BDR Articles

  1. Expand Your Line Card 6/14/2016

    How does your line card compare with that of your peers? More importantly, where are the highest margins and most revenue?

  2. Ransomware Blog Series Offers Protection Advice 6/9/2016

    As ransomware becomes a more serious threat, businesses need to take new precautions.

  3. Managed Services, Backup And Disaster Recovery, And Networking News 5/31/2016

    RapidFire Tools announced recently the release of Reporter, a new stand-alone, virtual appliance that MSPs can use to fully automate regularly scheduled Network Detective IT assessments for their clients. The new software appliance is available as a $29/month add-on for Network Detective subscribers; it is used to remotely schedule the running of any Network Detective scan and automatically generate any of the fully brandable reports included with most of the individual module subscriptions.

  4. E-Myth Author Gerber Sounds Wake-Up Call For VAR, MSP Owners 5/10/2016

    In addition to being recognized worldwide as a small business guru, Michael Gerber is known for his straight talk. And he’s eager for solution provider owners to be candid with themselves and embrace their reality as well. In a recent interview with Business Solutions President Jim Roddy, Gerber said, “Until the straight talk happens, until somebody pulls the chain, until somebody says something that strikes (VARs and MSPs) so deeply that they can't avoid it or ignore it any longer, nothing's going to change for them.

  5. Managed Services, Backup And Disaster Recovery, And Networking News 5/4/2016

    IT professionals can now protect their virtual environments through socket-based pricing for StorageCraft ShadowProtect SPX. The new licensing model allows IT administrators to purchase licenses based on the number of CPU sockets on the host, both VMware and Microsoft, and protect an unlimited number of virtual machines per licensed socket.

  6. Are You Keeping Up With Your Customers' Changing IT Needs? 4/13/2016

    This solutions provider’s expertise and business acumen enable it to respond quickly to market trends and customer demands and expect year-over-year double-digit revenue growth.

  7. “A Magazine For An Industry That's Arrived” 4/13/2016

    The above headline was used 30 years ago for the “From The Editor” in the first issue of Business Electronics magazine. In Robert Mueller’s article, the editor and associate publisher wrote that the office automation industry had experienced many changes, with many more to be expected.

  8. Managed Services, Backup and Disaster Recovery, Video Surveillance, And Networking News 3/28/2016

    Ingram Micro and Tianjin Tianhai Investment Company announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Tianjin Tianhai will acquire Ingram Micro for $38.90 per share in an all-cash transaction with an equity value of approximately $6 billion. Upon close of the merger, Ingram Micro will become a part of HNA Group, a Hainan-based Fortune Global 500 enterprise group focused on aviation, tourism, and logistics. In 2015, HNA Group had revenue of $29 billion and nearly 180,000 employees worldwide.

  9. Managed Services, Backup and Disaster Recovery, Video Surveillance, And Networking News 2/11/2016

    It used to be that Macs were only in schools or used at home. Today, Macs have entered the workplace and need to be managed and monitored just like PCs. With that need in mind, LOGICnow has announced the introduction of remote management capability for the Mac platform and that it has acquired Mac-MSP, a provider of Apple Mac-centric SaaS tools for MSPs. These two developments will enable MSPs using the LOGICnow platform to deliver support for both Macs and PCs, helping them to differentiate their services and support clients more effectively.

  10. Survey Finds Shift In Trust Toward Cloud Adoption And Security 1/22/2016

    Confidence in the cloud is rising, according to the report The Cloud Balancing Act for IT: Between Promise and Peril, from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Skyhigh Networks.