LEADERSHIP LESSONS

• The Strategic Cyber Security Leader: How To Know When It’s Time To Switch To MDR

  Technology always has been about transitions. Through the decades, we went from using the DynaTAC 8000X to the BlackBerry to the latest Androids and iPhones. We evolved from a desktop office culture to one in which smartphones, laptops, and tablets have created a virtual workplace that allows us to get the job done wherever we are.

• Why Strategic Partnerships Are Key To Global Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS)

  Your customers look to you as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to lead transformation efforts with innovative technology, and the same is true for an everything-as-a-service (XaaS) business model. Shifting gears from traditional product manufacturing to service-based offerings requires careful planning and strategic development, all while adjusting to the oscillating “new normal” brought on by the disruptions of 2020.

• ASCII Insight: MSPs Share Their Thoughts On How COVID Changed Hiring

  In our ongoing quest to provide you with the best business advice possible, we’ve partnered with The ASCII Group and their members who are going to share their thoughts on timely topics or best business practices. In this article, the following ASCII member answered our questions about where the industry stands a little bit more than a year after the pandemic hit:

• Subscriptions & Equity: The Modern VAR's Essentials
• 6 Ways Technology Helps Companies With Logistic Tracking
• Within Reach: Zero-Touch Automation Of IT Ops
• How To Maintain A Successful Global Workforce
• Unified Communications: Now Serving Restaurants The Tools They Need To Grow
• Bridging The Enterprise 'Digital Divide' With Operational Flexibility And Smart Partnerships
• How To Get More Qualified Sale Conversations Using LinkedIn

FEATURED SUPPLIERS

• Carbonite

  Carbonite is a leading, single-source provider for comprehensive data protection for all the different types of data and systems in today’s IT environments. Carbonite’s complete Data Protection Platform includes advanced solutions for ensuring the integrity, survivability and accessibility of data for businesses of all sizes and in any industry. 

• RSPA

  RSPA stands for Retail Solutions Providers Association. We are the only association dedicated to the retail technology industry.

   

• The ASCII Group

  The ASCII Group is a vibrant community of independent MSPs, VARS and solution providers in North America. The organization offers members leveraged purchasing programs, education and training, knowledge sharing among peers, discounts on business services, and more. Founded in 1984 by Alan Weinberger, ASCII is the oldest and largest group of independent IT solution providers, integrators and VARS in the world.

• Shift4 Payments

  Shift4 Payments is a leading national provider of touch-screen point of sale (POS) systems and payment processing services. As pioneers of the “as a service” model, Shift4 Payments offers an unprecedented “free” POS program that allows the company’s sales partners to offer a full-featured POS system with no up-front costs.

• APG Cash Drawer, LLC

  For more than 30 years, APG Cash Drawer has been designing and delivering cash drawers with a variety of size, color, interface, and integration options. An APG cash drawer will provide years of smooth, trouble free service with virtually no downtime, no service required, and no headaches. Our cash drawers are so well constructed and so reliable that our customers install them and forget them - even in the most demanding environments.

• CompTIA

  CompTIA is the voice of the world's information technology (IT) industry.