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Microsoft Azure Expert MSP status secured
|Today we’re proud to announce that after months of hard work Macquarie Cloud Services has joined the elite group of Azure-only Expert Managed Service Providers in Australia. The Microsoft Azure Expert MSP designation means that Macquarie Cloud Serv...
Want to improve your cloud but not sure how?
|Cloud Discover gives you never seen insight into your on-premise environment. COVID19; the spark that fuelled the fire for innovation. 2020 was a big year, we all know that. The global events spurred the instant c...
How can you scale your MSP business without significant investment?
|2020 was about survival, for you and your customers. The new normal is here and presents more opportunities than pre-COVID. Your customers are looking at new ways to grow their business, but as an MSP owner, have you stopped to think about how you ca...
Another certification - this time for being a Great Place to Work!
|Certification matters. I have made my position clear, quite frankly I love where I work. I scaled the ranks, I left to try pastures new and returned a few short years later. I get to support and invest in the new talent coming in through our graduate...
Azure Answered - Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure
|In July 2020, Microsoft announced General Availability (GA) of the new ARM-based deployment model known during the preview as “WVD Spring Update” as “Windows Virtual Desktop” (WVD) and the old pre-ARM based model was renamed to “Windows Vir...
What flexibility are you, as an MSP offering your customers today?
|I have been observing over the past couple of weeks how businesses in Sydney are coming out of their COVID slumber. They are being more responsive and opening their books again. It’s great to see movement again! This leads me to my question today a...
3 customer challenges MSPs need to be aware of, in a post COVID world
|There is no doubt about it – just as every walk of life is different post COVID, so are customers’ needs, wants and demands.. But how are they different? As an MSP, you are a valuable resource to your customers but how can you stay relevant? Wh...
Graduating from the Graduate Program- Jake's story
|Almost two years ago to the day, I began my journey at Macquarie Cloud Services working in the Hosting Management Centre (HMC). In Macquarie Cloud Services, I found a company willing to offer a wide eyed graduate a chance. With a clearly laid out pat...
Are you a managed service provider? Are you an infrastructure provider? Or are you trying to do both?
|IT is complex, and this is one of the key drivers for many organisations to outsource their IT requirements to infrastructure providers and managed service providers (MSPs). In this ultra-competitive environment, companies want to take advantage of a...
10 years in, Evgeny shares his cloud services story
|Meet Evgeny Bogatyr (we call him Ev). He’s been with us for 10 years. What a journey! How different is the company today compared to when you started? I was hired as a graduate engineer whilst still completing my Bachelor of Science in IT course at...