Glossary / MSP (Managed Service Provider)
A company that remotely manages a client's IT infrastructure and end-user systems on an ongoing, proactive basis — usually a flat-fee contract, not break-fix billing.
An MSP takes on the day-to-day operation of a client's IT environment — monitoring, patching, helpdesk support, security, and often strategic planning — typically under a recurring contract rather than being called in only when something breaks.
The shift from break-fix to managed services changed the incentive structure: an MSP paid a flat fee per device or per user is financially motivated to prevent problems, not just resolve them after the fact, which is why proactive monitoring and patching became core to the model rather than optional add-ons.
MSPs range from solo operators serving a handful of small businesses to large regional or national firms — the tooling requirements scale with that range, but the core job (remote management, ticketing, and a trustworthy security posture) stays the same.
How Nexus handles this
Nexus is built specifically for the MSP operating model — PSA, RMM, backup, security, CRM, and compliance in one tenant-isolated platform, because that's literally the business we run our own practice on.
Software that lets an MSP monitor device health and perform remote management tasks — patching, scripting, remote control — across every client site from one console.
Software that runs the business side of MSP operations — ticketing, SLAs, billing, contracts, and client records — the system of record most MSP work flows through.
AI that can take multi-step action toward a goal — diagnose, draft, and (within a defined policy) act — rather than just respond to a single prompt.
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