The July 2013 edition of Business Solutions Magazine featured “3 New Ways To Uncover New Cloud Sales Opportunities.” In the article, Dan Edwards, CEO of Pact-One Solutions, an MSP focused on the dental market, offered advice for selling cloud services. Edwards, who has been selling managed services to healthcare providers for more than eight years, also commented on how his firm handles billing for cloud services.  Continue Reading..

The pages of Business Solutions have been loaded in recent months with articles about how IP surveillance could be a great addition to your line card. The bottom line is that IP surveillance has improved in every way possible in recent years — lower price, easier to setup, increased functionality, etc. Despite the awesome opportunity for you, I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re still a little hesitant. If your mind...  Continue Reading..

Here are some interesting, inspiring, and informative tweets from the channel this week.  Continue Reading..

CompTIA ChannelCon 2013 attendees will find a number of new topics, programs — and even a new format — at the July 29-31 event in Orlando, FL. “The great thing about ChannelCon is that you never get the same thing two years in a row,” says Kelly Ricker, CompTIA’s VP for events and education. She added that the vendor-neutral conference is unique, bringing people together from all sectors of the IT channel with a...  Continue Reading..

Business Solutions searched recent headlines for news of interest to VARs serving clients in the healthcare industry.  Continue Reading..

Just a quick post-holiday tip for those of you switching from break-fix to managed services. Some experts advise you to periodically (6 months is a good rule of thumb) review how much effort you're putting into each of your customers. Doing so will enable you to uncover some interesting things. For instance, you might uncover repeat issues that indicate a more significant problem. You might also learn that your employees aren't as...  Continue Reading..

We’ve had some interesting conversations about the “as a Service” business model in our office over the last couple days. What sparked it was a phone call Jim Roddy, Business Solutions' president, had with a consultant who focuses on helping managed services providers grow so their businesses are worth more when it’s time to sell.  Continue Reading..

Is there an end in sight to the recent wave of RMM consolidation? First, N-able announced its acquisition by SolarWinds. Then, AVG bought Level Platforms. Most recently, Kaseya was purchased. What does this mean?  Continue Reading..

Don’t know where to get started with IP video -- or if you even should? In the last few weeks, we’ve collected more than a dozen actionable articles free of promotional bologna. The goal is help educate you on IP video surveillance. In speaking with readers, it’s clear that there are a lot of misconceptions out there about video surveillance. Whether we’re talking cost or capabilities, it seems like many solutions...  Continue Reading..