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industry-renowned levels of service and first-class product suite. “The Daisy deal represents another big milestone for APFN,” said Jarlath Finnegan, Group CEO of APFN. “Daisy now has access to the largest full fibre wholesale offering in the UK which will benefit the loyal customers who have supported us to date. I want to thank them, and we look forward to supporting
them via Daisy in the years ahead.” Dave McGinn, CEO of Daisy Communications, added: “We’re delighted to have signed a deal with AFPN to bring the UK’s largest full fibre wholesale offering to our customers. We’re also pleased to welcome several customers into Daisy as part of our deal and we’re looking forward to working alongside them to keep Britain working.”
daisycomms.co.uk
N-able report shows significant growth opportunity for MSPs A sharp uptick for managed services growth is predicted driven by a number of key factors, including the maturity of cybersecurity services, according to N-able Inc’s second annual MSP Horizons Report in partnership with Canalys. fellow channel partners. “This is having a big impact on the managed services business model, affecting the services partners provide and the ways they package these capabilities. The forward-looking partner today is focusing on those specialisations
The report, which summarises the top findings from research with MSPs across the globe, reveals that the increasingly successful ‘MSP 3.0’ model underscores the importance of focusing on long-term opportunities vs. short-term wins to drive scalability and profitability. “The IT managed services market is expected to be worth an estimated $610 billion by the end of 2025, with channel partners contributing approximately 98% of that revenue,” said Robin Ody, MSP analysis practice lead, Canalys (now part of Omdia). “Managed service providers are operating at a time of significant change, both in the demand from customers and the competition from
that will provide the most value to the customer and help them remain competitive: cybersecurity, cloud, AI, risk management, compliance monitoring and vertical capability.” Key findings include that 59% of MSP respondents expect to grow overall revenue by 20% or more in 2025. Also, almost 40% of respondents expect more than 20% managed services profit growth in 2025. Key growth factors include a bigger focus on endpoint, powerful cybersecurity and compliance tailwinds, co-managed expansion, and automation levers, including AI. The top challenges to growth include new customer acquisition and upskilling staff. Meanwhile, cybersecurity managed services sales growth is expected by 90% of respondents in 2025, up from 80% in the previous report. Security-related services represent the top four most important contributors to managed services revenue over the next three years, with third-party MDR topping the list of new services MSPs are planning to add. The most in demand future managed backup and disaster recovery services
Robin Ody MSP analysis practice lead
canalys.com
The IT managed services market is expected to be worth an estimated $610 billion by the end of 2025... “ ”
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