3 ways to avoid the summer laziness BDR for MSPs

Summer heat can cause as big a disaster such as a hurricane or tornado?  We turned to backup and disaster recovery specialist and MSP Strata Information Technology, Inc. to find out. President Pete Robbins follows three simple steps to keep your customers in control during the summer heat. You reveal the scoop in this exclusive MSPmentor.

Strata Information Technology, Inc. President Pete Robbins said laziness can kick when disasters strike only occasionally.
Summer heat can cause as big a disaster such as a hurricane or tornado?  We turned to backup and disaster recovery specialist and MSP Strata Information Technology, Inc. to find out. President Pete Robbins follows three simple steps to keep your customers in control during the summer heat. You reveal the scoop in this exclusive MSPmentor.
Robbins suggested to MSPmentor that MSPs located in an area that is less likely to be affected by a natural disaster, it is still important to stay focused and excited.
His company is located in Los Angeles, California, area, according to Robbins, who rarely attended, if not all, of any calamity since 1994. Since this is the case, Robbins noted "a bit of laziness".
To overcome these drawbacks, Robbins plans customers of your company for the following: disasters
Meeting with customers every year to discuss business continuity(BC) -understand how clients plan to keep the business running during the disaster, including disasters caused not by nature. His company reviews the plan to close any holes. If customers don't have a plan, or if they are new, Robbins works with them to prepare one;Budget and implement changes -changes may be necessary to provide BDR solutions or plans of BC. These alterations must be properly budgeted. Assist customers by identifying the costs. Help implement changes in your customer; andcustomer Test plans -need to be tested plans for areas that are still at risk. Don't let mother nature control you. Take the summer to test, test and test plans.
How to keep your customers from falling to the heat of summer? How often you review BDR solutions with their plans or BC?

Next generation MSPs: what it will look like?

MSP IBM Summit will feature Actifio, symmetry, TW Ventures and Rackforce on a managed services provider. Where you can benefit from MSPs generation cloud services? Here's a preview.

Former MSP Tommy Wald is now an angel investor and Advisor to technology.
Next-generation MSPs (managed service provider) as you? The MSP Summit of IBM, this week in Las Vegas, is set to explore this question. I'll be on hand to moderate a panel with four vastly different MSPs. And each of those MSPs will share some clues about where the industry is going next.
They include:
Take a closer look at that list and you will come to some clear conclusions:
MSP definitions are constantly changing and expanding. The classic MSP focused on SMB remote monitoring is now a commodity story.Cloud services are no longer an opportunity "futura". They are now a reality. Sophisticated MSPs with deep application expertise can do more than "resell" Enterprise cloud applications. Symmetry is revealed.IBM wants to collaborate with MSPs in multiple ways-convergent offer hardware for MSP data centers allowing MSPs connect IBM SmartCloud services. If you're launching an MSP in 2013 or 2014, the business plan will have a noticeably different look vs. a plan MSP of 2005 or even 2010.
These are some of my opinions pre-event. The MSP is Summit Panel Tuesday, June 11. I will be sure to offer a thorough recap of panel discussion once the wraps.

BDR 101 maintenance apparatus for Datto partners

With summer around the corner, MSPmentor wanted to discover how MSPs could easily monitor the backup and disaster recovery (BDR) without making it seem like an additional burden, so we reached for disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (IBC) vendor solutions Given for some answers.

Maintenance of backup and disaster recovery (BDR) of the apparatus is a task that dovetails nicely with the main mission of the managed service provider (MSP) of monitoring and managing the customer's infrastructure. But with summer around the corner, MSPmentor wanted to discover how MSPs could simplify the process. So we reached for disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (IBC) vendor solutions Given for some answers. How can you keep MSPs using appliances efficiently Given? We reveal the answer.

Datto Sales Engineer Dan Ciccone spoke briefly via e-mail with you to provide some MSPmentor tips and tricks within, pointing out the obvious of MSPs.

"The best way to keep your appliance is Given to keep an eye on what is happening with every device in your fleet," he said.

He, however, offer the following advantages for MSPs offering customers equipment Given, revealing how the centralized management console the company in partner portal can be an effective way to maintain the appliances:

Make sure that the last backup for each device was successful;

Verify that backups are recorded and can run in virtual machines. This can be done through a verification function of screenshots is visible in the management console;

Access to any device in your remote fleet to alleviate any problems on the end user's location; and

Ping with warning device. If there is a problem with the hardware, you will receive a text message or an email regarding the error.

Instead of waiting for something to happen, be proactive monitoring and maintenance of your appliances Given. Access the centralized management console to take advantage of the company's tool for maintenance of equipment. What features consume more?

BYOD, WiFi Shape Future of Mobile Workforce, Survey Reveals

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There's some good news for managed services providers (MSPs) following the bring your own device (BYOD) trend closely. A recent iPass Inc. (IPAS) survey unveiled a relationship between BYOD policies, smartphone use by region, and worker productivity, finding that mobile workers are using connectivity to be more productive and work longer hours, and most of this work is being done over WiFi.

iPass CEO Evan Kaplan said in his prepared remarks that businesses can increase employee productivity by providing them with mobile devices to work from remotely.
There's some good news for managed services providers (MSPs) following the bring your own device (BYOD) trend closely. A recent iPass Inc. (IPAS) survey unveiled a relationship between BYOD policies, smartphone use by region, and worker productivity, finding that mobile workers are using connectivity to be more productive and work longer hours, and most of this work is being done over Wi-Fi. What else is the company's report? We'll reveal the key takeaways.
Take a trip across the globe, and you'll find that North Americans are working longer hours each week, on average, than their peers in other regions, the survey revealed. North Americans, in addition to working longer hours, find smartphones as a productive tool, opening up more opportunities for these workers to be more productive with BYOD policies in the workplace.
In fact, 70 percent of mobile workers are leveraging company BYOD policies, the survey stated. North American workers are more than likely to work at companeis with BYOD policies, unlike workers in other regions, and they tend to look for employment with businesses that implement such policies. Around 35 percent of respondents said a company's BYOD policy can sway their employment choices.
iPass CEO Evan Kaplan said in his prepared remarks that businesses can increase employee productivity by providing them with mobile devices to work from remotely.
But where does WiFI access fit into this equation? Unproductive hours in a workday. The majority of mobile workers reported that they spend the majority of their business days within a range of a WiFi hotspot. On the other hand, however, 41 percent of workers claimed that the lack of wireless coverage renders them unproductive at least 10 percent of their workday.
"Although BYOD and WiFi aren't everywhere, this survey indicates that mobile workers want access to reliable, cost-effective connectivity whenever and wherever they need to work," Kaplan said.
Other key findings from the iPass Mobile Workforce Report include the following:
Fifty-nine percent of mobile workers have paid more than $20 for one-time use of WiFi. Twenty-four percent of workers have paid $30 or more for one-time access to WiFi;Seventy percent of mobile workers are allowed to use their personal mobile devices for work (BYOD). North American workers were most likely to work for a company with a BYOD policy, followed by Asia Pacific workers and then European workers. Of workers who do BYOD, the majority said they currently do or would expense WiFi costs from their personal mobile devices;Mobile workers spend their remote work time in a range of places. The most likely locations are their homes or some type of office but 75 percent also work remotely from hotels; 40 percent report working from airplanes and coffee shops; and 29 percent report working on public transportation, such as trains, buses and subways; andNearly three out of four (71 percent) mobile workers research WiFi hotspot availability before they travel. Asia Pacific workers are most likely to do this type of research, followed by European workers and North American workers.
The company's report was based on a survey of 1,150 mobile enterprise employees worldwide between March 28, 2013 and April 19, 2013.
iPass announced a new version of its iPass Open Mobile for iOS, a WiFi client for iOS devices, back in January of 2013.