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Both efforts will culminate at the vendor’s IT Nation Connect conference in Orlando this November.

Called Kaseya Compliance Manager, the new system is based heavily on RapidFire Tools’ Audit Guru product. RapidFire Tools will continue operating as an independent business unit, and continue selling, supporting, and enhancing all of the products it offers today.

InDoc, a new and free feature of the vendor’s Network Detective Reporter solution, offers smaller and less established MSPs a lightweight, entry-level alternative to more sophisticated documentation products from companies like IT Glue and Passportal.

Announced at this week’s VMworld conference in Las Vegas, the new offerings combine products from the parent company’s VMware, Dell, Dell EMC, RSA, and Pivotal units, and play a central role in VMware’s edge computing strategy.

A series of moves set to go into effect in November will reward members of HPE’s Partner Ready program for deals involving the SimpliVity, Nimble Storage, and GreenLake consumption-based IT product lines, among others.

The biggest change most channel pros will experience following AlienVault’s acquisition by AT&T is access to more training, marketing, and sales resources, according to CEO Barmak Meftah (pictured), who now also heads AT&T’s new cybersecurity solutions group.

The new Dell EMC PowerEdge MX family features a “kinetic infrastructure” designed to let users combine compute, storage, and networking resources flexibly to support both traditional workloads and newer ones like analytics and machine learning.

Named ShadowXafe and OneXafe, the new solutions feature a consolidated management interface that automatically configures SLA-based backup schemes for virtual and physical machines.

Called Arcserve Accelerate, it’s designed to re-ignite interest in the data protection and availability vendor, which has been led by a revamped leadership team since late last year, according to Vice President of Worldwide Sales Adam Olson (pictured).

Part of the distributor’s Solutions & Services program, the new sales push is designed to help channel pros capitalize on rising demand among SMBs for a new generation of simpler, more affordable signage and collaboration offerings.