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The former Sienna Group LLC will now be the ConnectWise Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. Its goal, according to ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini (pictured), will be closing the gap between demand for security expertise and available supply in the channel.

Unlike sales reps, members of the new 11-person unit are tasked exclusively with driving partner satisfaction and retention through regular outreach and engagement.

The latest version of the vendor’s next-generation firewall also comes with a free, lightweight centralized management tool, enhanced intrusion prevention capabilities, and new support for Chromebooks.

The new additions to the vendor’s Edgeline product family are designed to accelerate the deployment and simplify the management of Internet of Things and other solutions that mix information technology with operational technology.

The company’s machine learning-equipped InfoSight platform now provides workload optimization advice alongside predictive analytics. It’s new Memory-Driven Flash products use SCM and NVMe technology to accelerate storage performance.

The new offering lets businesses pay for printer hardware, supplies, and support through a single monthly payment. Resellers collect their revenue upfront.

Based on technology acquired along with German software maker Protected Networks, the new system offers features for assigning and removing user permissions, as well as auditing both what users can access and what they have accessed in the past.

Other than having more funds and deeper resources at its disposal, the peer group, coaching, and consulting organization formerly known as HTG remains largely unchanged, according to founder Arlin Sorensen (pictured).

The data protection vendor is rolling out new partner resources and paying “obsessive” attention to partner satisfaction as well in connection with a renewed focus on attracting and retaining MSPs, according to Chief Revenue Officer Jeff Cummings (pictured).

Those and other updates were part of a Q4 launch wave that includes zero-touch provisioning capabilities, a new risk scoring application (pictured), two new unified threat management platforms with built-in Power-over-Ethernet, and more.