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The Cloud follows a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Your clients only pay for what they use. This includes compute power and licenses. I frequently get asked by MSPs, “What do I tell my clients about the cost savings with the Cloud?” There are many, but here are a few: no capital costs, pay-as-you-go services, increased collaboration, and increased productivity.

This is a question we get asked all the time; why an MSP should purchase cloud services from us for their clients instead of using AWS or the Microsoft Cloud? Here’s the first reason… We’ve been in the IT industry for over 30 years and in the cloud space for over 20, and we were a very successful MSP in the past. So, we understand what it takes to be a successful MSP in the cloud space. Some cloud providers are so large that when you contact them, you could be hanging in level-one support for a week before your issue is escalated. In the meantime, you or your customers are left without the vital cloud solutions you require.

Whether they rely on cloud computing or not, your clients must be vigilant about cybersecurity. The Cloud is as safe as they make it. Cyberattacks, ransomware, data breaches… These are all part of our everyday vocabulary. But they don’t need to be. Not with the help of the Cloud and proper security solutions. Learn here how using the Cloud can protect your clients’ businesses. We’re going to examine how the Cloud and little bit of cyber TLC can keep your clients off the front page of local and even national newspapers.

Your clients are looking for someone to trust with their valuable data. This is where a reliable Cloud Service Partner comes into play. Cloud backup and disaster recovery services are in big demand. Businesses today are looking for ways to secure their data, ensure accessibility, and the Cloud provides this. Below are some reasons why you should be selling cloud-based backup and disaster recovery services to your clients.

In this article, we’re going to examine how “the Cloud” can help your clients attract and retain superstar employees and keep their data secure when employees leave, especially the bad ones. We’ve all been there. You wake up one morning, and there’s an email sitting in your inbox from your best tech employee. Or you get ambushed by the star team member of your IT department when you walk in the front door…“I’m quitting; I got a better job somewhere else.” Staff members come and go. We hope to hold onto the great ones. But this is hard to do, especially in today’s economy where you have a better chance of striking oil than you do landing that superstar employee you can build your company on.

Are we in for sunny skies, or will an expected cold front bring in foggy skies that slow down cloud adoption? The growth of cloud computing for businesses over the last few years has been extraordinary and experts predict that the Cloud will grow even faster in the next few years. Is the forecast for the Cloud calling for fog or sunny skies? Will sunny skies prevail or will fog sock the Cloud in? Will security breaches slow down development or is it full steam ahead? We’re to going check out the forecast for cloud computing in this article.

Look around this great country of ours, and you’ll see that something shocking is happening right before our eyes; the death of an American icon. A symbol of American culture is dying off. What is this dying icon of American prosperity? Take a drive anywhere in this great country of ours. Something is changing right before our eyes. The death of the American shopping mall. What role does the Cloud play in this? It wasn’t that long ago that we packed up the family and made the trek to the local mall. Or we planned a family getaway to visit the “big city” to spend a weekend shopping at the mall. The US shopping mall, once a symbol of prosperity, is now closing down across the country at alarming rates.

As your organization grows and brings on more team members, wins more opportunities and surpasses revenue expectations…it’s time to get off that public cloud and move to a more secure, customizable private cloud service. We get told by MSPs all the time that their new clients can’t seem to grasp the difference between Private, Public and Hybrid Cloud Solutions. If you face this problem, here’s some information that you can share to help them understand what a Private Cloud is and why they need to use one. The other day I was driving in my car and heard the Rolling Stones’ song “Hey, You, Get Off Of My Cloud.” It got me thinking…What did Mick Jagger know about “The Cloud” back in the 60s and 70s?

OK, the Cloud is not Vegas, but I thought this had a nice ring to it. Recently, members of the Cloud Services For MSPs team traveled to meet with our peer group. We shared the importance of our peer group with other technology firms that meet each quarter to share insights into the IT market and how to improve our services. This month, Las Vegas was our destination.Cloud technology has impacted our communities and people’s lives on so many levels. A simple internet connection can go a long way.

Are you fanatical about your business? Today on IT Done Right, Jeanne DeWitt gets down and dirty about growing a fanatically successful business and shares what she’s learned over the years. We’ve been studying a great book from Jeb Blount called “Fanatical Prospecting.” It reveals how sales professionals can grow a healthy stream of new business by being fanatical about prospecting.  This book has opened our eyes to how fanatical businesses continue to grow year after year and why others remain stagnant.