VAR Cloud insights

31. A Look Ahead: 2021 Channel Opportunities In Enterprise Cloud Migration, Data Security, And Digital Transformation 1/5/2021

    The 2020 pandemic forced businesses to make quick decisions about how to support their employees with the assets needed to work from home. Channel companies were a major player in this transition, including understanding pandemic-related transitions and implementing new processes. Practically overnight, partners had to support their clients’ business changes, surges in tech demand, new work-from-home (WFH) needs, and more – all while protecting sensitive corporate and customer data. 

32. The Future Of Payments 12/18/2020

    The payments industry has faced a decade of change unlike any other. The growth and acceptance of the cloud, user's expectations that their B2B technology mirrors their B2C technology, and the ever-increasing risk surrounding more sophisticated hacks and breaches have all been something of a lead up to the biggest disruption the industry has ever seen: the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic.

33. ASCII Insight: MSPs Share Their Thoughts On Modernizing 12/9/2020

    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 what to consider when modernizing your shop.

34. 3 Ways To Optimize Your Cloud Operations 11/12/2020

    There’s a fine line between cloud spend and cloud sprawl. Most companies today are using cloud technologies to power their most important products and services, communications, and collaboration, but it’s easy to cross the line from spending smartly on cloud services to spending unnecessarily

35. Endpoint Security - Market Quadrant 2020 11/10/2020

    Endpoint Security – are appliances, software, cloud services, and hybrid solutions that help to secure and manage endpoints for business organizations of all sizes. Endpoint security solutions must be able to prevent, detect, block and remediate all threats to the endpoint. Often these solutions also combine deep forensic capabilities, and managed services for threat hunting and neutralization. Leading vendors in this market, include: Bitdefender, BlackBerry, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Cybereason, ESET, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Microsoft, Panda, SentinelOne, Sophos, Symantec, Trend Micro, VMware Carbon Black, and Webroot.

36. How VARs And MSPs Can Help SMBs Secure Data In The Cloud 10/1/2020

    The increasing use of cloud storage platforms has changed the way companies work. Being able to access files and folders from any device you want, and from anywhere in the world has revolutionized modern business. Benefits include enhanced productivity and increased employee collaboration.

37. How The Right Physical Infrastructure, DCIM Solutions And Hybrid IT Strategy Can Help Businesses Emerge From The COVID-19 Era More Future-Proofed Than Ever 9/22/2020

    If colocation is going to be part of your business’ hybrid strategy—and it should—a strong physical infrastructure and a robust DCIM solution are critical to minimize complexity and maximize performance.

38. Buyer's Guide: DRaaS Features And Functionality 9/14/2020

    When a server stops responding, for whatever reason, the fastest way to resume service is to have a secondary environment ready to go. But traditionally, the redundant hardware, server space and additional human resources required have made this a prohibitive option. Most organizations simply cannot afford the costs and resources required to maintain secondary, off-site infrastructure. In the end, many IT departments simply live with the risk of potential business-ending outages.

39. ASCII Insight: MSPs Share Their Thoughts On What Products You Need To Offer 9/8/2020

    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, ASCII member answered our questions about what products managed service providers need to be offering.

40. Hurricane Hacks For Protecting Data 8/28/2020

    The convenience of data is also its greatest weakness. All it takes is a major storm – or something far more mundane – to lose access to data. Since there are a number of causes of data loss, it’s important to prepare for all of them. But it’s hard to prepare when you don’t know what to expect. We talked with Carbonite VP of Product Management Jamie Zajac about how to anticipate the types of disasters that catch a lot of people and businesses off guard.