Tampa Rising: How Florida Became the New Tech and MSP Hub

Tampa Tech Week 2025: Why MSPs Are Flocking to Florida
📍 Tampa, Florida – June 2025
🔗 Rewst FLOW | MSP Flow Events | CyberFOX | CyberBay

Last week, Tampa was buzzing—not just with sunshine and palm trees, but with thousands of MSP professionals, automation experts, and cybersecurity leaders descending on the city for two major back-to-back events: Rewst FLOW 2025 and CyberFOX’s Security Summit. Running simultaneously, these events turned downtown Tampa into a hub of innovation, networking, and transformation for the managed services space.

Hosted by Rewst, FLOW 2025 returned with even more firepower than last year. With packed sessions, real-life automation success stories, and hands-on workshops, the event delivered a clear message: MSPs aren’t just talking about automation anymore—they’re executing. According to Rewst, their platform has helped partners collectively save over 8.9 million hours to date.

Whether it was a panel on AI-powered ticket triage or a demo of time-saving Rewst workflows, the theme was clear—automate the mundane so your team can focus on what matters most. Vendors, developers, and MSP leaders from across North America gathered to share strategies and spark ideas. The event had a pulse—fast, forward-thinking, and focused on scale.

Just blocks away, CyberFOX hosted its own high-impact event centered on securing the modern MSP. With identity security at the forefront, the sessions tackled challenges like credential compromise, privileged access, and the shifting regulatory landscape. From keynote presentations to roundtables, CyberFOX brought practical, real-world advice MSPs could implement now—not next year.

The two events, while distinct in focus, created powerful synergy for those in attendance. MSP owners, CTOs, and tech entrepreneurs bounced between venues, sparked fresh ideas, and formed new partnerships. For many, it felt like a mini tech festival right in their own industry backyard.

These weren’t just isolated events—they were part of a bigger trend: Tampa is fast becoming a national tech destination. With a business-friendly climate, no state income tax, and a growing population of remote tech talent, the city is drawing in MSPs, cybersecurity firms, and SaaS providers alike.

Later this year, the city will play host to CyberBay 2025, a larger-scale event aiming to blend cybersecurity, innovation, and entrepreneurship into a multi-day festival. It’s further proof that what we saw this week wasn’t a fluke—it’s momentum.

Two major events. Thousands of attendees. One emerging tech hub.
Tampa showed up—and showed off. It proved that MSPs, vendors, and partners want more than just conferences. They want community, collaboration, and a place to shape the future of tech.

At MSPi, we were proud to be on the ground covering it all—podcasting, interviewing, and spotlighting the voices driving change. And if this week was any indication, Florida isn’t just the sunshine state—it’s becoming the tech acceleration state.