Topic: Hardware - Page 32

Kiosks are incorporating temperature sensors, hand sanitizing stations, glove dispensers, sensors that count the number of visitors, and more.

Nothing ill-gotten here, folks. Just interesting talk by Matt, Rich, and guest host Erick Simpson about Microsoft’s Inspire partner conference, Lenovo’s Microsoft 365 managed services, BitTitan’s “IT toolbox” solution for technicians, and SolarWinds MSP’s RMM integration with Microsoft Intune.

Called the Lenovo Partner Hub, the new site gives both client device resellers and data center partners unified access to comprehensive sales, marketing, training, and support resources for the first time.

When it rolls out later this year, the new collaboration with Microsoft will let users of SolarWinds N-central and SolarWinds RMM monitor the devices they administer in Intune through the same interface they use to manage other customer endpoints.

An expanded edition of the vendor’s Voleer application draws on a library of pre-engineered templates to automate management tasks associated with cloud solutions like Microsoft 365 and its Microsoft Teams component.

Sold through partners but delivered by Lenovo technicians, the new offerings are designed to help end users implement, manage, and secure Microsoft cloud software while helping VARs and solution providers enter the managed services market.

Erick and Rich discuss HP’s ambitious new partner program, how to handle employees uncomfortable with your pandemic-era policies on site visits, and a pub in the U.K. that’s found a shockingly effective way to enforce distancing rules.

Is there a cash bath in Datto’s near future?

Collectively, a series of new and enhanced offerings introduced today seek to help channel pros keep remote workers and employees returning to reopened offices both safe and productive, while generating incremental services-led revenue for themselves.

Set to launch on November 1st, the HP Amplify program will feature a retooled, globally uniform requirements and benefits model designed to reward members for helping HP forge strategic relationships with a new generation of cloud-first buyers.