Topic: Business Strategy - Page 82

IT solution providers and technology vendors gathered for two days of networking, education, and training.

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.

The two-day educational and networking event touched on hot topics like the Internet of Things and and included business continuity lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey.

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.

Continuing its 2018 tour, ASCII Group hosted IT solution providers and vendors for two days of networking, education, and training in Fort Lauderdale.

The new system, which connects to any device powered by ARM-based processors, lets users view centralized performance and status information on a web-based dashboard, create automated administration rules, and set triggers for receiving alerts.

Called MSP Ignition! and available free of charge to both eFolder partners and anyone else interested in participating, the new offering will provide instruction in launching, growing, and selling a managed services practice.

Aimed at better positioning both companies to help MSPs embrace operational best practices, the move brings a leader in managed services software and a leader in managed services peer groups together under one roof.

Here’s an easy reference list of Microsoft resources.

Introduced at this week’s Ingram Micro ONE conference, the project management-as-a-service, training affiliate, and employee training programs are designed to help product resellers become providers of professional services and cloud-based solutions instead.