About the author

Gaidar Magdanurov

MSP Notes author Gaidar Magdanurov is President at Acronis, a leading cybersecurity and data protection platform provider for managed service providers. Acronis enables over 20,000 service providers and protects over 750,000 worldwide.

Gaidar held various executive positions at Acronis. Before Acronis, he was an investment director in a venture capital firm, held various positions at Microsoft, developed software and managed IT infrastructure, and conducted research in chemistry.

With over 20 years of experience in technology, Gaidar has worked with managed service providers in various capacities—including running a break-fix MSP in his university years, working with MSPs as a technology vendor, and helping MSPs partners with sales and marketing.

Gaidar is a regular speaker at industry events and writes for various publications.

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