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The recently introduced enhancements provide more control over what data the unified communications integration platform exchanges with ConnectWise Manage and Autotask PSA, and provides greater visibility into unanswered calls, among other topics.

Breakfast! It’s the most important meal of the day. Especially if you’re Matt and Rich, and you’ve got plenty of hot IT topics to discuss with guest host Bob Nitrio, CEO of Ranvest Associates. Items on the menu today include HPE’s compact new micro-server for SMBs, Nerdio’s new Windows Virtual Desktop deployment and administration system, WatchGuard’s acquisition of Panda Security, and Axcient’s new backup protection technology.

In conjunction with a “shift left” strategy launched earlier this year that seeks to build security earlier into software development, the company is ramping up threat modeling, rolling out automated tools, and introducing its first formal bug bounty program.

The new server (pictured), which is about the size of a hardcover book, comes with an extensive selection of management software, HPE’s “silicon root of trust” security technology, and optional as-a-service pricing that starts at less than $20 a month.

Part of SimplySecure for MSPs 6.6, which reached market this week, the new feature is designed to help businesses show auditors that data on lost or stolen PCs, Macs, and mobile devices is safe from unauthorized access.

Aimed at midsize and larger organizations, the system is designed to help users add Windows desktops quickly to an existing Azure infrastructure while exerting tighter control over administrative access and data residency.

Now majority owned by private equity, the unified communications-as-a-service vendor plans to use the extra capital at its disposal to add tools, double headcount, and further simplify its solutions.

The deal adds advanced endpoint security to WatchGuard’s expanding portfolio of products and accelerates the company’s evolution, amid the declining importance of traditional perimeters, beyond its roots in network security.

The unconventional partner program for MSPs who influence hardware orders rather than place them now pays 6% back on server and storage purchases, and is staffing up to support an anticipated 100% jump this year to 10,000 members.

The company is working to build awareness and adoption of the MSP solution suite it built through vendor acquisitions by creating platform-wide partner enablement and business development groups and pouring millions into new cross-product integrations.