Mounting threat activity has SMBs turning for help to MSPs, who are rolling out separately sold managed security bundles combining firewall, antivirus, email, Wi-Fi, and other services in response, according to MSP channel chief Scott Barlow (pictured). - read more

Announced during the vendor’s Reinvent conference today, HP Amplify Data Insights is designed to help partners assess their business performance against peers, anticipate customer needs, and identify new sales and marketing opportunities. - read more

Hard on the heels of its first $5 billion fiscal year, the distributor is investing big in credit capacity, staff, vendor relationships, and more in a bid to seize opportunities in cloud computing, security, and beyond, according to Co-President Dan Schwab (pictured). - read more

Considerations include functionality, power source, network, project size, and security. - read more

Composed of 12 of the IT community’s MSP members, it’s tasked with developing a framework of guidelines managed service providers can use to protect their clients and themselves from escalating threat activity. - read more

iStuff from Apple, SASE from Palo Alto, a new CTO for HPE, and a brainy feat worthy of the Guinness Book of World Records are among the many stories we sincerely wish we’d gotten you earlier. - read more

Research from Kaseya's recent IT Operations Survey shows SMBs are making security a spending priority for 2022. - read more