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Autotask – Early Consulting Success, but One Big Future Question

It is always a validation when a technology solution spawns a cottage industry of new jobs surrounding it. For example – a lifetime

Cbeyond Offers Top 5 Tips on How to Sustain Existing Technology Infrastructure

To help address the speed at which technology is constantly changing in our industry, Cbeyond released its top five tips to help businesses with this

She Speaks!

There are two things I look forward to each quarter. First: The quarterly earnings report for numerous companies on CNBC, the financial network.

Not sun (nor Beach) could keep us from BlackBerry Live

The good news is that the annual BlackBerry conference, known as BlackBerry Live (formerly BlackBerry World) was held in Florida last week. The

Life Learner

Long-time SMB Nation friend Matt Landis, a Microsoft MVP in the Lync telecom/UC area, posted up the results of an informal survey about

Microsoft Windows 8 Update to be known as “Windows 8.1”

Last week we blogged that Microsoft is making changes to its Windows 8 OS, reportedly naming it Microsoft Blue. Today, we heard that

VaultLogix Offering Free Two-Week Trial on Biz-Class End-Point Protection until June 30

VaultLogix is now offering a free trial of its business-class MobilePlus service, which provides backup, recovery and data protection

ManageEngine Adds Auditing Capabilities to Exchange Reporter Plus

ManageEngine said today that it has added change auditing and mailbox access monitoring to Exchange Reporter Plus, its Exchange

Portland Computerworks' Founder Finds Life in IT after Military Tour

This past weekend, I tuned into 60 Minutes, as I do most Sunday evenings, to wind down, and I came across an interview

Last Last Last Look at IT Nation - Attendee David Tulip

Harry Brelsford and David Tulip discuss their professional history and experiences in the IT industry. David shares his journey from joining Newman Business Solutions in 1995 to growing their IT department into a £1.5 million MSP by 2009. He now leads the Network Group, which supports around 100 technology service providers in the UK. They reflect on the IT Nation 2024 conference, highlighting its educational focus and high attendance of 4,500 people. David mentions upcoming events for the Network Group in 2025, including celebrating their 30th anniversary at Wembley Stadium and expanding their reach to 250 organizations over the next three years.

Evolution - All Together Now! (Part 1 of a Series)

A common refrain in technology (heck any area) is the need to both stay current and lean forward to remain relevant. Like you, I can remember pivoting from the sad demise of Novell NetWare to Window Server (remember NT?) leading up to the granddaddy of all migrations: the end-of-life (EOL) *and* and of service of Windows Small Business Server (SBS) to whatever (cloud et. al.). Do you realize that all happened in 2014 - ten years ago. This was the same timeframe as the Windows XP (EOL). Another example of voluntary (for some of you it was involuntary) professional evolution from break-fix to the Managed Service Provider (MSP) business model based on monthly recurring revenue (MRR) (invented by the telcos IMHO)

Here We Grow Again - Looking Around the Corner into 2025

I recently attended a keynote at the Mindset Reset conference