Topic: Hardware - Page 21

FortiSP5, the vendor’s latest custom application-specific integrated circuit, will power a forthcoming wave of entry and mid-range FortiGate firewalls due to reach market later this year.

Announced on the opening day of the hardware giant’s new fiscal year, the updates are designed to accelerate adoption of Dell’s APEX hardware-as-a-service offering and create new opportunities for partners to profit from end user ESG initiatives.

The new features include a new collateral design and customization system, a mobile app, tighter integration with ConnectWise PSA, and a new module that will let users place and receive calls through third-party VoIP solutions.

A key step in long-term plans to provide consolidated, cross-vendor cloud security status information, the new functionality gives users of Augmentt Secure a real-time view of which Duo users in their customer base have MFA enabled and which don’t.

New laptops from Apple and Lenovo, security goodness from Keeper and Trend Micro, another integration for Gradient MSP, and an unexpected use for ugly sweaters—foiling AI—are a few of the embarrassingly many stories we’re just now bringing your way.

Included among the forthcoming products are an “extreme short throw” device capable of displaying an 80-inch image from as close as one inch away and a browser-based unit for classrooms that projects straight over the web without a PC or Mac connection.

The second-generation product family arrived on the same day as a no-money-down purchasing option for Datto networking products and expanded global availability of the vendor’s SASE solution.

Managing applications in Azure requires mental flexibility and some rethinking.

Called Pia aiDesk and first unveiled last year, the new system uses machine learning and natural language processing to help MSPs analyze, route, and resolve level 1 and 2 service tickets automatically.

In a year likely to be marked by recession for most businesses, IT businesses should see growth instead.