Mac monitoring is still seen as something of a weird science by many MSPs, but it is going to be a growing issue if you continue to ignore them. We’re increasingly seeing unmonitored Apple devices on our networks, and the harsh reality is, if you’re not monitoring these devices on your customers’ networks you’re not only creating risk, you’re also missing out on a potential revenue stream.
Prior to joining N-able, I worked for MSPs that supported clients all over the island of Ireland. That career in IT started back in the last millennium (yes, I’m that old), when reactive support often meant hopping into the car and driving to a customer to resolve their issues in person and on some rare occasions jumping on a flight if the situation was that urgent.
Countless times in the MSP world I’ve had to ask myself, “why can’t the end users handle this?” Typically, the answer boils down to the fact that they are paying the MSP to take that stress and labor off their hands. However, there are occasions when end users, providing they’re properly trained, can legitimately take some of the workload off the MSP’s hands.
At our N-able Empower event held in Las Vegas last month, our CEO John Pagliuca spoke to more than 400 of our MSP partners about the fact that he while doesn’t believe anything is recession proof, he does believe that the MSP industry is recession resilient.
