There’s an incredible amount of advice available when it comes to cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions. The advice not only spans an incredible breadth of topics, but also builds in volume with seemingly ever-changing best practices associated with each.

The lifeblood of a successful Managed Service Provider (MSP) practice is automation. To deliver automation, an MSP has to arrive at points of standardization across key processes and jobs. Why?

A successful MSP can have an incredible volume of tasks, large and small, across various functional areas to complete every day, including ticket management, services scheduling and pipeline management. If not managed properly, these tasks become gaping holes that lead profit out of the business because of inefficiency. But fear not, there are plenty of tools out there to help an MSP solve for these inefficiencies via standardization around industry best practices and automation platforms.

Before we answer the question of where to start, let’s consider why an end user should opt for cloud first:

The managed services market is more competitive than ever before. Automation of activities and standardization of technologies offered are accelerating commoditization. This commoditization is driving price competition and putting a squeeze on margins. But not for everyone.

Partnering with solution providers to understand how to power the cloud is at the core of what we do every day. Recently, one of the more popular topics of conversation has been Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

And despite all of the information related to IaaS, IT Solution Providers (ITSP) are still looking for help in charting a course for a profitable go-to-market strategy. In our conversations, one word is carrying significant importance: control.

There is an incredible wave of disruption in the IT Channel driven by digital transformation and the Cloud.  What sets the successful managed service providers (MSP) apart from those that will underperform is a robust and unique go-to-market strategy.

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The MSP Difference Maker Series explores how best-in-class managed service providers (MSPs) create differentiation in the market. MSP best practices related to sales, technical support, marketing, operations and leadership are brought to life through workshops, exercises, tools and resources.

A website is a managed service provider’s (MSP’s) digital home. There are many incredible things that you and your organization can accomplish with your website—the biggest of which is to differentiate your business from the competition. 

As a managed service provider (MSP), it can be challenging to get cloud solutions in front of your existing and potential customers—but hybrid technology solutions should absolutely be part of your offerings. These challenges are made even more complex by the expanding cloud ecosystem made up of born-in-the-cloud technology vendors, legacy technology providers and purpose-built cloud-focused independent software vendors (ISV). Despite these challenges, there are many different ways to share solutions and execute the provisioning once a decision has been made.