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Under a new agreement unveiled today, the two companies will co-sell Ingram’s CloudBlue commerce platform to new members of the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider program, and Ingram will host CloudBlue on Microsoft’s Azure public cloud.

Named CloudBlue and spun off from the distributor’s global cloud group, the new unit consolidates orchestration, provisioning, and billing assets acquired over nine years at a cost of more than $500 million, including the Odin Automation and Ensim cloud platforms.

Speakers at this week’s Ingram Micro Cloud Summit said women pursuing a career in IT can defy the odds stacked against them, but will need persistence, determination, and faith in themselves to pull it off.

Enhancements to the productivity, security, and management suite include anti-phishing and ransomware features, data loss prevention functionality, and the ability to enforce the use of Microsoft’s BitLocker encryption technology on all Windows devices.

MSPs looking to protect their clients and margins alike should start offering specialized IoT security services now, according to speakers at the IoT Security Services Association’s roadshow event last week.

Available now in the U.S. and Canada, the MP60 is a Wi-Fi-enabled power strip with six independently operated outlets that technicians can reboot remotely, increasing an MSP’s profitability by reducing the number of truck rolls they must perform.

Buyers of the streaming SMB network-in-a-box system can now choose among three packages for companies with fewer than 25 users and an enterprise plan for bigger environments.

The managed services vendor also announced that the ConnectWise Advanced Security Dashboard, which was introduced earlier this week by Cisco, enters piloting next month and general availability in September.

Equipped with a built-in firewall and managed through the same cloud interface as the rest of the company’s networking products, the router closes a critical gap in the Datto business unit’s portfolio.

Developed by Channel Chief Lisa McLin (pictured), who stepped into that post last July, the significantly revamped program is the vendor’s first to include formalized tiers, strategic agreements, and benefits that go beyond sales commissions.