’s an old adage “If everybody is responsible for something, nobody is responsible for it”. This phrase has a lot of relevance to IT Solution Providers and Managed Service Providers (MSP’s) who, as a service provider, bear responsibility for a lot of, and in many cases all of, their clients IT infrastructure.

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Analyzing Your MSP Marketing Techniques

By Richard Tubb

- 19 February, 2014

In one of my last blogs post I looked at the frequently asked question from IT Solution Providers and Managed Service Providers (MSP’s) of “Why is my MSP marketing not working?”

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Backup Exec.cloud Closes Down

By Scott Calonico

- 17 February, 2014

If you’ve been working in IT for any length of time, you’ve probably had plenty of exposure to Symantec Backup Exec. In fact, you’ve likely had something of a love / hate relationship with it like many other IT consultants!

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Creating a Simple Operating Procedure

By Richard Tubb

- 12 February, 2014

One of the most common aspirations of IT Solution Providers and Managed Service Providers is to systemize their business to allow scalability and flexibility. By creating documented systems and processes, you give yourself options to delegate or outsource work. You encourage higher standards of quality. And you reduce your reliance on individual members of staff.

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Why your IT business should use a Call Answering service

By Richard Tubb

- 10 February, 2014

Tired of being interrupt-driven but afraid not to answer calls because it might be a client in distress? Then maybe it's time to consider a call answering service.

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