Hospital Pays $400,000 HIPAA Breach Penalty... and Other MSP News from September
From product releases to perspectives in the field, here's a recap of top headlines from the month of September.
October 3, 2016
The federal investigation stemmed from the loss of unencrypted backup tapes containing patient data, which were maintained by the hospital’s parent company. Full story.
Too often, managed services providers build pages on social media sites, then fail to follow up with the content and engagement required to turn that into a true presence. Full story.
Though comfort levels are rising, security remains a boilerplate theme of media coverage around cloud computing. Full story.
The product is the latest in a push by major cloud players for interoperability that enables users to mange any platform from anywhere with any tools. Full story.
Products like Docker offer some key advantages to technology services providers who want to deliver the best service to customers at the lowest cost. Full story.
It was the third consecutive month of employment growth in the sector and sent overall IT job creation to more than 54,000 for the year. Full story.
Accelerating consolidation could mean more national and “super-regional” service providers within three years. Full story.
The founder and CEO of Minneapolis-based Whizkids, shares three suggestions he'd apply if he were launching an MSP from scratch today. Full story.
In all the hustle and bustle to get Office 365 up and running for customers, don’t let them forget that any new technology is useless unless their people know how to use it. Full story.
Scott Granicki, owner of Milwaukee, Wis.-based AF Technical Resources, shares three suggestions he'd apply if he were starting an MSP from scratch today. Full story.
Officials at MSP Stronghold Data say trust and deep customer ties are key to weathering the acquisition of its cybersecurity vendor for the second time in four years. Full story.
Vijay Basani, co-founder, president and CEO of over of Boston-based EiQ Networks, shares three suggestions he'd apply if he were launching an MSP from scratch today. Full story.
New tools, partnerships and pricing models could mean opportunities for sellers of cloud-centric managed services. Full story.
Channel Directions Live 2016 presented three impactful days with over 250 attendees and more than 140 partners (MSP/CSP/Vars). Full story.
Massachusetts-based Corporate IT Solutions executed a wholesale remaking of its sales operation and now finds itself basking in the blindingly quick turnaround of its financial fortunes. Full story.
But the research by CompTIA found that use of third-party IT solution providers to handle the moves remains low. Full story.
Recent outages offer an opportunity to assemble some of the many resources we've curated from the MSPmentor community about selling services around public cloud. Full story.
Data analytics are now a must-have service for many companies. Here's what MSPs need to know about the big data world today to deliver winning data analytics service to clients. Full story.
Data analytics are now a must-have service for many companies. Here's what MSPs need to know about the big data world today to deliver winning data analytics service to clients. Full story.
From product releases to perspectives in the field, here's a recap of top headlines from the month of September.
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