{"id":24715,"date":"2018-09-18T19:41:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T15:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=24715"},"modified":"2020-12-21T17:12:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T13:12:03","slug":"msp-voice-episode-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/msp-voice-episode-16\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP Voice Episode 16 &#8211; Brad Proctor from University PC Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The interview this week is with Brad Proctor from University PC Care in Greenville, NC. Brad talks about his career and also what they had to do to prepare for Hurricane Florence as it headed towards North Carolina. Brad is a big fan of Apple and was instrumental in having University PC Care become an Apple Authorized Service Provider. Brad has some great advice for all MSPs out there!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>All episodes can be found on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLRkCwqyZ6K-ZNtEpJAy1dtTf-y0C1nRSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube (video)<\/a> as well as popular podcast channels such as <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/msp-voice\/id1387820734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/msp-voice-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SoundCloud<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/msp-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anchor<\/a>. You can also subscribe to new episodes via <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/3fcba40\/podcast\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS Feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can find all MSP Voice episodes on the page of our\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mspvoice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSP podcast<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch on YouTube<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MSP Voice #16: Brad Proctor from University PC Care\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CyAS8RV1eZA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Best of Reddit<\/h2>\n<p>Here are the topics we've discussed during the Best of Internet and Best of Reddit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/09\/12\/wasabi-just-landed-68-million-to-upend-cloud-storage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wasabi Hot Storage secured 68M of investment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We can see that people are worried about if Wasabi Hot Storage a player to stay on the market. We\u2019d say - yes. Just the previous week they\u2019ve secured 68 million investments. That means - more data centers, better infrastructure. Good plus to the already cheap storage<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/2018\/09\/11\/microsoft-plans-to-release-crippled-windows-server-2019-essentials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft might build the new Essentials around Office365 capabilities <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brief:\u00a0Server Essentials is quite a popular server type among SMBs. Microsoft is planning their next, Windows Server Essentials 2019 to be built around Office 365 capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/msp\/comments\/9fwxv1\/msp_career_a_postmortem_review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSP Career Postmortem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brief: Lots of good thoughts regarding MSPs. Some are quite personal, the others are business related.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/msp\/comments\/9fuoa7\/inhouse_msp_marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSP in-house marketing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brief: Many MSPs tend to say that marketing is the biggest headaches of them all. How to perform marketing for a small MSP in a relatively small city?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/msp\/comments\/9g70io\/whos_in_a_vertical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working in a vertical<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brief: Do you need to get off the vertical? How do you manage your service for the given? Good thread for MSPs, that are focused on the certain vertical or looking to focus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The interview this week is with Brad Proctor from University PC Care in Greenville, NC. 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