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Analytics, marketing metrics, and other key performance indicators provide the information you need—as long as you’re measuring the right things.

The new dual-socket ThinkSystem SR645 and SR665 are aimed at businesses that want to run advanced analytics, virtualization, artificial intelligence, and other performance-sensitive workloads at higher speeds with lower total cost of ownership.

Unveiled last fall and now in general availability, the edge and endpoint security system comes with recently-added functionality designed to help partners and end users tackle new challenges posed by the coronavirus outbreak.

The company’s outsourced NOC and help desk services, as well as its RMM virtual administrator service, now support Datto RMM, Datto’s Autotask PSA solution, and Kaseya’s VSA platform.

According to CEO Tim Weller (pictured), the managed services vendor sees doing more of what worked in the past as the key to succeeding in the future—and advises MSPs to think the same way.

Think COVID-19 can’t make things much worse? Wait until people without access to a barber start showing up in big 70s-style mustaches again. That’s just one of the dangers Matt and Rich discuss this week with their guest host, cloud entrepreneur and consultant Jamison West. In an interview with Forrester analyst Jay McBain, they also explore the sobering potential impact of the coronavirus recession on the channel’s long-term future.†

New functionality provided at no charge lets people working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic scan personally-owned PCs, and then issues color-coded, letter-graded report cards that MSPs can use to identify vulnerabilities in need of remediation.

The acquisition is designed to help NetApp combine virtual desktop infrastructure services from Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google with its own cloud storage and backup platforms to deliver complete “modern workplace” solutions.

How centralized management, actionable reporting, and flexible pricing can help channel pros better protect clients while earning higher profits.

Drawing on hardware acceleration technologies from Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD, the vendor’s remote desktop support products now let video editors, game developers, and CAD/CAM users connect from home with high-end workstations at the office.