Stolen USB Drive Leads to $2.2M HIPAA Breach Penalty... and Other MSP News from January
From product releases to perspectives in the field, here's a recap of top headlines from the month of January.
February 2, 2017
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The second payment of the year suggests federal authorities intend to continue the torrid enforcement pace of 2016, during which mishandling electronic patient information cost “covered entities” and their associates a record $23.5 million in HIPAA breach settlements. Full story.
Catapult’s Azure Virtual Bootcamp will train users on application development, Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service. Full story.
In conjunction with CompTIA’s launch into professional career advancement and recruitment this week, I reached out to Thibodeaux for his thoughts on the future of the channel and more. Full story.
Does Apple have a third act? I’m betting it does. But I cannot help but notice its audience is getting restless. Full story.
A roundup of happenings in the managed services provider space. Full story.
The shedding of 2,000 to 3,000 jobs had been rumored for months, following completion of the $60-plus billion merger of Dell and EMC that marked the largest acquisition in tech history. Full story.
The announcement marks the first-ever settlement payment for violation of HIPAA’s “Breach Notification Rule.” Full story.
As an IT managed services provider, you supply infrastructure and support services to your clients. But do you also deliver monitoring and analytics? If not, you should. Here's why. Full story.
Steven Freidkin, president and founder of McLean, VA.-based Ntiva, shares three suggestions he'd apply if he were launching an MSP today. Full story.
Tips for employers competing in the 2017 IT economy, which may not last forever, but is the reality now. Full story.
The founder of Taftville, Conn.-based I-M Technology, shares three suggestions he'd apply if he were launching an MSP today. Full story.
Critics allege the email security and archiving vendor is capitalizing on the Jan. 11 closure of Intel’s competing MacAfee SaaS Email Security product line, also known as MX Logic. Full story.
Containers, Infrastructure-as-Code, open source are among increasingly important tools for MSPs that want to keep their businesses efficient and clients happy. Full story.
A recent Penton survey found that 72 percent of MSPs, solution providers and hosting companies are likely to raise capital in 2017. Full story.
Intermedia’s business proposition is pretty straightforward: it offers customers a one-stop shop for cloud-based IT applications. Two-thousand partners are actively selling its services—and more are signing up. Full story.
Continuous Delivery is forcing MSPs to support fast, constant streams of software updates, while delivering excellent software quality. Full story.
The vice president and partner at Atlanta-based Cogent Growth Partners shares three suggestions he'd apply if he were launching an MSP today. Full story.
The findings are contained in Global Knowledge’s new list of 15 Top-Paying IT Certifications for 2017. Full story.
At Cogent Growth Partners, this year is starting in sharp contrast to 2016, when some say political uncertainty put a damper on mergers and acquisitions, and sales of anything else requiring significant capital. Full story.
Also: Kaseya’s new RMM, a CloudJumper partnership and the arrest of a Kaspersky Labs manager in Russia for possible treason. Full story.
The digital certificates are designed to verify the identities of web servers and browsers, enabling secure communications. Full story.
Recent growth has helped Microsoft create one of the largest cloud computing franchises in all of technology. Partners stand to benefit handsomely. Full story.
Recent growth has helped Microsoft create one of the largest cloud computing franchises in all of technology. Partners stand to benefit handsomely. Full story.
From product releases to perspectives in the field, here's a recap of top headlines from the month of January.
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