MSP Voice Episode 54 - "What's in a Brand?" with Dave Davenport

MotherG started out in 2006 as a pure play MSP serving the Chicago area (and now expanding to Milwaukee). Over time they’ve gone through several changes, including rebranding to what they’re known as now, MotherG. Dave shares the story of how they picked the name and what it means to them. With such a unique name Dave says that it helps people to remember who they are, much more than their previous name “TransTech Consulting Services”. Dave goes on to share what they’ve done over the years to expand and shares a number of great tips to be successful.

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MSP News of the Week

The company tells ransomware victims it can decrypt their files – by secretly paying the ransom
https://www.reddit.com/r/msp/comments/c4x0z6/biz_tells_ransomware_victims_it_can_decrypt_their/
Brief: What would you do if a company you hired to decrypt your files just ended up paying the ransom and making a big margin?
Florida City Fires IT Employee after Paying $460,000 Bitcoin Ransom to Hackers
https://gizmodo.com/florida-city-fires-it-employee-after-paying-460-000-in-1836031022
Brief: If you’re an ITdirector (or MSP) and your company gets hit by ransomware, your job is most likely over.
Microsoft Ending Internal Use Rights (IUR) for Software and Cloud Services
https://www.channele2e.com/channel-partners/program/microsoft-ends-iur/
Brief: This has been talked about a lot in the MSP community. Did Microsoft go too far?