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New connectivity with the Cisco Meraki Marketplace will enable users to discover and monitor Meraki routers, switches, and access points automatically inside the N-central dashboard.

Part of the company’s wider efforts to strengthen the security of its products at a time of increased assaults on RMM and remote access systems, the new program will reward “white hat” hackers for identifying vulnerabilities in ConnectWise applications.

Partners now receive third-party printer monitoring, free access to a premium app catalog, and the ability to equip businesses concerned about COVID-19 risks with touchless print capabilities.

The tech giant’s sales climbed at the start of its current fiscal year and dipped more recently, resulting in essentially unchanged results for the last six months. Vertical industry solutions and work-from-home upgrades are among bright spots for what’s next.

Six months after COVID-19 turned office dwellers into instant telecommuters, best practices for protecting remote workers are coming into focus.

Drawing on existing functionality in that system, users who share administrative duties with a client’s in-house IT department can now empower the customer to change access rights and perform other steps on their own.

Remember Groucho Marx’s joke about not joining a club that would have him as a member? This isn’t that kind of club. This is the club founded by Matt, Rich, and guest host Juan Fernandez, of ImageNet Consulting, that we think you’ll love to join. If nothing else, you’ll get to hear their thoughts on HP’s new hardware and services bundles for SMBs and their new work-from-home PCs and monitors, plus top strategies smaller MSPs can use to compete with much bigger ones.

Telehealth has been promoted as a safer way to deliver acute, chronic, primary, and specialty care. Yet, for most providers, telehealth resembles a patchwork of point products.

Called HP Business Boost, the new offering combines PCs, monitors, printers, and accessories with remote management and optional security assistance. Pickup and return services and onsite support for both home and office users are included as well.

Announced at the vendor’s virtual Reinvent conference today, the new laptops, desktops, monitors, and printers reflect a changed IT landscape in which remote business users prize compact form factors, portability, and fewer cabled connections.