The MSP Zone
2021-01
Episodes
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Does the MSP business model you are operating under still make sense? Is it still relevant to your clients?
MSP Zone Guest: Rob Scott, Scott & Scott LLP
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
2020 is in the past. But, work from home may be a permanent change left from the global pandemic. How will work from home continue to evolve into 2021 and how should MSPs approach this change?
MSP Zone Guest: Nick Emanuel - Webroot, an OpenText Company
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Bad people know the generally applied practices for IT management. As such, managed services delivery procedures should be consistently reviewed. These best practices can help your MSP practice become more secure and transfer that security to your clients.
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
DNS over HTTPS is here. What is it? This episode of MSP Zone will discuss DoH, the threats it is attempting to solve, and how MSPs can use it in their managed services offerings.
Program Highlights:
What is DoH?
When will this change happen?
What are the advantages?
What is there to worry about?
What do my clients need to know?
How does DNS Protection work with DoH?
MSP Zone Guest: Jonathan Barnett, Product Manager, Webroot, an OpenText Company
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Patching isn’t just a process every MSP should be doing. Patching is an essential component to keeping client systems safe and secure, and operational.
MSP Zone Guest: Shane Cooper, Webroot, an OpenText company
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
What is ZTNA? As MSPs face increasing challenges in protecting their clients against global cyber threats, new ways of defense are needed. Could ZTNA be an effective new tool for MSPs? We will discuss.
Program Highlights
Applicability to public and private clouds
How is it to manage?
Best Practices for MSPs
MSP Zone Guest: Robert Krug, AVAST
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
The supply chain in managed services involves numerous technology relationships with external parties. This is a normal practice. There are, however, some easy and necessary steps every MSP ought to take when reviewing their supply chain partners and making decisions that ultimately affect risk and profitability.
MSP Zone Guest: Rob Scott, Scott & Scott LLP
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Managing any object (as a managed service) requires skill. But, beyond mere expertise, there are several critical characteristics that can really make your private cloud managed services offering take off in 2021.
Here are 4 fundamental process changes your MSP practice can implement in 2021 to improve your private cloud offering.
Automating the back-office workflow
Offering a self-service portal that can be accessed by both end-customers and the internal help desk
Automating service fulfillment to allow for efficiency in provisioning
Offering flexible pricing and resource consumption just like the public cloud hyperscalers
MSP Zone Guest: Alan Zurakowski, HyAlto