Having a managed service provider by your side is definitely a boon. You can focus on your projects while your IT environment is in safe hands. A Managed Service Provider or MSP takes care of your IT security, business continuity, and in general, your overall IT environment so that you can operate efficiently. An able MSP is a critical support system that you should have if you want to focus on the growth of your business. However, the biggest question is how do you identify your best MSP? There is no brainer that every business is different, and so is their IT requir...

Managed Services are not new anymore. It has been a long time that businesses have figured out that having a dedicated managed service partner is beneficial in the long run to grow their business effectively. If you just go around and ask businesses why they outsourced managed services, probably you will get a hundred answers – each being different. But, if you see, all of them would be true. Outsourcing has been a long-time player. It has been around since the 1980s when Eastman Kodak made a historic decision to outsource its IT operations in 1989. We have come a lon...

Saving on costs and utilizing resources to their maximum potential is what every business looks for. Businesses across industries have realized the fact that outsourcing the IT part of their businesses would not only save their time and resources, but would help them focus on their core business – what they do the best. But many businesses shy away from the idea of outsourcing their businesses. There are many reasons to it, but the biggest question, is it going to be a cost-effective solution or will they end up spending more? In this blog post we aim to address this ...

Artificial Intelligence or AI is one of the biggest technological innovations in recent times that has impacted our lives and how businesses operate to a great extent. It is only natural to expect that in the coming years AI will be playing a major role in every aspect of the business including Managed Services too. If you are a managed service provider one of your biggest concerns might be if AI is going to replace your job? While there is no way to predict the degree of impact AI will have on MSB, however, it can be said safely that there will be an impact. Let’s di...

In earlier times, anyone who wanted to build a web application had to own his/her own physical hardware to run the server which was a cumbersome approach. But, gone are the days, and we have come a long way since then. We are now in the age of serverless cloud computing where you don’t need to worry much about the underlying infrastructure. You can easily write and deploy your codes without having to bear the pain of owning and managing a physical server. That’s the beauty of serverless cloud computing. The benefits of serverless computing are manifold, but before tal...

Storing data in the cloud is one of the best practices that IT companies are adapting to at a very fast pace. The benefits of having your data in clouds are immense. Clouds lets you access your data at any time from anywhere --- which is adding more dynamism and agility to businesses. Teams can collaborate and work together on a single project across geographical boundaries. However, without everything on cloud, data are now more vulnerable. Hence, it is essential to secure your cloud and safeguard it from hackers. If you are leveraging clouds or planning to leverage ...

Shared or dedicated hosting? What does that mean? What are the differences and how to know which is the best for you? In this blog, I have jotted down everything that will help you to make an informed decision. What is shared and dedicated hosting? As the name suggests, shared hosting is where you are allotted a space in the server and you share it with others. You pay for your allotted space only. You pay extra when you exceed the allotted space limit. On the other hand, dedicated hosting plan lets you use the server only. There is no one else sha...

Before we start talking about how managed hosting can boost your business, let’s first understand what is managed hosting. As defined by TechTarget, “Managed hosting is an IT provisioning model in which a service provider leases dedicated servers and associated hardware to a single customer and manages those systems on the customer's behalf.” Now let’s understand what are the different features of Managed hosting Different managed hosting providers offer different features. However, the most common ones include: Automatic backups of data

How the page load time of a website affects SEO, User experience and revenue Everyone loves to become first. Because there is no place for the second. When breaking news happens, the news channel rushes to be the ‘first’ to cover the news. When a new product is launched, everybody wants to be the first to see and review it. Same psychology holds true when a user visits a website. The user expects websites to work with the same agility when the person is looking for any important information. If the page takes forever to load, the user simply moves away to ...

How can DevOps accelerate go to market of a product? As more organizations are embarking on their digitization journey, the urgency of having quick adaptability, flexibility and agility are felt like never before. This has led to a paradigm shift in the IT delivery culture and how enterprises have functioned for so long. Enterprises are now feeling the need to adapt to an agile approach which will accelerate the go to market of a product and ultimately increase the ROI for the business. DevOps is one such software development practise that has introduced a n...

Future of IT infrastructure management Future of IT Infrastructure Is Always On, Always Available, Everywhere - Gartner Information technology is evolving at a fast pace. New technologies are coming up almost every day. One of the biggest assets of the IT companies is its large volume of data. If you’re a data-driven IT company who is adept with the new technologies, then you must be concerned about your IT infrastructure management. How can you keep your data safe and secure, especially in a dynamic environment where the environment is consta...