Recent News & Press Coverage
Stay informed with official news and updates from The ASCII Group. This section features company announcements, strategic initiatives, and industry coverage that reflect our continued commitment to the MSP community and the broader IT channel. Press inquiries: Contact alysia@ascii.com
The ASCII Group Announces 2026 ASCII Edge Conference Series: Where Community Builds Business
Washington, D.C. – September 30, 2025– The ASCII Group, the original and premier community of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) across North America, today announced the 2026 schedule for its ASCII Edge conference series. Since 1984, ASCII has remained the only vendor-neutral community dedicated to helping MSPs grow through peer collaboration, education, and industry engagement.
ASCII Edge 2026 will bring together more than 1,500 MSPs, technology providers, and industry leaders in eight cities across the U.S. and Canada. Each two-day event delivers business-focused sessions, actionable strategies, and high-value networking opportunities designed to help MSPs compete effectively and build stronger businesses.
ASCII Edge 2026 Dates and Locations
- Costa Mesa, CA – February 25 & 26
- Dallas, TX – March 25 & 26
- Newark, NJ – April 22 & 23
- Seattle, WA – May 27 & 28
- Washington, D.C. – July 22 & 23
- Toronto, ON – August 26 & 27
- Chicago, IL – September 23 & 24
- San Antonio, TX –October 21 & 22
To ensure high-quality sessions, all vendor presentations are reviewed by the ASCII Edge Content Advisory Committee, comprised of experienced MSP members. This peer-review process reflects ASCII’s commitment to offering content that is practical, non-sales focused, and directly relevant to MSP business challenges.
“ASCII Edge is built by MSPs, for MSPs,” said Jessie Devine, VP of Channel Development, The ASCII Group. “Our education-focused sessions give MSPs strategies they can act on, while vendors gain meaningful engagement with a community that values trusted partnerships.”
In addition to peer-driven programming, ASCII Edge 2026 will feature collaborative networking, a solution pavilion with leading technology partners, and the annual ASCII Cup Awards, which recognize the top vendors serving the MSP community. The full lineup of speakers, including the keynote, will be announced later this fall.
About The ASCII Group, Inc.
The ASCII Group is the premier community of North American MSPs, MSSPs and Solution Providers. The Group has members located throughout the U.S. and Canada, and membership encompasses everyone from credentialed MSPs serving the SMB community to multi-location solution providers with a national and international reach. Founded in 1984, ASCII provides services to members including leveraged purchasing programs, education and training, marketing assistance, extensive peer interaction and more. ASCII works with a vibrant ecosystem of leading and major technology vendors that complement the ASCII community and support the mission of helping MSPs to grow their businesses. For more information, please visit www.ascii.com.
Press Contact:
Alysia Vetter
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Tel: 800-394-2724
Email: alysia@ascii.com
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audIT forms relationship with ASCII Group Community on sales system for MSPs
ASCII is pleased to announce a partnership with fellow ASCII Member, Frank DeBenedetto, founder of audIT Sales Presentation System.Priced exclusively for ASCII Members, audIT is a software system that allows members to turn their data into stunning sales presentations that helps sell more IT services with ease. The emotionally charged and simple presentation helps you close the sale without objections, get more up and cross sells and generate more revenue.ASCII members are invited to download a full sample audIT report so you can see how it will help you close more sales with greater ease and get the special discount code. After you download the report, you are then invited to try audIT for free.
ASCII Members in the News (Industry Articles) February & March 2017
ChannelPro
March Cover – ASCII Member AndrewHarrover
A Lesson in Whento Get Out of the Way by Andrew Harrover, President, MatrixComputer Consulting and member of The ASCII Group since 2012.
Business SolutionsMagazine
3 TrendsChanging How MSPs Work by Corey Kirkendoll, President/CEO5k Technical Services and member of The ASCII Group since 2016.
Will You Survivethe MSP-Vetting Process
by Mike Bloomfield, President, TekieGeek and member of The ASCII Group since 2016.
10 Reasons Why The Managed Services Market is Flourishing by David Molnar, CEO Dave’s Computers and member of The ASCII Group since 2014.
TechTarget|SearchITChannel
How to Sell YourServices in the Public by Tony Stirk, President Iron Horse, and member of The ASCII Groupsince 1994.
ChannelPro: ASCII IT SMB Success Summit Touches Down in Houston
ChannelPro coverage of the 2017 Houston ASCII IT SMB Success Summit.
Read the full ChannelPro articles here:
Check out the hot topics that are trending on The ASCII Group Forum!
The ASCII Group Forum(ASCII-Link) is a valuable resource for technical and business knowledge, and away for members to share partnership opportunities. The members-onlyemail listserv allows for networking 24/7 with peers. ASCII-Link has over700 active members and generates over 3,000 emails per month.
If you were a member, you could beon our forum right now learning tips to grow your MSP business.
Learn more about becoming a member! http://bit.ly/2n6BOga
January Hot Topics http://bit.ly/2lKWZqC
February Hot Topics http://bit.ly/2n5PuYC
March Hot Topics http://bit.ly/2oEGDOn
April/May Hot Topics http://bit.ly/2sh2lN9
Security as a Service - Trusted Metrics forms relationship with ASCII Community
It is a pleasure to announce that Trusted Metrics is working with the ASCII community.
The relationship will help reinforce opportunities for MSPs in offering Security as a Service.
Trusted Metrics offers an Elastic Security Operations Center (Elastic SOC®), which is a cloud-based platform and 24×7 Security Monitoring service, that collects security event logs, correlates them against threat intelligence and provides actionable analytics via alarms, dashboards and reports. It combines event correlation and real-time alerting with long-term data retention in an easy-to-use web portal.
Elastic SOC® supports multi-tenancy and can be white-labeled allowing Managed Service Providers to offer their clients that same level of enterprise security monitoring only seen in large-scale network environments, via a distributed cost model. Elastic SOC® is “elastic” at the core. There is no concept of having to distribute clients across multiple SQL-based databases, file stores or UI consoles.
Further details regarding member benefits are available on www.ascii.com.
NEW! ASCII Webinars Scheduled for February – New Topics & Hosts
The ASCII Grouphas 3 new webinars scheduled for February.
Visit our webinars page for more information and to register. https://overview.ascii.com/how-msps-are-winning-with-the-ascii-netw
ASCII (Canada) Member Guest Column in Business Solutions Magazine
Business Solutions Magazine
4 Data Trends That Will Keep BDR Top of Mind for Customers – Guest Column by ASCII member Matthew Held of Manawa Networks
ASCII Members in the News (Industry Articles & Publications) Jan 2017
Business Solutions Magazine
Membership Has Its Privileges – ASCII member Lynn Souza,President and CEO of Connect Computer, explains the benefits of belonging to the group.
TechDecisions
How to Protect Your Business from Dangerous Spam and Phishing Emails by Jeff Olejnik, President of Newport Solutions, Inc. and member of The ASCII Group since 2016.
Alan Weinberger Provides a Deeper Dive into the Story of The ASCII Group as told to Business Solutions Magazine
Leadership Is Recognizing You Serve The People You Lead (Business Solutions Magazine) – http://bit.ly/2h9rdSw
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