When you receive a pile of orders from customers and your network infrastructure suddenly malfunctions, how do you handle the situation? Even your most tech-savvy employee may be ill-equipped to handle these issues. This is where a managed services provider (MSP) can come in handy.

Small businesses have long been a target for hackers seeking easy money. Even though they’re often victimized because of their reputation as more vulnerable than their larger competitors — due to lower budgets and a lack of robust infrastructure — SMBs still handle plenty of high-value information.

Today’s businesses face a constant barrage of digital threats coming from both inside and outside sources, such as ransomware, phishing scams, denial of service attacks, and various other forms of malware.

Many attacks succeed by exploiting vulnerabilities found in old hardware and software that are no longer supported or updated by their original manufacturers.

There’s no denying that industry regulations are among the least glamorous business technology challenges. With rigid documentation processes and harsh penalties, all it takes is a simple error or oversight to fall into a compliance technicality. To make matters worse, many regulations aren’t entirely clear on which measures businesses must take to protect the privacy of their customers.

There’s no denying that mobile devices have had positive effects on employee productivity and morale. Thanks to smartphones and tablets, people can work during their commute or over breakfast at home. But the problem is they are much more likely to get lost or stolen than their deskbound cousins.

Healthcare providers and their associates have often been slow to adapt to new technology solutions. Many find themselves struggling with outdated systems that are costly to maintain and fail to satisfy the needs of the modern workforce and the demands of today’s consumers.

Your business data is at risk more than ever. If your password is weak, can easily be guessed, or is the same for multiple websites, hackers can steal your data and sell it to your competitors.

Data is the most valuable resource in the knowledge economy, so everyone from Google to small businesses in Huntsville need to protect their customer data at all costs.

This week we saw mobile apps making headlines. Tinder was used by a potential spy to unsuccessfully bait military secrets out of an airman and Snapchat’s source code was published on Github. The marketing campaign for the PGA championship has hit a speed bump in the form of a ransomware attack and an Australian hospital specializing in maternal health exposed treatments on the web.

Businesses all over the world are investing more into their cybersecurity strategies than ever before. A press release published by Gartner forecast an annual global spend of $123.8 billion by the end of 2020. High-profile data breaches constantly make the headlines, and the evolving threat landscape is driving the need for more spending; a trend that’s showing no signs of slowing down in the foreseeable future.

Most business leaders appreciate the importance of modern technology, but that doesn’t mean they want to spend all their time worrying about it. Small businesses often don’t have internal IT departments of their own either, which is why most turn to managed services providers to whom they can outsource their technology needs.