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ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of October 18th, 2021
October 22nd, 2021 | ChannelPro
Side by side for the first time since COVID, Erick and Rich discuss Kaseya’s take on its RMM breach, trueing up your managed services clients, and a woman who went to sleep alone and woke up next to a meteorite. - read more
 
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ConnectBooster Introduces Security Service for Electronic Payments
October 21st, 2021 | Rich Freeman
The new offering, called Secure Payments, includes tools for identifying payment-related vulnerabilities in a customer environment and then eliminating them via ConnectBooster’s encrypted end-to-end payment processing network. - read more
 
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Straight Talk on What Good Investors Want from Great MSPs
October 21st, 2021 | David Weeks
Valuation, ownership model, financial benchmarks, recurring revenue, and customer retention are among the factors MSPs must pay attention to when selling their business. - read more
 
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Lessons on Leadership
October 21st, 2021 | David Dadian
Wisdom passed down through generations has helped powersolution.com execute on its vision of building and scaling a security-first business with a great company culture. - read more
 
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Kaseya Has Faster Patching, Cloud Management, and Cloud Security on its Roadmap for the Year Ahead
October 20th, 2021 | Rich Freeman
CMO Mike Puglia (pictured) discussed those and other product plans at the vendor’s ConnectIT event this morning. - read more
 
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Kaseya on VSA Ransomware Attack: It’s Embarrassing
October 20th, 2021 | Rich Freeman
Speaking at the vendor’s ConnectIT event today, CEO Fred Voccola (pictured) said Kaseya let users down by failing to prevent attackers from breaching its RMM solution, but is investing heavily in efforts to prevent future attacks - read more
 
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Married to Your Business … Partner
October 20th, 2021 | Carolyn Heinze
Three entrepreneurial couples offer some lessons in navigating the ups and downs of building a successful company together. - read more
 
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HP Unveils Conferencing and Collaboration Portfolio for Hybrid Workforces
October 19th, 2021 | Rich Freeman
Called HP Presence, the sprawling set of hardware, software, and services is designed to make meetings easier for remote and office-based employees to participate in together and easier for IT professionals to manage and secure. - read more
 
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Epson Introduces Color Supertank MFPs for Remote Workers and Small Offices
October 19th, 2021 | Rich Freeman
Designed to combine compact footprints with high capacity, both units come with a two-year supply of ink. - read more
 
Review
Cherry Gentix Wireless Desktop: Happy Hands
October 18th, 2021 | Matt Whitlock
The budget-friendly ergonomic wireless keyboard and mouse combo offers durability, performance, and design. - read more
 
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ICYMI: Our Channel News Roundup for the Week of October 11th
October 15th, 2021 | James E. Gaskin
New partner integrations from Google, new hardware from Acer, new security software from OpenText, and a new rental option in Japan are among the many stories we really, truly meant to tell you about earlier this week. - read more
 
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ChannelPro Weekly Podcast: Episode #202 - Zombie Stack
October 15th, 2021 | ChannelPro Weekly
Security takes multiple layers, even when the threat you’re securing against is walking, dead, and hungry for brains. - read more
 
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The Eaton Gigabit Network Card for UPS Cybersecurity
October 15th, 2021 | Eaton
Eaton's recently launched Gigabit Network Card for additional cybersecurity and faster speeds while protecting connected devices. Watch this brief video to learn how this cybersecure card can help stop hackers from stealing your data and more. - read more
 
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MSP Security No-No’s
October 14th, 2021 | Colleen Frye
Some advice from the security trenches on detecting and preventing common mistakes. - read more
 
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ChannelPro SMB, October 2021
October 14th, 2021 | ChannelPro
In this issue: All-Stars Edition | Married MSP Owners | Partnering with MSSPs | IoT Networking Challenges | Microsoft 365 Opportunities | Review: Cherry Wireless Desktop - read more
 
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