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The COVID-19 Pandemic forced a lot of companies to change the way they do business. Has your business adapted to the new normal? The spread of coronavirus has changed life as we know it, and for businesses, remote work has become essential to continuing operations. But now, we’re seeing various states start lifting lockdowns. So what does this mean? Will businesses rush back into the office or continue to embrace remote work? Well, from what we’ve seen, it’ll be some sort of hybrid with most companies planning to have some employees in the office while others work from home. This allows them to benefit from having the best of both worlds while maintaining social distancing.

The Coronavirus pandemic has forced businesses to reevaluate the way they do things. Are you prepared for the changes that follow? We’ve all felt the overwhelming impact of the coronavirus pandemic, especially MSPs who needed to rush to transition their clients to remote work on short notice. But over the past couple of months, organizations that once planned on working remotely temporarily are starting to require more permanent strategies. This means that “good enough” will no longer be good enough.

Even as lockdowns are starting to lift throughout the states, it’s important to continue supporting organizations with their efforts to work remotely. On December 31, 2019, China alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) to dozens of cases of unusual pneumonia in Wuhan. A week later, the virus was identified as belonging to the coronavirus family, and eventually, became known as COVID-19. The rest is history. We’ve seen the situation unfold fast, and now, more than two months later, we’re seeing lockdowns being lifted. So what’s next? Well, we’ve found that many organizations plan to continue embracing remote work – at least to some degree – even as lockdowns are starting to lift.

The rise of remote work has created a higher demand for MSPs that can build out business continuity plans incorporating collaboration tools, cloud solutions, and cybersecurity measures. We’ve all been forced to adapt to new ways of living, working, and connecting during the coronavirus pandemic. Even as we’re starting to see lockdowns lifted throughout virtually all of the states, most organizations are still embracing the new normal: a hybrid of remote and in-office work. So what are MSPs doing in response to the coronavirus pandemic? And better yet, what will MSPs need to do going forward?

If So, You’re Not Alone… Companies Are Investing in Technology More Than Ever, But a Shortage of Skilled, Qualified Talent is Creating a Huge Challenge. As technology continues to evolve at a rapid rate, more and more businesses are embracing digitization – investing in the right tools, processes, and procedures to thrive in the marketplace. There’s no doubt about it… The market for information technology support is growing, but MSPs are struggling to find and retain the talent they need to keep up with market demand. CompTIA found that job postings in the technology sector skyrocketed roughly 32% in the first half of last year alone, but who is filling those jobs?

The Coronavirus Pandemic is Going to Change the Way We Live, Work, and Function, Even After It Subsides. So What Happens to the Technology Businesses Use? It’s no secret… The coronavirus pandemic will be with us for much longer than the lockdown – bringing changes to the way we live, work, and function, even after it subsides. Why? Because we’ve all learned a thing or two about health and safety – and unfortunately, we’ve all learned that in business, disruptions can last much longer than a few days. When it comes to business contingency, we’re often told to plan for an outage of some sort resulting from bad weather, natural disasters or technology failures. But now, we know it’s important to plan for more than that.

The internet has become more valuable than ever as social distancing takes place around the world. So what role can we expect the cloud to play going forward? Facebook has seen incredible surges in usage over the past few months. Netflix has gained double the expected new subscribers over the past quarter. We’re seeing virtually all states following shelter-in-place and social distancing requirements in an effort to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. But as we return to some degree of normalcy, what role does the internet, and more specifically, the cloud play in the future? We know this isn’t the first disruption businesses have seen – and it won’t be the last. But it’s been a much more widespread disruption than many businesses were prepared to handle.

Adopting new technology can tend to feel risky for your clients when they take into consideration the potential impact that it could have on their data security. Adopting new technology can tend to feel risky for your clients when they take into consideration the potential impact that it could have on their data security. They have regulatory requirements to meet and an obligation to their clients to protect confidential and private information. A responsibility like this can make them cautious about using the Cloud.

Your legal clients have heard about the Cloud, but do they realize all the benefits they can receive from it? To get their arms around this concept isn’t always easy. So we’ve listed some of these benefits that you can share with them. When you do, and they ask for your help to migrate their IT to a private cloud, your MSP business will benefit as well. Let’s take a look at how your MSP business will benefit from moving legal clients to a private cloud.

Construction companies aren’t like they were years ago, where work was managed and stored in paper documents and files. Everything today is digitized. Construction companies aren’t like they were years ago, where work was managed and stored in paper documents and files. Everything today is digitized. But rather than processing and storing their critical data with onsite solutions, your construction clients can be benefitting from the Cloud. We’ll tell you here how you can take your construction clients to the next level with cloud computing. But first, let’s take a look at WHY you, as the MSP, need to start switching your construction clients over.