Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Ray Lyons
Ray Lyons
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Strategy, Cloud, Industry Events, Managed Services, Partner Programs, Security Leading cybersecurity vendors reveal innovative strategies and advice for MSPs looking to improve their security framework. Industry Events, Managed Services, Storage & Backup Podcast Join ChannelPro’s Ray Lyons live at live at the MSP Summit 2025 in Orlando where he speaks with Nakivo, FileCloud, and Drata.
Voice of the Vendor: MSP Summit 2025, Orlando - Part 2
Podcast Join ChannelPro’s Ray Lyons live at live at the MSP Summit 2025 in Orlando where he speaks with Nakivo, FileCloud, and Drata. Join ChannelPro’s Ray Lyons live at live at the MSP Summit 2025 in Orlando. In this part 2 of Voice of the Vendor from the MSP Summit, he speaks with Nakivo, FileCloud, and Drata. Vendors interviewed: Nakivo (00:43) FileCloud (6:35) Drata (13:15) Image Credit: Anjali Fluker/ChannelPro
Voice of the Vendor: Pax8 Beyond 2025, Denver - Part 3
Voice of the Vendor: Pax8 Beyond 2025, Denver – Part 3 Join ChannelPro live at Pax8 Beyond 2025 in Denver. In this part 3 episode we speak with ThreatER, Cloud Contracts 365, and Inforcer. Join ChannelPro’s Ray Lyons live at live at Pax 8 Beyond 2025 in Denver. In this final part of Voice of the Vendor from Pax8 Beyond, he speaks with ThreatER, Cloud Contracts 365, and Inforcer.
Voice of the Vendor: Pax8 Beyond 2025, Denver - Part 2
Acer America Corp. is a computer manufacturer of business and consumer PCs, notebooks, ultrabooks, projectors, servers, and storage products.
Voice of the Vendor: RSAC 2025, Part 4
Acer America Corp. is a computer manufacturer of business and consumer PCs, notebooks, ultrabooks, projectors, servers, and storage products. Location 333 West San Carlos Street San Jose, California 95110 United States WWW: acer.com ChannelPro Network Awards hello 2 hello 3 Podcast Join ChannelPro’s Ray Lyons live at live at RSAC 2025 in San Francisco. In the last of this 4 part series of Voice of the Vendor from RSAC, he speaks with Object First, Aviatrix, Lumifi Cyber, and Nile.
Voice of the Vendor: RSAC 2025, Part 3
Acer America Corp. is a computer manufacturer of business and consumer PCs, notebooks, ultrabooks, projectors, servers, and storage products. Location 333 West San Carlos Street San Jose, California 95110 United States WWW: acer.com ChannelPro Network Awards hello 2 hello 3 Podcast Join ChannelPro’s Ray Lyons live at live at RSAC 2025 in San Francisco. In this episode of Voice of the Vendor, he speaks with Bitdefender, Sumo Logic, Vanta, and BeyondTrust.
6 Cybersecurity Vendors MSPs Can Bank on for High-value Services
The cybersecurity landscape never stands still, and at the RSAC 2025 conference in San Francisco, that reality was on full display. ChannelPro caught up with channel executives from six cybersecurity vendors making strategic investments in MSP success. From threat visibility and policy automation to recovery readiness, here’s what each company is offering — and what advice these leaders have for MSPs looking to step up their security game.
Why Your MSP Needs a Sales System Now
Maximize your MSP's value with a solid sales system. Discover how to effectively delegate sales tasks and create a pathway for future growth. Small businesses start with a founder who wears all the hats. One of the biggest hats worn for the longest time is sales representative. MSPs are no different than other small businesses. Most MSPs are grown by the founder initially. Eventually, everyone must exit their business, either voluntarily (via a sale) or involuntarily (via health or other reasons).
Cloud Security Is Getting Far More Complicated-Here's How MSPs Keep Up
Stay one step ahead with cloud security. Learn how to secure your clients' multicloud environments and leverage the transformative benefits. As businesses demand more flexibility and cost-efficiency, multicloud strategies have become the norm. Businesses run applications across both public and private clouds at an unprecedented pace. would reach $597.3 billion in 2024 - a testament to the rapid growth of cloud environments. For MSPs, cloud security is an opportunity and a challenge.
Why is Certificate-based Authentification Better than MFA?
Today, sophisticated cybercriminals have developed many strategies to bypass MFA, exploiting its weaknesses, particularly through social engineering and other hacking techniques. Over the last decade, multifactor authentication (MFA) has become the standard security practice for protecting access to business networks and applications. There's no denying the fact that MFA significantly enhances security by requiring multiple forms of verification to prove identity. However, it has many weaknesses.
7 Cybersecurity Pitfalls MSPs Must Avoid
This guide outlines seven major cybersecurity pitfalls that MSPs must avoid and provides actionable strategies to protect your business, strengthen client relationships, and improve service profitability. Cybersecurity is one of the most critical and profitable services an MSP can offer, but it also comes with unique risks. Many MSPs unknowingly expose themselves to legal liability, financial loss, and reputational damage by making critical mistakes in their cybersecurity offerings.
MSP Ready Secure Backup and Recovery for QuickBooks Online
Learn how businesses can efficiently safeguard their financial data, ensuring seamless operations and resilience. QuickBooks Online is crucial for businesses, but its data is vulnerable to various risks. A secure backup and recovery method will simplify data protection for not only you, the MSP, but for your clients. Download this white paper to learn how businesses can efficiently safeguard their financial data, ensuring seamless operations and resilience.
LJ Index 2015: The Star Libraries
This year, 207 of 2014’s Star Libraries retain their Star status, though their numbers of Stars may have changed. There are also 54 new or returning Star Libraries—ones that were not Stars in last year’s ratings. Among libraries spending $30 million or more, there are two new three-Star winners: Toledo–Lucas County Public Library and Indianapolis–Marion County Public Library.
LJ Index 2015: All the Stars, State by State
Click a state above, or use the drop-down below to jump to the Star libraries in that state. The 2015 Star Libraries are found in 41 states scattered across the country geographically. The top five states, ranked by their numbers of Star Libraries, are New York (39), Ohio (28), Illinois (19), Massachusetts (15), and Kansas (12). The top ten states are rounded out by a three-way tie for places six to eight shared by California, Iowa, and Texas (each with 11), Nebraska (9), and Maine (8).
America’s Star Libraries, 2014: Top-Rated Libraries
We are very pleased to announce the results of the seventh edition of the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service, sponsored by Baker & Taylor’s Bibliostat. The LJ Index is a measurement tool that compares U.S. public libraries with their spending peers based on four types of output measures of their per capita use. For this year’s Star Libraries, please click on “The Star Libraries” above; for more on what’s next for the index, see “What’s Next for the LJ Index”.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Ray
Contact Ray, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack