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MSPCentric3 days ago

Blog

How MSPs Actually Evaluate Vendors

This article explores the criteria and processes MSPs use to evaluate potential vendors, offering insights into what drives their purchasing decisions and how they assess new tools.

This article details how MSPs can reduce security complexity by centrally managing patch management and access rights for their clients, leveraging the Heimdal Security platform.

MSPCentric10 days ago

Blog

How to Know When Your PSA Integration Has Become a Competitive Advantage vs. a Maintenance Burden

This post offers guidance to MSPs on evaluating whether their PSA integration is genuinely providing a competitive advantage or if it has become an operational burden requiring reassessment for efficiency.

CDW10 days ago

Blog

Data Strategy: Building a Foundation for AI

This white paper offers insights into building a strong data strategy with quality and governance, providing MSPs with knowledge to guide clients in foundational steps for scalable and trusted AI solutions.

CDW12 days ago

Blog

What Infrastructure Can and Cannot Do for Your Data

This article provides MSPs with insights into how infrastructure modernization directly impacts data effectiveness and AI readiness, offering guidance on transforming client refreshes into strategic foundations.

CDW12 days ago

Blog

You Already Own Microsoft Fabric. Here's How to Turn It On.

MSPs can learn how to help their clients leverage existing Microsoft Fabric investments more effectively, unifying data sources and building a roadmap to maximize its value as a single source of truth.

Giacom15 days ago

News

Giacom celebrates double win at Channel National Awards 2026

Giacom's recognition at the Channel National Awards reinforces its position as a strong partner for MSPs, reflecting its commitment to the channel ecosystem.

Climb Channel Solutions15 days ago

Blog

October Spotlight Vendor of the Month: Bitdefender

Climb Channel Solutions features Bitdefender as its October Spotlight Vendor, offering insights into a key cybersecurity provider often utilized by MSPs.

Shopify16 days ago

Blog

The Shopify Admin Has a New Look

Shopify has updated its admin interface, a change that could impact how MSPs manage client stores, potentially requiring adjustments to their navigation and support processes for clients.

Fortinet18 days ago

Blog

Sovereign AI Meets Quantum-Ready Defense with FortiNDR

This article details new capabilities for FortiNDR, integrating Sovereign AI and Quantum-Ready Defense, which offers MSPs advanced tools to provide their clients with cutting-edge network threat detection and response services.

Shopify18 days ago

Blog

Your retail busy season readiness guide

This guide provides insights into preparing for the retail busy season, which can help MSPs understand their clients' operational challenges and proactively offer services related to performance, security, and scaling during peak periods.

AppXite18 days ago

Blog

Microsoft CSP Growth Margins: AppXite Ready from Day One

This announcement likely details how AppXite helps MSPs, acting as CSPs, navigate and potentially improve their growth margins within the Microsoft CSP program, which is critical for their profitability.

My Choice Software19 days ago

Announcement

Anniversary Sale - Save 15% Off Sitewide*

My Choice Software is running an Anniversary Sale offering 15% off sitewide until October 4th, 2026. MSPs should note the specific exclusions for Open Value, CSP, and subscription products, which are common licensing models in managed services.

Sherweb19 days ago

Blog

Shadow AI: What MSPs need to do when clients adopt AI tools without IT approval

This article provides MSPs with guidance on establishing policies and controls to manage clients' use of unapproved AI tools, addressing a growing security and governance challenge for service providers.

Sherweb19 days ago

Blog

Shadow AI: What MSPs need to do when clients adopt AI tools without IT approval

This article directly addresses MSPs on managing shadow AI, providing guidance on policies and controls to handle clients' adoption of unapproved AI tools and mitigate associated risks.

Giacom22 days ago

News

Giacom brings partner community together at Imagine Nation

Giacom's Imagine Nation event brought its partners together for networking and a preview of future plans, reinforcing its commitment to its MSP community.

intY22 days ago

News

Giacom brings partner community together at Imagine Nation

Giacom gathered its partner community at the Imagine Nation event, providing opportunities for networking and insights relevant to MSPs.

Pax822 days ago

Blog

AI Governance Managed Services: The Next Standard for MSP Value Creation

This post discusses how AI Governance can become a standard offering for MSPs, enabling new avenues for value creation and service expansion, a crucial step for MSPs looking to evolve their service catalog.

Sherweb23 days ago

Blog

Dynamics 365 updates for Sherweb partners — September 2026

Microsoft is making significant licensing changes for Dynamics 365, including the end of sale for Dynamics NAV, a margin reduction on on-premises licensing, and moving Business Central on-premises subscriptions to CSP, which directly impacts Sherweb partners' sales and strategy.

Sherweb23 days ago

Blog

Dynamics 365 updates for Sherweb partners — September 2026

This update informs Sherweb partners, including MSPs, about significant Microsoft licensing changes for Dynamics NAV and Business Central, detailing an end-of-sale date, margin reductions, and the move to CSP for new on-premises subscriptions.

CDW23 days ago

Blog

Enterprise AI and Data: A Practical Guide to Building at Scale

This guide helps MSPs understand how to integrate strategy, data, governance, infrastructure, and operations to deliver measurable AI outcomes, crucial for developing and offering AI-as-a-service to clients.

Sherweb24 days ago

News

Sherweb adds Benji Pays to its marketplace, helping MSPs get paid faster and reduce billing admin

Sherweb announced the addition of Benji Pays, an accounts receivable automation platform, to its marketplace, allowing MSPs to automate invoicing, collections, and reconciliation for faster payments and reduced administrative work.

Sherweb24 days ago

News

Sherweb adds Benji Pays to its marketplace, helping MSPs get paid faster and reduce billing admin

Sherweb has integrated Benji Pays, an accounts receivable automation platform, into its marketplace, offering MSPs an automated solution for invoicing, collections, and reconciliation. This helps partners receive payments faster and minimizes time spent on manual billing tasks.

MSPCentric24 days ago

Blog

How to Use AI in Your PSA Integration Without Creating a Data Liability

This article discusses strategies for integrating AI into PSA systems while responsibly managing data liability, offering crucial insights for MSPs on key considerations and expectations from their tools regarding AI and data privacy.

CDW24 days ago

Blog

AI Toolset Readiness Checklist

MSPs can leverage this checklist to assess client infrastructure and operational capabilities for AI readiness, enabling them to provide better consulting and implementation services for AI solutions.

Dicker Data25 days ago

Blog

From Devices to Ecosystems: What AI-Powered Microsoft Teams Rooms Require Next

This article explores how AI-powered Microsoft Teams Rooms are evolving into integrated ecosystems. MSPs can leverage these insights to guide clients in transforming meeting spaces and enhancing collaboration efficiency.

Climb Channel Solutions25 days ago

Blog

Parallels for MSPs: Virtual application delivery, desktop delivery, and secure remote access

Climb Channel Solutions highlights Parallels' solutions tailored for MSPs, covering virtual application delivery, desktop delivery, and secure remote access services.

OpusDNS26 days ago

Blog

OpusDNS Whitelabeling: Your Brand, Your Dashboard

OpusDNS introduces whitelabeling for its dashboard, enabling MSPs to offer domain services under their own brand and strengthen client relationships.

D&H26 days ago

News

Exclusive: D&H Posts 30 Percent Growth In Its Advanced Solutions+ Enterprise Group, Now A Multibillion-Dollar Business

D&H Distributing announced significant 30% growth in its Advanced Solutions+ Enterprise Group, which now operates as a multi-billion-dollar business. This expansion highlights D&H's growing capabilities in advanced and enterprise solutions, potentially offering MSPs access to a broader portfolio of products and services to support their clients' evolving needs.

Pax826 days ago

Blog

Turning Intelligence into Income: How MSPs Can Create Recurring Revenue with Usage, FinOps and Autonomous AI

This article offers strategies for MSPs to generate recurring revenue by effectively leveraging intelligence, FinOps practices, and autonomous AI solutions, providing pathways for significant business growth.

Fortinet26 days ago

Blog

FortiSOAR 8.0 Unites Agentic AI and Automation to Revolutionize Security Operations

FortiSOAR 8.0 introduces agentic AI and automation, providing MSPs with advanced capabilities to revolutionize their security operations, enhance efficiency, and deliver more sophisticated managed security services.

intY29 days ago

News

Giacom and Huntress help MSPs scale managed security services at partner launch event

Giacom partnered with Huntress to help MSPs scale their managed security services, enabling them to add 24/7 monitoring and response capabilities without building their own SOC.

Fortinet29 days ago

Blog

The Cybersecurity Hiring Challenge

This article discusses the ongoing cybersecurity hiring challenge, offering insights highly relevant to MSPs who often step in to fill talent gaps for clients or face similar recruitment issues themselves.

Giacom29 days ago

News

Giacom and Huntress help MSPs scale managed security services at partner launch event

Giacom and Huntress hosted a partner launch event focused on equipping MSPs with strategies and tools to effectively scale their managed security services offerings.

Dicker Data30 days ago

Blog

ADATA Memory and Storage Solutions for AI, Infrastructure and Storage Refresh Projects

Dicker Data is empowering partners with ADATA's high-performance memory and storage solutions. MSPs can utilize these offerings to address client demands for AI, infrastructure upgrades, and storage refresh projects.