Vertical markets

The HIPAA market opportunity for MSPs is real. But watch your step. The healthcare IT market also is filled with pretenders and opportunists.

StratX IT Solutions -- formed when two MSPs merged in 2015 -- has key business and technology plans. But the blueprint for success will lean on culture.

Bill Cate describes next moves for the Zebra Technologies and a partner ecosystem that stretches across mobile, RFID, the Internet of Things (IoT) & more.

What is blockchain? Finally, a simple definition and a look at the hype for the distributed ledger technology. Plus, a blockchain reality check from Ovum.

How Mark Scott and the TUC team lined up $10 million in financing, merged with CareWorx and developed a blueprint to acquire more MSP-centric companies.

Avalon and Digits are merging to create a 120-person MSP focused on eDiscovery, managed services for law firms, digital forensics and cyber security.

Aldridge expands from Texas to Pacific Northwest. Arterian's Jamison West leads cloud effort. PacketDrivers' Scott Hamlin drives Seattle-area IT services.

TUC Managed IT Solutions and CareWorx are merging to pursue multiple IT services markets -- including senior care within the healthcare vertical.