Topic: Industry Events - Page 30

A new line of products and services by Avaya seeks to improve their versatility while enhancing the vendor’s competitive standing in UC cloud computing.

Described by Chief Product Officer Craig Fulton (pictured) during the managed services vendor’s IT Nation Connect conference in Orlando last week, the new features are designed to help MSPs improve brand recognition and technician productivity.

Available in both free and advanced editions, the new functionality automatically searches for advanced persistent threats, keyloggers, malicious registry changes, and other intrusions that have gained a foothold on monitored end points.

According to CEO Arnie Bellini (pictured), core elements of the initiative include the launch of an open source security integration standard and the introduction of new cybersecurity solutions, some of which will compete with products from ConnectWise partners.

According to global cloud exec Nimesh Dave (pictured), the distributor will use a self-serve onboarding tool and a series of solution-hunting search efforts to add lesser-known cloud applications from early-stage vendors to its cloud marketplace.

At the final leg of the 2018 tour, MSPs, VARs, and other attendees spent two days in business building sessions then celebrated their picks for the best of the best at the ASCII Cup party.

Speaking at its annual Inspire partner event, CEO Dennis Polk (pictured) said that capitalizing on the distributor’s acquisition of Westcon-Comstor Americas will be a priority in the year ahead as well.

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.

Now that it’s launched security systems, Continuum plans to teach MSPs how to sell them and link them more tightly with its RMM product and outsourced help desk, according to Chief Revenue Officer Bob Kocis (pictured).

The compliance system lets MSPs assess, monitor, and produce reports for customers bound by the federal government’s HIPAA regulation. The Office 365 security capabilities extend protection previously available only for on-premises applications into the cloud.