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Video: Gerrie Electric on the IoT industrial revolution

January 21, 2016 Guest Poster Comments Off

Burlington, Ontario-based electrical distributor Gerrie Electric sees Internet of Things (IoT) changing business significantly for itself and its customers.

How to break away from the break-fix model that’s killing your MSP business

January 18, 2016 Guest Poster Comments Off

Some new year’s advice from Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks on how to get rid of old habits that may be harmful to your MSP business.

The advantages of intent-based networking

December 16, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off

Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks on why MSPs should configure and manage clients’ networking environments based on the tasks and goals they want to accomplish.

The 7 components of a complete (& profitable) managed network service

November 18, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off

Auvik Networks’ Alex Hoff on best practices for getting the most out of your networking business as a managed service provider.

There’s a gap in your MSP software stack

November 3, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off

Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks on why MSPs need to add software to help them up their networking game to meet changing customer needs.

Three ways solution providers can take advantage of the hybrid cloud market

October 14, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off

Alex Ryals of Avnet Technology Solutions with practical advice for VARs to succeed in the hot hybrid cloud field.

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Banking data protection and the red herring of mobile banking vulnerability

September 9, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off

The banking industry faces many risks when it comes to securing customer data, but mobile banking is not chief among them, argues Avnet Embedded’s Matt Geer.

Network management report highlights managed network service opportunity for MSPs

September 3, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off

Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks explains why there’s an opportunity for MSPs to offer customers managed network service.

Discovering the key components of the software-defined data center (Part 2)

August 18, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off

Avnet Technology Solutions’ Kevin Johnson continues his rundown of the gameplan for solution providers to succeed in the software-defined data center market.