Topic: Hardware - Page 35

With help from partners and some transferrable skills, the jump from IT to IoT can be a short one.

Need one more reason to be excited about 5G? It’s 100% coronavirus-free! Or so say Matt and Rich as they discuss the HTTPS-based privacy safeguard Webroot has added to its DNS filtering product, IT Glue’s latest wave of product enhancements, the completion of Tech Data’s acquisition by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, and Tech Data’s read on hot coronavirus-era solution opportunities.†

The security features, in particular, arrive at a time when the documentation platforms and other systems MSPs store sensitive data in are increasingly under attack from cybercriminals.

An industry first, according to Webroot, the new feature is designed to safeguard DNS traffic from snooping and manipulation, and is especially relevant at a time when millions of work-from-home employees are relying on poorly secured home networks.

As businesses gradually return to work and re-evaluate tech needs for the next normal, the distributor and its vendors expect investments in cloud, security, infrastructure, endpoints, and more.

Both offerings add new capabilities to Fortify, the suite of security solutions that ConnectWise acquired along with MSP software and service provider Continuum last year.

The vendor best known for helping MSPs detect attacker footholds in end user environments has added ransomware and reconnaissance services at no extra charge, and plans to roll out additional solutions without raising prices as threat trends evolve.

Pulseway Patch is designed to serve as an affordable, easy-to-use option for MSPs and IT departments that either don’t have an RMM solution or don’t like the patching tool their RMM solution provides.

Sales of client hardware through the channel rose by double digits thanks to spiking demand for work-from-home gear. Sales of storage products, however, dropped by double digits amid declining infrastructure spending.

Enhancements in the update include an upgraded scripting engine with expanded automation capabilities and a new API that lets third-party software perform actions on endpoints instead of just monitor them.