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At the managed services software maker’s Empower partner conference today, execs including President John Pagliuca (pictured) outlined plans to add DNS filtering and endpoint analytics now and cloud management functionality later.

The distributor has added PSA software and, more recently, a revenue management system to its CloudBlue platform in a bid to give partners more time for building value-added solutions by automating manual operational chores.

Who needs icing in the middle of their cake when they can enjoy a nice thick layer of raw baking flour instead? Actually, don’t answer that question. Just sit back and listen as Matt, Rich, and their guest host, MSP consultant Ronnie Parisella, mull over Gradient MSP’s freshly launched “data hygiene” product, Axcient’s new online-only file sync and share system, and Augmentt’s latest cloud management solution.

Partners of the security vendor can now deploy and manage the solutions WatchGuard acquired along with Panda Security last year through the same interface they use to administer WatchGuard’s network security and multifactor authentication systems.

The recently launched startup reports particularly strong interest in its products among two channel segments that see big promise in the budding market for SaaS management services.

By storing files exclusively in the cloud instead of locally as well, Axcient says, the new solution protects against ransomware while providing anytime, anywhere access to data from mobile devices and affordable PCs with limited storage capacity.

Available free of charge, the “data hygiene” system will eventually serve as the cornerstone of a larger data intelligence platform designed to help MSPs make smarter, more informed business decisions.

There are lots of good reasons to be a channel pro. If golf isn’t one of yours, you need to listen to this week’s show, in which Matt, Rich, and guest host Andrew Sampson, of solution and managed service provider SAAI, discuss forthcoming partner resources from D&H, rising hardware prices, a new automated management solution from Extreme Networks, and ChannelPro‘s latest Vendors on the Vanguard list.

Rolled out in March alongside higher deal registration discounts, the changes are designed to minimize the cost of switching from perpetual licensing to “everything as a service”, according to North American Channel Chief Kevin Rooney (pictured).

The enhancements, chiefly to its backup solutions for Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365, arrive amid surging migration of backup data from on-premises systems to public cloud platforms.