CompTIA Report: AI opportunities and the IT Channel

For the IT channel, AI holds great potential, but it has some downsides that are inevitable to all new technologies. This article from CompTIA offers invaluable insights into how artificial intelligence is reshaping the IT channel. It aims to provide MSPs/solution providers with a deeper understanding of the transformative potential of AI, from enhancing customer experiences … Continued

Findings from the 2024 Global Digital Trust Insights Research

In an era where digital transformation is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, the 2024 Global Digital Trust Insights Survey by PwC offers invaluable insights into the evolving landscape of cybersecurity. This comprehensive survey, drawing on responses from over 3,800 senior executives, underscores the critical role of cybersecurity in fostering innovation and resilience. The report highlights … Continued

The Future of Customer Care: Balancing AI and Personalization

Customer care leaders find themselves at a crossroads, facing the dual challenge of preparing their organizations for an AI-enabled future while meeting commercial targets and ever-rising customer expectations. As technology reshapes the landscape, traditional call centres are giving way to digitally enabled models. However, persistent challenges—such as call volume spikes, employee attrition, and talent shortages—remain. … Continued

Cross-Channel Marketing: 7 Predictions For 2024

By its very nature, marketing requires us to take creative risks and make bold decisions based on data and what we believe will come next. Brand marketers know that one of the secrets to ongoing success is a constant obsession with future trends and how they may impact customers’ behaviours, expectations and preferences. Because let’s … Continued

Have We Forgotten How To Present In Person?

As we go back to in-person meetings and events, it’s becoming apparent that one of the casualties of working from home has been face-to-face presentation skills. For the last few years, our presentations have consisted almost entirely of looking at someone’s face over Zoom or Teams. But as we start to present in person, we can no longer … Continued

CompTIA Sate of Cybersecurity 2024 Report

Cybersecurity is a constant balancing act. For years, the tug-of-war has been framed as a contest between security and convenience. In both business environments and the consumer space, tighter security controls often correspond with a lower degree of convenience, a tradeoff that most end users are hesitant to make. Organizations can force the issue with … Continued

7 (Good & Bad) Crisis Management Examples

We’d all like to think we respond well under pressure. That we rise to the occasion. That we handle criticism like the professionals we are. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case for companies in crisis and the humans who run them. That’s why a crisis management strategy is so crucial. Crisis management is a corporate … Continued

Useful Resources for Business Continuity Planning

With the focus of this month’s issue centering around crisis management, we thought you might find these resources useful to help you build your BCP (Business Continuity Plan) and CMP (Crisis Management Plan), as well as providing some resources to help you in case of an emergency. The first comes from Business Queensland and provides … Continued

What is Prompt Engineering?

Just as better ingredients can make for a better dinner, better inputs into a generative AI model can make for better results. Prompt engineering is the practice of designing inputs for generative AI tools that will produce optimal outputs. The inputs are called prompts, and the practice of writing them is called prompt engineering. What’s … Continued

What is the Real Opportunity For Partners in Generative AI

Generative AI continues to dominate discussions around tech industry and channel growth opportunities. As an example of hype, McKinsey & Company predicted a potential of $4.4 trillion of Gen AI economic boost – the equivalent of adding another Germany or auto industry to the world GDP. But what does that mean for partners? In this … Continued