MSP 501

Each year, the MSP 501 recognizes some of the biggest and most successful managed service providers in the world. This page is dedicated to news about the award and features on honorees.

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2020 MSP 501 List Revealed: Welcome to a Whole New Era

It’s a new methodology, a new channel, and a new ranking list.

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2020 MSP 501 Rankings

See who made our prestigious list this year, and why.

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2020 Hot 101 Rankings

These are the SMB MSPs that deserve to be recognized.

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Top Gun 51 Profile: Cytracom’s Meredith Caram on Developing Impactful Relationships

Caram shares her philosophies for leading through a crisis, while maintaining focus on business constants.

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MSP 501 Profile: Fidelis Keeps Customer Experience at Heart of Expanding Business

More lead generation from vendor partners is more than welcome.

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Top Gun 51 Profile: Axcient’s Angus Robertson Wants You to Know About PLG

Robertson says that how businesses adapt to the new realities facing us today will determine their success or failure.

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MSP 501 Vanguard Award: CyFlare and the Channel’s Security Operations Center Gap

2020 has prompted an “exodus to the cloud.” Our MSP 501 Vanguard winner is tackling security.

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MSP 501 Profile: Ntiva Acquisition Strategy Moves to Integration During Pandemic

The company wanted to be a “consolidator, not a consolidated.”

MSP 501 Profile: Nero Consulting Busy with Projects Amid COVID-19

The MSP has been taking on big projects without recurring revenue.

It’s 501 Somewhere: Logicalis’ Jon Groves On Agility, Channel Transformation During COVID-19

Groves talks about joining Logicalis right when the pandemic hit, and his unique experience and approach.

Thank you to partners

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Thank You to Partners

As we reflect on a year of significant challenges and countless opportunities, here is our thank you to partners.

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MSP 501 Lifetime Achievement Winner Paul Cronin Helps Others Succeed

Know your purpose, says our Lifetime Achievement award winner.

2020 NextGen 101 Application Deadline Pushed to Accommodate Partners

We heard your request for more time, so we extended the deadline to submit for the 2020 NextGen 101.

MSP 501 Exec of the Year: CompuVision Systems’ David Bridges

CompuVision Systems’ president knew COVID-19 would be more serious than originally described.

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Channel Futures Announces the 2020 MSP 501 Special Award Winners

These MSPs, announced as part of the 13th annual MSP 501, demonstrated the utmost excellence in the managed services field.

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Kris Blackmon Joins JS Group as Chief Channel Officer

But it’s only a partial goodbye for the Channel Futures team.

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Channel Partners Virtual a Huge Success, Thanks to You

Thanks to huge participation by the channel community, Channel Partners Virtual was a rousing success.

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Galleries

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ScanSource, Pax8, D&H Fire Up Hot Distributor News

October 23, 2020

Industry Perspectives

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The Growing Cybersecurity Threats and How to Address Them

October 26, 2020

3 ways Artificial Intelligence Will Help IT MSPs Do Better in 2021

October 26, 2020

How MSSPs Can Fulfill Organizations’ Needs for Proactive, Human-Led Threat Hunting

October 20, 2020

Webinars

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Cybersecurity Predictions 2021: What’s Next for MSPs and SMBs After a Year That Changed Everything

November 3, 2020

Why Cloud-Based DRaaS and BaaS Are Becoming the Disaster Recovery Solution for the Masses

November 4, 2020

How MSPs Can Help Businesses Spot and Stop the New Phishing Tactics Fooling Even the Smartest Employees

November 10, 2020

White Papers

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COVID 19 Clicks Infographic

October 28, 2020

COVID 19 Clicks Summary

October 28, 2020

A Guide to In-Cab Cameras

October 25, 2020

Upcoming Events

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Channel Evolution Europe Virtual

December 1, 2020 - December 2, 2020

Channel Partners Conference & Expo

March 2, 2021 - March 5, 2021

Channel Partners Evolution

September 28, 2021 - October 1, 2021

Videos and Fastchats

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It’s 501 Somewhere: Logicalis’ Jon Groves On Agility, Channel Transformation During COVID-19

October 23, 2020

MSSP Debate: Is It a Smart Time for MSPs to Take the Plunge?

September 23, 2020

VMware & SD-WAN: Taking a SASE Approach

September 23, 2020

Twitter

.@googlecloud has created new #Windows migration tools and has renamed G Suite #GoogleWorkspace… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

October 30, 2020

.@SRG_Research report shows soaring enterprise spending on #cloudinfrastructure services. dlvr.it/RkgxbY https://t.co/b4OgRIWHTm

October 30, 2020

.@NetApp touts storageless with Spot Storage, automated volume management for cloud-native apps. #NetAppINSIGHT… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

October 30, 2020

Our latest #Cybersecurity Roundup features the nastiest #malware with @Webroot, @MicroFocus, @Guardicore,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

October 30, 2020

.@StorCentric picks up @ViolinSystems. Adds software-defined all-flash storage arrays to portfolio.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

October 30, 2020

.@ciscoUKI MD @awhitty66 explains what triggered the biggest changes to its partner program in a decade… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

October 30, 2020

.@AMD takes on #Intel with deal to acquire @XilinxInc , Marvell follows with Inphi deal. dlvr.it/RkcMd0 https://t.co/U28nM0k5mR

October 29, 2020

#MSSPs: #Cybercrime syndicate out to hurt your #healthcare clients. dlvr.it/RkcMcr https://t.co/GMshtws0dw

October 29, 2020