As the thanksgiving holiday approaches in the US, I have been going over the previous year and recounting all that our industry has to be thankful for. For many industries, there isn't much to be thankful about as the global economy continues to struggle with a rebound. However, we continue to hear reports of managed services growth throughout the world, even in some of the more hard hit economies.
Sure, things could be better. We could have better access to growth capital for MSP and end user business expansion. We should have better adoption of managed services standards and best practices. We should have better interaction between vendors and MSPs, particularly when it comes to solving problems for end users.
All in all, the MSPs and vendors have quite a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. We weathered a terrible economic storm in 2008 and 2009 and today our profession is stronger as a result of that experience. I for one, am very thankful this season.
