Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are companies that offer a wide range of IT and cloud computing services on a contract or subscription basis. These services include hardware and software management, operations, deployments ranging from multi-cloud to hybrid cloud, private cloud, and data center, and more. MSPs are the backbone of the IT industry, providing expertise and support to companies in healthcare, finance, manufacturing, education, retail, and more. Today's leading managed service providers typically offer work through the cloud.
For example, Metal Toad provided development services to create a Drupal website for an international group of thrift stores. The team continues to manage the platform and implement updates. ScienceSoft is an IT consulting and software development company with offices in the US, UAE, and Europe. They help medium and large enterprises, software companies and government organizations keep IT relevant to their current needs and objectives, and optimize IT costs without sacrificing quality.
Innowise Group helped a construction equipment and materials company expand their in-house staff by refining internal management protocols and technology. Aligned Technology Solutions helped a hospitality company transition its call centers to a work from home setup by creating a platform that could host the customer's agents and scale as needed. SugarShot provided managed IT services for a food wholesaler by helping them migrate to a new hosting platform and create completely new servers due to a ransomware attack. Electric is a technology startup's mobile device management partner. Their team manages workstations, provides support and sends updates for software, including Jamf and Kaseya.
Eze Castle Integration uses its investment and finance industry expertise to address the unique IT challenges of hedge funds and venture capital firms around the world. Executech offers a personal and human approach to IT services for small and medium-sized organizations at Intermountain West. US Signal supports companies as they face even their most complex IT business challenges. From consulting to cloud migration, their team provides customized IT solutions for any business need. PAConnect offers a suite of fully managed IT services designed to bring peace of mind to businesses.
It was founded in 2000 and now has a 780 team that provides managed IT services, productivity, collaboration, & UC consulting, & IS, cybersecurity and more. Managed service providers are especially beneficial for small businesses with limited in-house IT capabilities. Manufacturing companies have unique technology needs that only need to be managed by a professional IT service provider. As technology becomes increasingly important to businesses, midsize companies are also hiring managed service providers as a way to gain IT expertise.
