Cat Johnson Co and isofy share a piece on how treating connectivity purely as infrastructure is a missed opportunity.

Paul Orrock from isofy says the quiet part aloud, digging into "the biggest threat to profitability and retention". What is the threat? Outdated infrastructure and long-term MSP (Managed Service Provider) agreements quietly holding operators back.

While MSPs usually refer to IT and actual hardware infrastructure, we are seeing a new generation of managed services entering and supporting coworking businesses.

isofy shared that they’ve upgraded their zapier integration to help operators automate more actions across their tech stack.

Expect to see a lot more of your platforms investing in, and highlighting, integrations that get you out of their dashboards and back to building up your business, revenues, and community.

isofy recently put together a case-study on how Tyler Evans’ Venture X teams in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia tapped them in to provide a network solution that was secure, scalable, and easy to manage without the high costs or complexity of their previous provider.

While the post is (obviously) marketing-heavy, it’s worth noting some of the key benefits the franchisees saw from assessing and evolving their vendors, providers and tech: a 30% reduction in network costs, thousands saved in hardware switchouts, and reduced downtime across their spaces. A key reminder that what you have today may not be the best solutions to your members’ evolving challenges and needs.

Zach McNamara, CEO of isofy, shares some answers to coworking operators Wi-Fi related questions in this guest post. From how-to improve Wi-Fi reliability, to providing more secure connections, to managing bandwidth, leveraging connectivity-based differentiation and multi-location Wi-Fi setups – it’s a great resource worth running over.