Harry Brelsford of SMB Nation sits down with Marvin Bee of MB Systems of South Florida Inc to discuss the 2022 TechCon Unplugged Conference, which was a dedicated multi-day conference for IT business owners.  This in person conference which took place in September 2022 in Chicago catered to IT professionals who wanted to learn from thought leaders on how to improve and maintain their MSP business. 

In September Spiceworks Ziff Davis published findings in its annual 2023 State of IT report — exploring IT budget plans and tech trends to uncover areas of growth for tech vendors and empower buyers with data to inform strategies for navigating an uncertain market. Although 83% of businesses are concerned about a recession in 2023, B2B tech marketers can look forward to growth — 51% of organizations plan to increase IT budgets in 2023 vs. a narrow 6% that plan to reduce their spend. 

Harry Brelsford of SMB Nation chats with Stefan Voss at the N-able Empower conference about Cove Data Protection.  Backup is essential, but it’s only the start. True data protection requires a cloud-first solution for today’s cloud-first world. With ransomware threats looming, you need more than cloud tacked onto the same-old image backup . 

In 2022 we have seen more events returning to in person as more and more people feel comfortable gathering indoors with large groups of individuals.  This is great to hear,  as events provide the opportunity to network, stay up to date on the latest trends and educations, build your brand and finding new business.  With networking being critical to your career and professional development, it is important to identify the kinds of networking events you want to attend. 

Harry Brelsford of SMB Nation meets up with Michael Cullen and David Weeks at the N-able Empower Conference in Las Vegas to chat about what is coming out of the conference.   From Cloud adoption to recession proofing and learning from others, this conference covered the gamut of ways to grow and succeed. 

 

Harry Brelsford of SMB Nation sits down with John Pagliuca at N-able’s Empower conference in Las Vegas to discuss the recession.  John Pagliuca doesn’t believe that anything is recession proof, however,  he does believe the MSP industry is recession resilient. 

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