Managed Service Provider (MSP)

Managed services are an essential and fast-growing part of the security market, growing 14% annually. This presents new challenges for you, including onboarding.

The popularity of partner managed services is higher than ever. Recent research from Canalys, a leading global market research and analysis firm specializing in the technology industry, makes this clear. Check out their findings.

Cisco knows that MSPs are responsible for helping to ensure customer environments function smoothly. But MSPs are also responsible for many behind-the-scenes tasks, that are less attention grabbing but equally as important, such as licensing management.

Capturing your share of the massive Managed Services Provider (MSP) market means making the most of every opportunity. Together, we can prepare to meet even more customer needs as expansion continues.

Cisco Secure Access is simply the most flexible ZTNA offering on the market, combining VPN-as-a-Service (VPNaaS) with client-based and clientless ZTNA. It supports ANY application over ANY port or protocol, including Internet-based, SaaS, and private applications. In short, “users simply login and get to work” in the most efficient and secure way available.

For Cisco Partners—particularly Managed Service Security Providers (MSSPs)—there is a huge opportunity to help customers update/refresh their network infrastructure and network firewalls to keep up with modern infrastructure and use cases. And secure firewalls are a foundational component of multiple sales motions and sales opportunities.

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in the SMB segment face a range of challenges in today's market, and profitability is at the top of the list.

By bringing deals to Cisco MSP partners, Cisco sellers have the opportunity—with our partners—to offer scalable and repeatable managed services capabilities that map to customers’ outcome needs.

Let me share four reasons why Managed Service Providers (MSPs) would do well to look at cloud-delivered firewall management to reduce investment risk and minimize complexity.