Topic: Cloud - Page 65

The two companies will collaborate on efforts to help VARs offer cloud-based apps and services to their end customers.

The new products and functionality aim to offer MSPs and their customers greater versatility in the face of increasing network challenges.

The $275 million deal positions the combined company to pair a wide array of email security products with a robust Office 365 licensing business.

Delivered through StratoZen, the managed security services allow MSPs to outsource oversight of Fortinet hardware-as-a-service solutions. The encryption service, provided by Encryptics, offers subscription-priced protection for data beyond the corporate network.

The new offering combines Avnet hardware and Microsoft’s Azure public cloud with Octonion’s Branium development portal in a bid to simplify the creation of IoT solutions equipped with artificial intelligence.

An alliance between the two companies announced today essentially makes Chargifi’s cloud management, analytics, and integration platform a centralized, multitenant point of control for deployments of Belkin charging spots at multiple customer sites.

Unveiled at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, the new products seek to meet SMB and MSP demands for more cost-effective, high-performance, and simplified network, Wi-Fi, and switching management.

A new suite of features seeks to help MSPs improve pricing and packaging of Microsoft Azure.

The new program bundles security, backup, and eLearning products into standard Office 365 plans at no extra cost.

Version 7.8 of the consolidated BDR, storage, and security offering also includes functionality for orchestrating and automating cloud-based disaster recovery processes, according to Americas Vice President and General Manager Patrick Hurley (pictured).