Geek Speak

Being a good listener can help you in every aspect of your life from family and friends, to colleagues at work.  Although, many people feel communication through the phone is a thing of the past with all of electronic communication we use, it is actually one of the most important skills you can have.  How well you listen has a major impact on your job effectiveness, and on the quality of

Everyone can benefit from reviewing and embracing best practices in cybersecurity no matter what the season or the reason. Whether you like it or not, all Managed Services Providers (MSP) are in the cybersecurity business! So here are some best practices presented as an at-a-glance table that you can print out

The days of reporting to the office may be a thing of the past, even after the pandemic is over.    With many workers currently juggling working from home, and or a hybrid of split time, many workers will not be returning to the office full time.  With this new model comes new expectations, and potentially new contracts for some employees reducing salaries and or pay based on the cost of living.   

With the large number of on premise exchange (exchange being the server that runs email for corporations), there was a significant vulnerability discovered earlier this year regarding security.  With further investigation it was found that in a lot of Exchange Servers have in fact been hacked, or breacedh in some

In a crisis, many businesses are left in a lurch, wondering how to move forward, and how to efficiently communicate with customers.  With the Covid 19 pandemic many organizations no matter the size felt these struggles.  Although most leaders know that communication is crucial, many where left wondering what is next.

With the merger of Synnex and Tech Data validating the value distribution plays in the channel many are asking what is next.    SMB Nation had the opportunity to speak with Jason Bystrak of D&H who  shared his excitement about the opportunity this creates for everyone.    With the ever changing market D&H “continues to make investments in our cloud services business,

Although ransomware has been around for a while it keeps evolving and changing to fit our ever changing landscape.  Currently ransomware is one of the biggest security problems in the internet and one of the biggest cybercrimes that organizations face today. 

Let’s talk about the well-publicized security breaches that have been widespread the past couple months.  This story in particular, has been moving so fast. The difference between what we knew in December versus what we know now is a big difference. It's important to watch the information that is coming out on this story and others to understand the entire story and the context. 

We did it. SMB Nation teamed with like-minded stakeholders to do good. The Digital Inclusion Technology Drive Road Trip 2021 visited five cities on a drive from Seattle, WA to Austin, TX to collect used hardware from MSPs to donate to Digititunity, a national non-profit that collects and repairs used hardware to then distribute to underserved communities such as remote learners, etc.

As more and more of our daily lives shifts to online work the need for cyber security is becoming more and more critical for the success and stability of many companies.  Although attacks on large organizations and government entities are typically the ones in the news small businesses are usually more vulnerable to attacks. 

EOS is an operating system that is designed to help run your Entrepreneurial business. The system is comprised of a system of tools that once implemented will help drive and run your whole business. The tools help your company build on three things, vision,traction and health of the business.

By: Gary Audin 

You are an MSP. You could be a prime target for a security breach. As a target, you expose multiple customers with one breach. How strong is you internal security? Your customer trusts you to perform functions like their resource management staff.