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November 2021

What is IT Documentation Software and Why Do You Need It?

Any MSP owner or IT director knows the pain of losing valuable institutional knowledge. While often overlooked, strong IT documentation can be the difference between hours, potentially days, of downtime and a smooth operation. To avoid these costly missteps, IT pros are increasingly turning to IT documentation software to help document, standardize, and use contextual information about their IT environments.

NinjaOne Adds Image Backup, New Security Bundle to Battle Ransomware

Today, NinjaOne, a unified IT operations platform for MSPs and IT departments, has introduced new image backup capabilities to Ninja Data Protection, the company’s natively developed backup and disaster recovery solution. Additionally, the company is now offering Ninja Protect, a new bundled security product with BitDefender to improve users cybersecurity standards and resist ransomware.

Show Your Support for Small Business This Holiday Season

In 2010, American Express® launched #ShopSmall, the first national campaign to promote and support small businesses. The campaign culminates with Small Business Saturday, observed yearly on the day following Black Friday, a day that is classically a high traffic day for shoppers to spend big with corporate retailers. NinjaOne prides itself on being a vendor with small business roots, having started with humble beginnings and being led by a team of independent IT leaders.

School Security in 2021: Hybrid-Cloud, Device Management Driving IT Challenges

Coming into the new school year, school IT leaders are experiencing many of the same challenges that other industries have faced since transitioning to remote and hybrid models. Most notably, an ever-growing number of devices, SaaS applications, and hybrid- or multi-cloud environments has strained a largely decentralized approach to IT management that simply can’t keep up with the demands of a modern organization.

MSP Live Chat: Microsoft 365 Management and Security in 2022

What big moves can we expect from Microsoft in 2022? And how are savvy MSPs planning ahead? Price hikes. Name changes. New offerings. Oh my. Keeping up with Microsoft is a full-time job these days. Luckily, we've got experts dropping by the Live Chat to keep you in the loop. Join us, CyberDrain's Kelvin Tegelaar, and others as we dive into the latest big announcements from Microsoft and talk modern approaches to M365 multi-tenant management and security.

MSP Live Chat: Creating a Strategic Growth Plan for 2022

Have big ambitions for 2022? What about a formalized plan for getting your MSP to where you want it to go? For many MSPs, the past two years have been a heady mix of a) unprecedented challenges; and b) furious growth. What's separated the fastest growing shops from the rest? The majority have put themselves in the position to be more proactive and strategic than the competition. To help you do the same, we teamed up with Gradient MSP founder and channel veteran Colin Knox to talk strategic planning frameworks and share how to set your sights on the right targets and grow your MSP in 2022.