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MSP 501 Flashback: On Repositioning, Ramping Up with 2019 MSP of the Year Finalist Calligo

  • Written by Allison Francis
  • August 28, 2020
We sat down with the data-first provider to see what it's been up to and how it stands apart from traditional MSPs.

Calligo was a finalist for the 2019 Channel Futures’ Managed Service Provider (MSP) of the Year award because of it is adept at data privacy. The U.K.-based provider also won based on its unique perspective on the market; that, and it’s ability to make a commercial success of it with a wide variety of managed services. 

The company has continued to hit the data privacy ball out of the park. It has spun up a sophisticated, complex and solid solution and business unit around these services. The purpose of the MSP of the Year award is to specifically recognize business agility, and the ability to take risks, respond to market conditions and bounce back from mistakes. It is here that Calligo shines with its business model.

Calligo's Julian Box

Calligo’s Julian Box

“We stand apart from traditional MSPs in that we are data-first. Our client engagements look behind even business needs and objectives – almost every MSP’s starting point – and instead start with examining how data enters, circulates and exits the organization,” said Julian Box, founder & CEO of Calligo. “From that granular visibility, we can then see where the real needs lie. These range from improving efficiency and productivity to strengthening security and compliance.”

According to Box, it is a far more fundamental and holistic approach; one that is more valuable than simply deploying and maintaining technologies to fix the needs the business thinks it has. 

Crucially, this will be delivered through a mix of services. This will include technology, such as cloud services and managed IT services, but also hands-on consultancy and process management.

The Data Privacy Differentiator

“But as the judges appreciated, we are not different for the sake of being different,” continued Box. “We have made a commercial success of this, doubling our revenues last year. And 2020 has proven us doubly right. The intense pressures of the first half of the year exposed the inadequacies of tech-centric strategies and managed services. Because of this, companies have realized that their data isn’t untouchable. They’ve realized that their most valuable asset is not as accessible, useful or safe as they thought.”

So what has the data privacy-adept company done since its award reception? Particularly to build on the capabilities that won it the award in the first place?

Earlier this year, having seen how well-received its data-first approach was, the company repositioned as a managed data services provider. 

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“This is a stronger, more accurate description of us, and shows immediately what stands us apart from the market,” said Box. “Most importantly, it echoes what we think is flawed with the MSP market — its pervasive “technology down” approach, rather than being “data up.

“At the same time, we launched new managed services that we had been developing throughout 2019 – automation as a service and machine learning as a service – which completed our portfolio of sophisticated managed services that would support any ambition a customer might have for their data.”  

Bold Steps

These are bold steps, but Calligo needed them to be. The provider says that it needed to capitalize on the market’s growing appetite for …

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