The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge to channel pros and their clients, as both adjust rapidly to new business pressures and the difficulties of working securely from home. Use the continually updated resources here to learn best practices from your peers, find free software for your customers, develop a COVID-19 action plan for your company, and more. - read more

The new SecureFirst MSSP Program, which includes monthly pricing with payments in arrears plus direct access to level 3 support techs, is a key element of the vendor’s ongoing push into managed security. - read more

The intelligent 180-degree panoramic plug-and-play video solution saves space while enabling on-site and remote teams to easily launch video meetings anywhere. - read more

According to company exec Ben Niernberg (pictured), the Midwest solution provider is helping employees and customers maintain personal connections at a time when the coronavirus has made physical closeness dangerous. - read more

New names for Office 365 SKUs, new printers from Epson, and the only cargo that could turn a truck fire in Dallas into national news are all among the stories we’ve finally roused ourselves from stay-at-home torpor to tell you about. - read more

According to Jim Lippie (pictured), the COVID-19 crisis has the private equity investors behind regional and national MSPs anticipating lower prices on smaller, financially distressed firms. The time for deciding what to do about that, he warns, is now. - read more

Erick and Rich discuss the partner relief measures that Lenovo and other vendors are rolling out, how to invest time freed up by the slow economy in your company’s future, and the sad state of affairs that has turned a truck fire involving a load of toilet paper into national news. - read more