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Verizon Business was named in 1 of the 17 managed IT service providers questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 11 of the 345 AI responses sampled across those questions (3.2%).

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Verizon Business is strongest on “Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?”, where it was named in 11 of 345 responses (3.2%), placing it in tier 2 of that report.

What Verizon Business is surfaced for in managed IT service providers

Based on the measured answers, Verizon Business is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?”.

How the answers describe the firmDesigns, implements, monitors, and manages multi-site SD-WAN infrastructure including multivendor environments.

In this sample, Verizon Business was named on 1 of the 16 managed IT service providers ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.

Every question in managed IT service providers

Verizon Business was named on 1 of these 16 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where Verizon Business placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderVerizon Business
What are the best managed IT service providers?454 answersAccenture59%—
Which MSPs can support offices in multiple states?381 answersmWave25%—
Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?381 answersRackspace45%—
What is the best IT company for a small business?380 answersNtiva42%—
Which managed IT providers specialize in regulated and compliance-heavy industries?380 answersDataprise31%—
Which companies provide outsourced IT help desk support?380 answersNtiva22%—
Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?379 answersArctic Wolf45%—
Which providers offer co-managed IT alongside an in-house team?379 answersHi-Tek Data23%—
Our current IT provider is unresponsive. Who should we switch to?375 answersGlobal IT8%—
Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?372 answersAccenture64%—
Who handles backup, disaster recovery and ransomware response?345 answersSourcepass13%—
Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?345 answersVEnterprise12%3% · tier 2
Who provides IT leadership rather than just IT support?345 answersWCC13%—
Who are the best managed IT providers in my city?345 answersIntegris46%—
Which managed IT providers have documented client results?135 answersITSco42%—
Which MSPs provide transparent service-level reporting?125 answersINOC13%—
How much does a managed service provider cost per user?pricing · 370 answerswhat firms charge—

Who leads managed IT service providers overall: Accenture tops 2 of 16 · Ntiva tops 2 of 16 · Arctic Wolf tops 1 of 16 · Dataprise tops 1 of 16 · Global IT tops 1 of 16 · Hi-Tek Data tops 1 of 16. See all reports.

Where Verizon Business was named

One row per report in which Verizon Business cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?211 of 3453.2%

What Verizon Business gets named for

Across the 17 managed IT service providers questions measured, Verizon Business is named most often on “Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?” — it appears in 11 of the 345 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 3.2% of them.

That is the only question in this set where Verizon Business cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.

What Verizon Business’s tier placings mean

On “Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?”, Verizon Business sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 11 of 345 responses (3.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 11.6% of responses against Verizon Business’s 3.2%. It shares tier 2 with Global IT, AT&T Business, Key MSP, Spectrum Business, WCC, Loop Communications and On-Site Technology, which the sample cannot separate from it.

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