{"id":16916,"date":"2020-03-20T20:13:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T00:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=16916"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:26:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:26:50","slug":"uplevel-systems-brings-flexibility-stickiness-and-profits-to-msps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/msp\/uplevel-systems-brings-flexibility-stickiness-and-profits-to-msps.html","title":{"rendered":"Uplevel Systems Brings Flexibility, Stickiness and Profits to MSPs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Uplevel Systems<\/a> is looking to change the model for providing managed services. If you think about the MSP business, you provide ongoing IT and cybersecurity services but from time-to-time, your customers need to make large outlays for equipment such as routers and firewalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSPs want as much of their business as MRR because it is not only predictable but it also increases valuation. In rough numbers if break\/fix EBITDA is worth about 6x in an M&A transaction, MRR could be worth 8x. Of course, there are many other variables to consider in M&A such as geographic location of the MSP, growth rate, specialization, customer churn, size of the MSP, etc. The point is, MRR is the best type of revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uplevel helps improve MSP margins, revenue and stickiness. Their appliance provides Active Directory, SD-WAN, file server, cloud backup, advanced firewall, WiFi, routing, switching, VoIP, site-to-site & client VPN, remote management and notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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