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The Top 3 Surprising Results from Our State of the MSP Market Survey

OpsRamp, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, updated its state of the MSP market survey for the first time in two years with some surprising results. The survey was the largest of its kind with more than 600 participants across three geographic regions and 24 countries.

N-able Launches Global Compliance Initiatives to Help IT Service Providers Meet Growing Regulatory Requirements

Partnered Approach to Fuel Cyber Resilience and Flexible Support for Like-Minded Cybersecurity Frameworks Including CMMC 2.0, NIS2, Cyber Essentials, Essential Eight, and Beyond.

Managing Your Windows Firewall Notifications in Windows 10

Windows Firewall notifications is a crucial component of Windows 10’s security infrastructure. They are an extension of this protection, informing users about critical security events, such as attempts to access the network or changes to security settings. Understanding how and when to enable or disable these notifications can help IT professionals and Windows users optimize their security settings while minimizing distractions.

What IS CIDR? Everything You Need to Know About This IP Addressing Method

Managing IP addresses is essential in the operation and security of modern computer networks. However, the original IP addressing system based on address classes A, B, and C was extremely inefficient in allocating addresses. Many addresses were wasted, rapidly depleting the available IPv4 space. To address this pressing issue, Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) was introduced in 1993. So, if you’re wondering what is CIDR, read on to learn everything you need to know.

Cove Data Protection Release Update 2024.10

The Cove Data Protection team is excited to announce that Standby Image Rollback is now available. This new capability allows users to quickly and easily rollback to an earlier version of Standby Image if the latest one is corrupted or compromised. With this release, we’ve also added Microsoft 365 Restore to Alternate User, improved the delta restore mechanism for Standby Image to Azure, and made several reliability updates and fixes.

Guide: Tips and Best Practices for IT Budgeting

Why is budgeting important for IT departments? IT budgeting plays a vital role in the success of modern organizations. By carefully planning and allocating resources, you can make sure that your IT department supports business objectives while managing costs effectively. This article provides tips on best practices for IT budgeting.

Networking Basics: OSPF Protocol Explained

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a standard routing protocol that’s been used the world over for many years. Supported by practically every routing vendor, as well as the open source community, OSPF is one of the few protocols in the IT industry you can count on being available just about anywhere you might need it. Enterprise networks that outgrow a single site will often use OSPF to interconnect their campuses and wide area networks (WANs).

MSP's Guide to Getting Started With Compliance as a Service

In this episode of Beyond the Horizon, Stefanie Hammond steps in to interview Lewis Pope about the critical role of compliance in the managed services provider (MSP) landscape. They discuss how MSPs can pivot to offer Compliance as a Service (CaaS), the importance of internal assessments, and the challenges faced when implementing compliance strategies. Lewis emphasizes the need for MSPs to adapt to changing client demands, manage internal cultural shifts, and consider partnerships to enhance their compliance capabilities.